Friday, January 18, 2013
MARINE Sgt. Michael J. Guillory
BLUE to GOLD ~ With Great Sadness ~ MARINE Sgt. Michael J. Guillory, 28, of Pearl River, LAdied Dec. 14 in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
Sgt. Michael J. Guillory, 28, was conducting resupply operations as part of a Village Stability Operation around 1:45 on Dec. 14 when he was involved in a vehicle accident. At the time, Guillory was overseas involved with Operation Enduring Freedom in the Middle East. According to Marine Corp officials, Guillory was rushed to a nearby medical facility, but could not be resuscitated.
The incident is currently under investigation, officials have said.
Guillory was a 9-year veteran of the Marin Corps. He joined MARSOC—Marine Corps Special Operations Command—in May 2009 and had initially joined the Marines in March 2003 as a combat engineer.
He reported to 3rd Transport Battalion in Okinawa, Japan, during his first tour and would later serve with the 1st Combat Engineer Battalion when he was deployed to Ar Ramadi, Iraq, in 2005. In Iraq Guillory was promoted to corporal. He reenlisted with the Marine Corps as a sergeant and later moved into the infantry field after graduating from the basic reconnaissance course in 2007.
Guillory later served with the 1st Recon Battalion as a recon scout and was deployed with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit in 2008.
After being screened and selected to attend the individual training course Guillory graduated in July 2009 while being given the title Critical Skills Operator.
“After receiving orders to 1st MSOB, he served as team member and later assistant element leader. He deployed with MARSOC previously in 2011,” officials said.
Guillory was deployed to support both Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom
Buckley Air Force Base Deals With Bomb Threat
Buckley Air Force Base, in Aurora, Colorado, dealt with a bomb threat, Friday afternoon.
An anonymous threat said that a bomb had been placed near the 6th Avenue gate.
Trained personnel searched the area, as well as all the cars in line, but nothing was found.
During the search the gate was closed, by the Air Force.
Aurora Police also shut down 6th Avenue from Telluride Street to Picadilly Road, while the search was underway.
Authorities will continue investigating the incident, and attempt to find who made the threat.
An anonymous threat said that a bomb had been placed near the 6th Avenue gate.
Trained personnel searched the area, as well as all the cars in line, but nothing was found.
During the search the gate was closed, by the Air Force.
Aurora Police also shut down 6th Avenue from Telluride Street to Picadilly Road, while the search was underway.
Authorities will continue investigating the incident, and attempt to find who made the threat.
Myanmar Announces Cease Fire With Kachin Rebels
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It is to take effect at 06:00 (Myanmar Standard Time) Saturday.
According to the government, the cease fire came parliament unanimously passed a resolution.
However, on Thursday, China had all but ordered Myanmar to stop the fighting.
The fighting began in June of 2011 and has become quite heavy since December 2012.
Rebel forces have not decided whether or not they will honor the cease fire, as they did not agree to it.
They are distrustful of it, saying that the government will break it whenever they are ready.
Syrian Government Again Blames Rebels for Rocket Attack
For the second time in a week the Syrian government has accused rebel forces of using rockets against civilian targets.
On Friday, a building in Aleppo was struck by a rocket.
Both sides have blamed each other for the attack.
It's worth note that until this week the government had never tried to deny any rocket attacks were theirs.
It shows that either the rebels are actually using them, or the government is simply more desperate.
In Daraa, two suicide bombs went off near a mosque, as worshipers left, after prayers.
Al Qaeda linked militants are being blamed for the bombings.
Combined the bombs and rocket killed twelve people.
Over sixty-one thousand people have been killed during the twenty-two month long conflict.
On Friday, a building in Aleppo was struck by a rocket.
Both sides have blamed each other for the attack.
It's worth note that until this week the government had never tried to deny any rocket attacks were theirs.
It shows that either the rebels are actually using them, or the government is simply more desperate.
In Daraa, two suicide bombs went off near a mosque, as worshipers left, after prayers.
Al Qaeda linked militants are being blamed for the bombings.
Combined the bombs and rocket killed twelve people.
Over sixty-one thousand people have been killed during the twenty-two month long conflict.
US Army: Sergeant David J. Chambers
US Army Sergeant David J. Chambers, twenty-five, of Hampton, Virginia, died on Thursday, from wounds sustained.
He was the second US casualty of 2013.
While on patrol, his unit encountered an improvised explosive device, in Panjwai District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.
It was his second deployment to Afghanistan.
Chambers was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, under control of the 7th Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.
His previous awards include: Purple Heart, Army Achievement Medal with third oak leaf cluster, Meritorious Unit Commendation, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Leader with one campaign star, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, NCO Professional Development Ribbon, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon, NATO medal, Combat Infantryman Badge, Driver's Badge.
He was the second US casualty of 2013.
While on patrol, his unit encountered an improvised explosive device, in Panjwai District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.
It was his second deployment to Afghanistan.
Chambers was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, under control of the 7th Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.
His previous awards include: Purple Heart, Army Achievement Medal with third oak leaf cluster, Meritorious Unit Commendation, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Leader with one campaign star, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, NCO Professional Development Ribbon, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon, NATO medal, Combat Infantryman Badge, Driver's Badge.
ICE Cold Corruption In Arizona
In late August, 2012, the investigation and questions concerning the ATF's debacle known as Operation Fast and Furious was still ongoing. Katie Pavlich's book had been on the shelves for months. Representative Darryl Issa was still jockeying to get at least in camera access to communiques involving Eric Holder, Barack Obama, and Janet Napolitano. Those communication records are still sealed under "executive privilege" that amounts to Obama pleading the Fifth Amendment on behalf of his corrupt lackey, Holder.
From what we know about Operation Fast and Furious, we can see it was doomed to fail in its publicized mission from the start. No means of tacking the weapons was used. No artistic tampering by armorers was conducted to insure the weapons would fail after some limited use. Both of these tactics are ones that have been employed, successfully, in the past in order to track illicit weapons to criminals and terrorists. This makes it more than obvious that the program was designed with other intentions in mind.
Those intentions led to the murder of Brian Terry, over three hundred innocent Mexican civilians, and wounding (if not killing) a number of US Border Patrol agents, Arizona State Police, and county deputy sheriffs in Arizona.
On August 31, 2012, Stella Peterson and her son, Anthony, were arrested for human trafficking. Stella admitted to knowing that her son, a thirty year old man, used her home to harbor illegal immigrants.
Human Trafficking in Naco, Douglas, Palominas, and other border towns is not uncommon among people prone to other criminal activities, such as identity theft. What makes this case one of note is that Stella Peterson is an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent. ICE is subordinate to the Department of Homeland Security just like the US Border Patrol.
This spawned a corruption investigation. It was rather high profile in local and state level news. However, it received barely a blip on Fox news and no mention on any other mainstream media news outlet. Obviously, somebody decided this story of corruption was to be buried just as Fast and Furious received little to no mainstream media attention.
The Naco-Douglas area corridor is known for the traffic of sex slaves. These young girls, some as young as ten years old, are drugged and brought across the border to be sold into prostitution. Many times, families are forced to trade their daughters in payment to a coyote to help another family member cross the dangerous "devil's highway" over the Coronado Mountains and through Arizona.
The predators and merchants of human misery don't stop at the border. That is just their entry point. From that point, they continue to Nevada, Colorado, Illinois, Nebraska, and Canada. They move drugs. They facilitate invading terrorists. They bring in unregistered, illegal guns for use by organized criminals in the US. They herd people as though they are cattle. Those people are marked for sex slavery or indentured work in sweatshops.
The trafficking is not singular in direction, either. US citizens are coerced, duped, or outright abducted and smuggled through Mexico to become sex slaved in other countries.
Then we have a woman who works for one of the key federal agencies responsible for combating these atrocities found, initially, to be complacent in these acts. Further corruption investigations indicated she may have been complicit in them. She may have directly supported her son and his fellow criminals in these activities.
The actions taken by ICE were to place her on paid administrative leave until the investigation was complete. That means she gets a paycheck without having to do a second's work. This occurred in mid September 2012.
That is where the available information ends. There is no closure. Furthermore, some individuals with access to further information have strongly implied further corruption. To date, no trial has taken place. Allegedly, Stella Peterson may have admitted to other acts, including facilitating sex slavery. Other allegations are that the Assistant US Attorney at the time, under Eric Holder, dropped all charges then transferred to another region.
If Stella and Anthony Peterson were found not-guilty, why was it not publicized?
If they were tried and found guilty, why was it not publicized?
If they plead down charges with a guilty plea for lesser crimes, why was it not publicized?
If authorities dropped charges, why?
Did Stella get immunity for turning evidence against "bigger fish"?
Is she still on paid administrative leave? If so, why?
She should have been fired. She betrayed the public trust and should not be allowed to work in a position of public trust ever again.
Answers to these questions as well as requests for further information have, so far, received silence in response.
The full original article with additional commentary is posted at P-G Matuszak's Mental Aikido.
From what we know about Operation Fast and Furious, we can see it was doomed to fail in its publicized mission from the start. No means of tacking the weapons was used. No artistic tampering by armorers was conducted to insure the weapons would fail after some limited use. Both of these tactics are ones that have been employed, successfully, in the past in order to track illicit weapons to criminals and terrorists. This makes it more than obvious that the program was designed with other intentions in mind.
Those intentions led to the murder of Brian Terry, over three hundred innocent Mexican civilians, and wounding (if not killing) a number of US Border Patrol agents, Arizona State Police, and county deputy sheriffs in Arizona.
On August 31, 2012, Stella Peterson and her son, Anthony, were arrested for human trafficking. Stella admitted to knowing that her son, a thirty year old man, used her home to harbor illegal immigrants.
Human Trafficking in Naco, Douglas, Palominas, and other border towns is not uncommon among people prone to other criminal activities, such as identity theft. What makes this case one of note is that Stella Peterson is an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent. ICE is subordinate to the Department of Homeland Security just like the US Border Patrol.
This spawned a corruption investigation. It was rather high profile in local and state level news. However, it received barely a blip on Fox news and no mention on any other mainstream media news outlet. Obviously, somebody decided this story of corruption was to be buried just as Fast and Furious received little to no mainstream media attention.
The Naco-Douglas area corridor is known for the traffic of sex slaves. These young girls, some as young as ten years old, are drugged and brought across the border to be sold into prostitution. Many times, families are forced to trade their daughters in payment to a coyote to help another family member cross the dangerous "devil's highway" over the Coronado Mountains and through Arizona.
The predators and merchants of human misery don't stop at the border. That is just their entry point. From that point, they continue to Nevada, Colorado, Illinois, Nebraska, and Canada. They move drugs. They facilitate invading terrorists. They bring in unregistered, illegal guns for use by organized criminals in the US. They herd people as though they are cattle. Those people are marked for sex slavery or indentured work in sweatshops.
The trafficking is not singular in direction, either. US citizens are coerced, duped, or outright abducted and smuggled through Mexico to become sex slaved in other countries.
Then we have a woman who works for one of the key federal agencies responsible for combating these atrocities found, initially, to be complacent in these acts. Further corruption investigations indicated she may have been complicit in them. She may have directly supported her son and his fellow criminals in these activities.
The actions taken by ICE were to place her on paid administrative leave until the investigation was complete. That means she gets a paycheck without having to do a second's work. This occurred in mid September 2012.
That is where the available information ends. There is no closure. Furthermore, some individuals with access to further information have strongly implied further corruption. To date, no trial has taken place. Allegedly, Stella Peterson may have admitted to other acts, including facilitating sex slavery. Other allegations are that the Assistant US Attorney at the time, under Eric Holder, dropped all charges then transferred to another region.
If Stella and Anthony Peterson were found not-guilty, why was it not publicized?
If they were tried and found guilty, why was it not publicized?
If they plead down charges with a guilty plea for lesser crimes, why was it not publicized?
If authorities dropped charges, why?
Did Stella get immunity for turning evidence against "bigger fish"?
Is she still on paid administrative leave? If so, why?
She should have been fired. She betrayed the public trust and should not be allowed to work in a position of public trust ever again.
Answers to these questions as well as requests for further information have, so far, received silence in response.
The full original article with additional commentary is posted at P-G Matuszak's Mental Aikido.
From The Mouth of Matuszak: 23 Gun Grabbing Executive Orders
Surrounded by children being used as brainwashed political pawns in a disgusting display, Obama took the stage to issue his twenty-three latest imperial decrees. Moments before, those poor, misguided, abused, and programmed children were chanting "Barack Hussein Obama" in a scene reminiscent of Hitler's use of kids chanting his name and "Sieg Heil" just before he announced he would disarm and imprison all Jews.
"Weapons designed for use in a war have no place in a movie theater. Ronald Reagan supported a ban on the manufacture of military style assault weapons" (paraphrasing) Barack Hussein Obama Jr.
Reagan made his remarks in regards to opposing lifting the ban on the production and sale of machine guns and anti-tank rocket launchers to private citizens.
"Municipalities have had to cut budgets. There aren't enough police. We need to put more police on the streets." (paraphrasing) Barack Hussein Obama Jr.
Due to your messed up fiscal and economic policies, municipalities are going bankrupt. Unions with their ridiculous pension plans that do not require those public servants to invest, partially, in their own retirement funds are among the largest contributing factors. The people are taxed enough already. You cannot get blood from a stone.
Which do you want, Barry, police who work without pay or prosperous municipalities? Right now, you cannot afford both. Police "without pay" are average, armed citizens watching their own property as well as their neighbor's. That requires you not infringing on the Second Amendment.
"If America worked harder to keep guns out of hands of criminals, who use them for harm." (Paraphrasing) Barack Hussein Obama Jr.
Criminals are just like you, Barry. Just as you don't care about the US Constitution, they do not care about the law.
"This will be difficult. Pundits will warn of a tyrannic assault on liberty. Not just because its true, but because they want to block common sense reform. The only way we'll change is if we get them to change their rhetoric to say 'this time we need to do things to protect our kids'. It will only happen if people rise up and demand it, especially in districts that support [the Second Amendment]. We need to examine out hearts [not our heads,where reason, logic, and common sense reside]. The American people, parents, teachers, hunters, and Americans stand up and say 'Enough!', then change will come. That is what it will take to revoke and repeal the Second Amendment" (Paraphrasing) Barack Hussein Obama Jr.
His self-contradicting rhetoric violates every law of logic imaginable while invoking a strong desire to regurgitate.
The price-tag for Obama's twenty-three imperial decrees is, at least, a half billion dollars. For those who need to see the zeros, that's $500,000,000.00+ dollars. Add that to the deficit spending he already demands along with his demands that congress increase his credit limit.
Mr. Obama, I have a question for you. Your salary is only $400,000.00 a year. You are $499,600,000.00 short. We have no federal budget. Our country is broke. These are your hair brained ideas. You should cover the expenses out of your own pocket. How are you going to pay for this? (Wait, this proposes that Obama set an example and give up his salary just like he expects other individual citizens who make over $250k a year to do.)
The twenty-three executive orders issued mostly expand the information available in background check databases, to include violations of HIPAA laws. That's right, the provided information will include medical records and health histories. While a condition that causes severe diminished mental capacity should limit weapon ownership, it should require a judge to issue a order that removes those rights from the afflicted individuals.
A healthcare professional should not be the judge and law enforcement official who decides who should or should not be allowed to keep their gods-given and constitutionally protected rights.
Let's role play this one out:
Obama's rhetoric is a call for the people to rise up and force their Senators, Congressmen, and Governors to support the repeal of the Second Amendment, or a change to it. However, it is just rhetoric. He acknowledged that legislation must originate in Congress. Then he points his fingers at those Senators and Representatives who support the Second Amendment, its true purpose and meaning, and its long-standing historic tradition. He honestly believes that enough people will rise up and say "Enough! Please take away all the guns, including mine!"
Barry then demands universal background checks. The irony here is that most lawfully purchased weapons are done by people who have favorable background checks. Even those who purchase a weapon through a private, person to person transaction (not one from a gun dealer) involve two personnel who already own guns that required those initial background checks. These checks do nothing to hinder black market sales. They do nothing in regards to weapons that are stolen to be used in later crimes.
Having passed even more in depth background checks, they don't bother me. They are a just a time wasting annoyance. They are not a deterrent or a hindrance.
It isn't going to happen.
The irony here is that there is a larger call to allow school workers to have concealed carry permits and special situational training so they can better respond to sick monsters like Adam Lanza. Thousands of teachers have requested such training.
More districts and municipalities are requesting armed guards at schools.
Those "gun free zone" signs on so many school doors and fences are just invitations for predators. They know that nobody is armed and able to protect the kids.
So, here's the new deal. The next time we have a school shooting, start placing blame where blame should be blamed.
Blame the shooter. That's the monster who wants to prey upon children.
Blame the idiots who created the cornucopia for the predators, the idiots who created the "gun free zones".
Blame the teachers and administrators who were not armed. They intentionally failed to provide for the safety and security of the children. They were willing enablers who assisted the shooters.
Remember, folks, all it takes for evil to exist is for otherwise good people to sit back and do nothing. If we do not have individuals in the schools responsible enough to arm and train themselves to be able to provide reasonable protections and proactive, life saving responses to an armed predator; then those who failed to do so should be held accountable for their breach of trust.
The socialists who run our schools believe they own our kids from the second they arrive at school until they arrive home. They feel they can tag them with RFID chips like our kids like they are pets or cattle. Well, they are not yours. They are ours. We entrust you with their lives while in your schools. Do the responsible thing and protect them like they are your own.
You want to do something for the kids? So do I. I demand that you protect them instead of disarming those who would do just that.
Article appears courtesy of P-G Matuszak's Mental Aikido. Reprinted with permission. All Rights Reserved.
"Weapons designed for use in a war have no place in a movie theater. Ronald Reagan supported a ban on the manufacture of military style assault weapons" (paraphrasing) Barack Hussein Obama Jr.
Reagan made his remarks in regards to opposing lifting the ban on the production and sale of machine guns and anti-tank rocket launchers to private citizens.
"Municipalities have had to cut budgets. There aren't enough police. We need to put more police on the streets." (paraphrasing) Barack Hussein Obama Jr.
Due to your messed up fiscal and economic policies, municipalities are going bankrupt. Unions with their ridiculous pension plans that do not require those public servants to invest, partially, in their own retirement funds are among the largest contributing factors. The people are taxed enough already. You cannot get blood from a stone.
Which do you want, Barry, police who work without pay or prosperous municipalities? Right now, you cannot afford both. Police "without pay" are average, armed citizens watching their own property as well as their neighbor's. That requires you not infringing on the Second Amendment.
"If America worked harder to keep guns out of hands of criminals, who use them for harm." (Paraphrasing) Barack Hussein Obama Jr.
Criminals are just like you, Barry. Just as you don't care about the US Constitution, they do not care about the law.
"This will be difficult. Pundits will warn of a tyrannic assault on liberty. Not just because its true, but because they want to block common sense reform. The only way we'll change is if we get them to change their rhetoric to say 'this time we need to do things to protect our kids'. It will only happen if people rise up and demand it, especially in districts that support [the Second Amendment]. We need to examine out hearts [not our heads,where reason, logic, and common sense reside]. The American people, parents, teachers, hunters, and Americans stand up and say 'Enough!', then change will come. That is what it will take to revoke and repeal the Second Amendment" (Paraphrasing) Barack Hussein Obama Jr.
His self-contradicting rhetoric violates every law of logic imaginable while invoking a strong desire to regurgitate.
The price-tag for Obama's twenty-three imperial decrees is, at least, a half billion dollars. For those who need to see the zeros, that's $500,000,000.00+ dollars. Add that to the deficit spending he already demands along with his demands that congress increase his credit limit.
Mr. Obama, I have a question for you. Your salary is only $400,000.00 a year. You are $499,600,000.00 short. We have no federal budget. Our country is broke. These are your hair brained ideas. You should cover the expenses out of your own pocket. How are you going to pay for this? (Wait, this proposes that Obama set an example and give up his salary just like he expects other individual citizens who make over $250k a year to do.)
The twenty-three executive orders issued mostly expand the information available in background check databases, to include violations of HIPAA laws. That's right, the provided information will include medical records and health histories. While a condition that causes severe diminished mental capacity should limit weapon ownership, it should require a judge to issue a order that removes those rights from the afflicted individuals.
A healthcare professional should not be the judge and law enforcement official who decides who should or should not be allowed to keep their gods-given and constitutionally protected rights.
Let's role play this one out:
"How severe is the pain in your knee, sir? One is a mild annoyance, ten is you are willing to shoot yourself to stop it."
"In that case, it's a seven."
"Is this a prior injury from, say, your time in Iraq?"
"Yes, it's a prior injury that is acting up."
"So, you were in Iraq?"
"Yes."
"Do you own a gun?"
"That's none of your business."
"Client is an injured war vet with a combative and non-compliant attitude who should have his guns illegally seized by the tyrants' goons."
"Doctor is a liberal douche canoe who I am now firing as I call my lawyer to file suit against the violations of HIPAA law, the 4th Amendment, the Privacy Act of 1974, and malpractice."
Obama's rhetoric is a call for the people to rise up and force their Senators, Congressmen, and Governors to support the repeal of the Second Amendment, or a change to it. However, it is just rhetoric. He acknowledged that legislation must originate in Congress. Then he points his fingers at those Senators and Representatives who support the Second Amendment, its true purpose and meaning, and its long-standing historic tradition. He honestly believes that enough people will rise up and say "Enough! Please take away all the guns, including mine!"
Barry then demands universal background checks. The irony here is that most lawfully purchased weapons are done by people who have favorable background checks. Even those who purchase a weapon through a private, person to person transaction (not one from a gun dealer) involve two personnel who already own guns that required those initial background checks. These checks do nothing to hinder black market sales. They do nothing in regards to weapons that are stolen to be used in later crimes.
Having passed even more in depth background checks, they don't bother me. They are a just a time wasting annoyance. They are not a deterrent or a hindrance.
It isn't going to happen.
The irony here is that there is a larger call to allow school workers to have concealed carry permits and special situational training so they can better respond to sick monsters like Adam Lanza. Thousands of teachers have requested such training.
More districts and municipalities are requesting armed guards at schools.
Those "gun free zone" signs on so many school doors and fences are just invitations for predators. They know that nobody is armed and able to protect the kids.
So, here's the new deal. The next time we have a school shooting, start placing blame where blame should be blamed.
Blame the shooter. That's the monster who wants to prey upon children.
Blame the idiots who created the cornucopia for the predators, the idiots who created the "gun free zones".
Blame the teachers and administrators who were not armed. They intentionally failed to provide for the safety and security of the children. They were willing enablers who assisted the shooters.
Remember, folks, all it takes for evil to exist is for otherwise good people to sit back and do nothing. If we do not have individuals in the schools responsible enough to arm and train themselves to be able to provide reasonable protections and proactive, life saving responses to an armed predator; then those who failed to do so should be held accountable for their breach of trust.
The socialists who run our schools believe they own our kids from the second they arrive at school until they arrive home. They feel they can tag them with RFID chips like our kids like they are pets or cattle. Well, they are not yours. They are ours. We entrust you with their lives while in your schools. Do the responsible thing and protect them like they are your own.
You want to do something for the kids? So do I. I demand that you protect them instead of disarming those who would do just that.
Article appears courtesy of P-G Matuszak's Mental Aikido. Reprinted with permission. All Rights Reserved.
Thursday, January 17, 2013
MLK’s Arsenal & The Racist Roots of Gun Control in the US
Martin
Luther King, Jr., known for peaceful resistance, at the same time
recognized the importance of gun ownership for self defense. King
understood the risks involved in being an outspoken civil rights leader,
living in Jim Crow era Alabama, and took measures to protect himself,
his family and others around him.King was a gun owner. In fact, he had a few guns, one visitor to the King family home described King’s supply of weapons as an “armory.”
Additionally, William Worthy, a journalist who covered the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, reported that he almost sat on a loaded gun while visiting King’s parsonage.
King had also applied for a concealed carry permit, but was turned down. According to John M. Snyder:
“At one time, King applied for a permit to
carry a concealed handgun, but was denied. He was concerned for his
personal safety, just as are a lot of law abiding American citizens. “
An example of discriminatory gun legislation, via Examiner.Com:
“This Reconstruction Era law in Louisiana is a perfect example:
No negro who is not in the military
service shall be allowed to carry fire arms, or any kind of weapons,
within the parish, without the special written permission of his
employers, approved and endorsed by the nearest and most convenient
chief of patrol.”
“UCLA Constitutional law professor Adam
Winkler, hardly likely to be mistaken for a fervent gun rights
advocate, readily acknowledges bigotry as the father of “gun control,” as
he explained in an interview with the Wall Street Journal:
In his research for ‘Gunfight,’ Winkler
also noted a close intersection between guns and racism. ‘It was a
constant pressure among white racists to keep guns out of the hands of
African Americans, because they would rise up and revolt.’ he said. ‘The
KKK began as a gun control organization. Before the Civil War, blacks
were never allowed to own guns. During the Civil War, blacks kept guns
for the first time, either they served in the Union army and they were
allowed to keep their guns, or they buy guns on the open market where
for the first time there’s hundreds of thousands of guns flooding the
marketplace after the war ends. So they arm up because they know who
they’re dealing with in the South.’”
“Among these laws, the forerunners of
so called ‘Saturday Night Special’ legislation, was Tennessee’s “Army
and Navy” law (1879), which prohibited the sale of any “belt or pocket
pistols, or revolvers, or any other kind of pistols, except army or navy
pistol” models, among the most expensive, and largest, handguns of the
day. (Such as the Colt Model 1960 Army, Model 1851 Navy, and Model 1861
Navy percussion cap revolvers, or Model 1873 Single Action Army
revolver.) The law thus prohibited small two shot derringers and
low caliber rimfire revolvers, the handguns that most Blacks could
afford.”
In the case of the Gun Control Act of 1968, one provision of the law was a ban on the importation of small, inexpensive handguns. It didn’t apply to domestically manufactured firearms, but at the time that market was served almost exclusively by imports. As noted by Roy Innis, of the Congress of Racial Equality, this law had the same malicious intent as its Reconstruction Era predecessor:
“To make inexpensive guns impossible to
get is to say that you’re putting a money test on getting a gun. It’s
racism in its worst form.”
“Outside the suburbs in the city, we have
control, but what the hell, in the suburbs, there are — you go out to
all around our suburbs and you’ve got people out there, especially the
non white, are buying guns right and left. Shotguns and rifles and
pistols and everything else. There’s no registration. … There’s no, and
you know, they’ve had trouble with this national gun law, but after the
president’s assassination, someone ought to do something.”
Cramer’s analysis, and this excerpt on the history of gun control, globally, both demonstrate that gun control isn’t about controlling guns. It’s about controlling people.
Aurora Century Theater Repoening
Aurora Century Theater is reopening.
Thursday doors will reopen for a private ceremony.
Victims, families of victims, and first responders were invited to the special event.
On Friday, the theater will be fully reopened, after having been remodeled.
Cinemark spent millions of dollars on the remodel and complete modernization of the theater.
Thursday doors will reopen for a private ceremony.
Victims, families of victims, and first responders were invited to the special event.
On Friday, the theater will be fully reopened, after having been remodeled.
Cinemark spent millions of dollars on the remodel and complete modernization of the theater.
Flooding in Indonesia Leaves 4 Dead
Flooding has struck Jakarta as well as other areas of Indonesia.
Four people have been killed by the waters, and at least twenty thousand were forced to evacuate low lying areas.
Some areas are reporting flooding of close to seven feet.
Downtown Jakarta itself has around two feet of water, in the streets, making travel near impossible.
Rains continue to fall, showing no signs of ending soon.
Four people have been killed by the waters, and at least twenty thousand were forced to evacuate low lying areas.
Some areas are reporting flooding of close to seven feet.
Downtown Jakarta itself has around two feet of water, in the streets, making travel near impossible.
Rains continue to fall, showing no signs of ending soon.
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