IF DISARMING AMERICA LEADS TO GREATER SAFETY AND SAFER SCHOOLS, THEN LET US REMOVE ARMED SECURITY FROM CONGRESS, HOLLYROT, BANKS, OFFICE COMPLEXES AND SPORTS VENUES.
SO? WHADDAYA’ SAY?
31.May.2019.
SAFETY FOR OUR CHILDREN THIS COMING SCHOOL YEAR?
IT’S ALL RIGHT HERE. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS READ IT AND PASS IT ON. IT’S THAT SIMPLE!
“One of the greatest burdens you have in a leadership position is knowing you’ve done all you can to ensure that everyone is safe.”
Rosa Blackwell Superintendent (Ret), Cincinnati Public Schools
“WE MUST DO SOMETHING!” After every horrific school shooting, so-called “mainstream” media, anti-gun politicians and self-righteous Hollywood celebrities raise the same battle-cry to do something … anything, to stop the slaughter of innocents.
That “something,” of course, always turns out to be gun control. It matters not that such action has been taken in the past and, in fact, is still in effect in large swaths of the country; just as long as we do something, it doesn’t have to actually address the problem at hand.
It’s baffling that these powerful forces don’t leap at the chance to fund efforts that do make children safer—threat assessments and response strategies tailored by, and for, local school systems; efforts to identify risks long before they kick in the front door; partnerships with local law enforcement that harden schools and reduce response times; links with community organizations that can flag challenged youth; and training that empowers school administrators, boards, teachers, parents and cops to not only craft solutions specific to their situations, but to also train others to do the same.
Not one media conglomerate has funded such efforts on a national scale, despite the windfall of ad revenue created by their sensationalizing these rare shootings. Not one billionaire gun-banner has carved out a few dollars, of the millions earmarked to get anti-gun politicians elected, for school security. Not one obscenely wealthy Hollywood celebrity has tweeted an announcement of a nationwide grant program to aid schools in keeping our children safe.
In fact, only one organization involved in the national school safety conversation funds a nationwide effort to keep our school children safe. That’s the National Rifle Association, through its NRA School Shield program, provided free of charge to any community interested in making its schools more secure.
Starting this month, nearly 56 million American children will file into K-12 classrooms in more than 132,800 schools. In the evening, schools are focal points for sporting events, performances, club activities and transportation hubs. It’s estimated that one in six Americans will set foot onto a school campus every day. However, few of these schools will start the year prepared for the unthinkable.
This is understandable; school shootings, though horrific, are rare, and education budgets are strained. Sheila Brantley, the director of the NRA School Shield program, compares this dilemma to Maslow’s famous hierarchy of needs, which prioritizes physical needs—food, water, shelter, sleep—before all others. “We see free/ reduced meals, after-school snacks and sometimes even dinner,” Brantley said. “We see back-to-school supply drives. We see kids taking naps before and after school. But, for whatever reasons, there hasn’t been a call to action for the next level of the hierarchy: safety and security”
The NRA stepped into the gap between the need for increased security and the lack of resources in 2012. In the aftermath of the Sandy Hook tragedy, NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre announced the creation of a task force that would make recommendations to keep our schools safer. Heading the task force was Asa Hutchinson, former U.S. attorney and congressman from Arkansas, now the state’s governor. The results of that task force became the foundation for the NRA School Shield program.
Through the program, the NRA sends a team of subject-matter experts to school systems. Their mission is not to tell them what they are doing wrong, or even to make recommendations. Neither is it their mission to arm teachers and staff, though that may be an effective strategy for a given situation.
Rather, their mission is to do what the NRA does better than anyone else: to train. NRA assessors spend five days on the school campus, always in conjunction with local law enforcement. During that time, up to 20 local officials receive training on how to conduct their own vulnerability assessments and develop appropriate response strategies. These groups include two to three people per agency to facilitate partnerships and multi-agency response relationships. They often include personnel from other school systems, jurisdictions or even states; these officials use their newfound skills to conduct assessments back home.
“NRA’S vulnerability assessors help local stakeholders build best practices in four areas: Preparedness, Prevention, Mitigation and Response,” explains Brantley. “They look for opportunities to improve’ Because of who the NRA is, “some believe were only looking to address active shooters, and our answer is solely focused on firearms in the schools,” Brantley added. “They fail to understand there are other much more common threats existing in the school environment that could escalate if you don’t address them on the front end. We identify potential threats like bullying, which is not just kids being kids; it’s something that should be nipped in the bud:’
During the training, participants learn to determine the potential adversarial path when approaching a campus, probing for vulnerabilities beginning at the outer perimeter and working their way into the building. They assess physical security components, technology, personnel, school resource officers (sRos), incident management and response protocols. Groups learn to document and report their findings. It’s critical that this process takes place during school hours; otherwise, it’s impossible to predict mass gathering points and before- and after-school activity patterns.
At the end of 2017, 154 vulnerability assessments had been reported by program trainees. Over 250 assessors have been trained to date, and this fall 10 more classes will likely double that number.
None of the participating school systems, public or private, have been charged a penny for this effort. NRA School Shield is funded 100 percent by donations to the NRA from members, individual donors and foundations, in addition to the support from Friends of NRA.
Even more impressive is the fact that trainees can easily turn their vulnerability assessments into needs assessments for grant requests at the federal, state and local level. They can even use them to apply for grants from The NRA Foundation, which has distributed more than $800,000 to schools so far.
The NRA’S team of “subject-matter experts” is large and diverse, as a panel discussion at the 2018 NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits in Dallas demonstrated.
Wayne Black oversees vulnerability assessments and response planning for private schools and synagogues out of his office in Miami. Black has been in law enforcement for over 40 years; after 9/11, he ran a Red Team for the Department of Homeland Security, staging mock assaults to probe for vulnerabilities. He was hooked on the concept of NRA School Shield after a conversation with Hutchinson, and has donated his time as an adviser to the program ever since.
“No other nationwide organization is doing what NRA. School Shield does:’ says Wayne. “It’s proactive; unlike groups who spring up after a specific incident and who may lose interest, NRA School Shield has been a constant”
Black is clear and concise about the mission of NRA School Shield. ‘At the end of the day, the team with the best plan wins. If you have to deal with a problem at the doorway to the school, you’ve failed. Instead of being at the school door, looking in, you need to be on the perimeter, looking out.
“Normalcy bias is our biggest security-related issue. We believe people are good at heart; we want things to be normal, so we expect them to be normal. Victims’ accounts of a violent attack share a common denominator; they never thought it would happen here. They had such a nice school, such a nice community … they’re in denial. They don’t have a plan:”
Dr. Eric Dietz of Purdue University, another panel participant, has created data models that compare response tactics and produce measurable results. The effectiveness of tactics such as SRO deployment, arming school staff, putting locks on classroom doors and waiting for police to arrive does not achieve a one-size-fits-all solution.
“The same country that has Chicago has Alaska and Wyoming. Improving police response times may be a good option in urban areas, but rural schools will never achieve a quick response time. For them, arming an SRO or staff might be a better approach. In New York City, there’s a cop on every corner; is that safer? We don’t know, but we do know that better decisions are made at the local level:”
Eric Kaiser is the chief of police of Jourdanton, Texas, the first police department (and the first school system) in Texas to host an NRA School Shield training. As such, it drew officers from Austin, Houston and San Antonio, as well.
“One of the things that I appreciated about NRA School Shield was that it addressed all different facets of school safety, not just school shooters. I was impressed that an appropriate amount of time was given to each of the topics. It didn’t devote a large amount of time to arming teachers or staff; it’s an option that should be given consideration, but the same plan isn’t going to work in each district.”
Kaiser was also impressed by the lack of bias in the training. “There’s sometimes an apprehension that this is an NRA program, but I was very impressed by the level of professionalism. No political overtones, no ‘guns are good or bad, which went a long way with people who weren’t familiar with NRA and didn’t know what to expect. It was an NRA program, but completely apolitical, just focused solely on how to make the school safer.”
Gun control advocates may claim that the recommendations of these experts are somehow tainted by their association with the NRA, in as much the same way they attack the NRA Eddie Eagle GunSafe program, which never promotes gun ownership or usage.
Consequently, consulting with subject matter experts with no connection to the NRA might be instructive. In July, the U.S. Secret Service’s National Threat Assessment Center published a guide for schools titled ‘Enhancing School Safety Using A Threat Assessment Model: An Operational Guide For Preventing School Violence.’ Within its 32 pages are detailed observations and recommendations; perhaps the most chilling of which is ‘keep in mind, there is no profile of a student attacker.’ (Emphasis theirs.)
School violence is an equal-opportunity terror that does not reflect gender, achievement or social status.
The Secret Service guide contains expert recommendations on reporting mechanisms, training, intervention, thresholds for law enforcement involvement, examination of social media, community involvement, building relationships, motives, inappropriate interests and access to weapons. However, nowhere in its pages can a reference to gun control be found. Blaming the NRA is popular in some circles, but claiming the NRA influenced the recommendations of the U.S. Secret Service is just abominable.
To make certain we didn’t overlook any programs similar to the NRA School Shield, we placed a call to the main number of the Michael Bloomberg’s Everytown for Gun Safety to inquire what resources the organization could provide for schools looking to better protect children. On the contacts page of the group’s website, we’re told, “Due to volume, we are unable to respond to every email. Please take the time to read our FAQ before sending us a message. If you’d prefer to leave a message, please call (646) 324-8250.” We left three messages over two days, but had not received a response by press time.
By contrast, the NRA School Shield lists a phone number and email address on the home page. A member of the program’s team answered on the third ring. Any school administrator, teacher, parent or law enforcement officer truly looking for help is encouraged to reach out to NRA School Shield for assistance.
The team can be reached by phone at (844) 467-7723 or by email at info@NRAschoolshield.org.
NRA SCHOOL SHIELD IS FUNDED 100 PERCENT BY DONATIONS TO NRA FROM MEMBERS, INDIVIDUAL DONORS AND FOUNDATIONS.
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THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I HAVE BEEN TELLING EVERYONE OVER THE YEARS.
SIGNING THAT BIRTH CERTIFICATE AND HOSPITAL RELEASE FORM EFFECTIVELY RENDERS THE STATE AS OWNER OF YOUR CHILDREN, WHICH IS WHY IT’S NOW SO EASY FOR THE GOVT AND DCFS TO COME IN AND WRECK FAMILIES.
I WALKED EVERY SINGLE DAY BACK AND FORTH TO SCHOOL AS WELL AS TO AND FROM FOR LUNCH STARTING FROM THE 1ST. GRADE.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE NOW IS THAT THE MEDIA HAS CREATED THE BOOGEYMAN AND TURNED EVERYONE INTO HAND WRINGERS.
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Just after returning home from a walk around the block with her dog, Marshmallow, an 8-year-old Wilmette girl expected a visit from a playmate.
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Spies Are Infiltrating the U.S…. But Not Where You Think
On Oct. 17, 1989, the Loma Prieta earthquake hit California’s Bay Area destroying buildings, bridges and freeways and causing landslides and tsunamis. Sixty-three people were killed and thousands more were injured. It was one of the biggest earthquakes to hit the region in over 80 years.
After the devastating quake, many folks applied for government relief funds established under President Bush. The president allocated roughly $3.5 billion to help the people of northern California.
Rick Smith, who worked for the FBI’s counterintelligence San Francisco Soviet squad at the time, used this opportunity to meet a potential spy.
The FBI had learned that a known Soviet spy working under diplomatic cover had filed a claim for loses from the earthquake. When Smith heard this, he believed it was an opportunity to make repeated payments to the spy in the hopes of being able to recruit him to work on behalf of the U.S.
At the first meeting, Smith along with fellow FBI agents told the Soviet, “We can offer your full claim, come meet us again.” The spy agreed. However, at the second meeting, the Soviet spy didn’t come alone…
He brought with him the head of Soviet counterintelligence in San Francisco. At that point, the operation was over. The fact that the Soviet boss was there meant that the spy the FBI was attempting to turn had simply reported the whole thing to his boss.
The reality is when most people think about espionage in the U.S., they picture spies working out of embassies in Washington, D.C., or conducting dead drops in wooded parks in northern Virginia. While this is true, the fact is there are spies all over the U.S. — and the number of foreign spies is growing, especially in Silicon Valley.
Obviously, these spies aren’t targeting government secrets, but rather, they’re looking for trade and technology information they can share with their government. The problem is most tech companies aren’t prepared to deal with espionage.
And it’s not only Russia that is operating heavily in Silicon Valley. Chinese agents are also carrying out spying in hopes of sharing technology with Chinese companies.
Silicon Valley is known for its liberalism. Many technology companies are inept or too politically delicate to increase security protocols and screenings of their employees.
In other words, they don’t want to hurt any feelings or upset the political climate. In addition, many tech companies in Silicon Valley simply don’t report cases of potential tech espionage.
According to LaRae Quy, a former Palo Alto-based FBI counterintelligence agent, “They would have an employee sell technology to, say, the Russians or the Chinese, and rather than let their stockholders or investors know about it, they just let it walk.”
In July, for example, a Silicon Valley-based Apple employee, Xiaolang Zhang, allegedly stole information on Apple’s self-driving car technology to benefit a China-based competitor.
You’re on Your Own
Here’s the thing: Spying in Silicon Valley isn’t new. It’s been going on for decades, but has increased dramatically in recent years — especially by Russia.
The reason this is now such a concern is because everyone knows Silicon Valley is the tech capitol of the world. And sadly, many of these tech companies don’t take the necessary security steps to keep out potential spies.
When it comes to technology, it’s up to you to protect yourself since you can’t rely on the tech companies to do so. The big tech companies say they care about cyber security and protecting your privacy, but it’s not true. It’s the same with your own personal physical protection that I’ve been ‘preaching’ all along as well.
This is why you have to be careful when you turn your life over to technology and the expanding Internet of Things. Whether it’s your thermostat or refrigerator or home automation hub (like Alexa), hackers can easily tap into these devices to spy on you.
So the next time you consider allowing some device to have access to your location or the camera on your phone or any personal information at all — you may want to think twice.
Stay safe,
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I UNDERSTAND HE’S NOW GONE AND THIS IS NOT TO BASH SOMEONE NO LONGER HERE ABLE TO DEFEND THEMSELVES.
WHAT I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IS THE COVER-UP FROM BOTH THE MEDIA AND CIA ALL THESE DECADES. THE FAILURE TO REPORT THOSE THINGS TO THE PUBLIC THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPORTED.
A FORCED STATEMENT UNDER DURESS CAN BE UNDERSTOOD, BUT JUST KNOW THERE WERE MANY OTHER POW WHO MADE NO SUCH STATEMENTS. AND TO THEN BUILD A CAREER ON A SILVER MEDAL STAR OF BEING A FALSE HERO AND A RESPECTED NATIONAL TREASURE AND WAR HERO WHICH WASN’T DESERVED IS VERY TROUBLING INDEED.
I ALSO HAVE A PROBLEM THAT HIS ENTIRE CAREER HAS BEEN PERPETUATED ON LIES AND DARE ANYONE ‘DEFY’ HIS NAME FOR FEAR OF BEING LABELED CALLOUS FOR LACK OF WORSE TERMS USED.
THIS IS A MAN WHO DURING HIS CAREER IN THE SENATE PROPOSED SOME OF THE MOST ANTI-CONSTITUTIONAL AGENDAS THERE EVER WERE.
LISTEN TO THIS SHORT VIDEO. JUST LISTEN.
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READ THIS AND THEN CONTINUE TO TELL ME HOW POLICE AND AUTHORITY DESERVE RESPECT.
ALSO THEN CONTINUE TO PREACH HOW THE PUBLIC ARE ANIMALS AND THE POLICE ARE ‘JUST DOING THEIR JOB.’
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING AND I HOPE EVERY PERSON INVOLVED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY AT THAT JAIL HOUSE ETERNALLY BURN IN HELL FOR THIS ATROCITY.
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A federal lawsuit was filed Wednesday, about a year after Coltrain died while in the Mineral County jail. Investigators say she was denied medical care.
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Here’s the facts. So lets ask it to those of the likes of facebook, who keep removing the truth.
Wouldn’t it have been interesting if, at some point during the presidential campaign, one of the candidates asked, “Oh, and by the way, has anyone in Washington, D.C., ever heard of the McCarran-Walter Act Of 1952?”
This is a law for virtually 65 years now.
Here are the historic facts that would seem to indicate that many, if not most, of the people we elect to work for us in Washington do not have the slightest idea of what laws already exist in OUR country.
After several terrorist incidents were carried out in the United States, Donald Trump was severely criticized for suggesting that the U.S. should limit or temporarily suspend the immigration of certain ethnic groups, nationalities and even people of certain religions
(Muslims).
The criticisms condemned such a suggestion as, among other things, being un-American, dumb, stupid, reckless, dangerous and racist.
Congressmen and senators swore that they would never allow such legislation, and our president called such a prohibition on immigration unconstitutional.
As Gomer Pyle would say, “Well, surprise, surprise!”
It seems that the selective immigration ban is already law and has been applied on several occasions.
Known as the McCarran-Walter Act, the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 allows for the “suspension of entry or imposition of restrictions by the president, whenever the president finds that the entry of aliens or of any class of aliens into the United States would be detrimental to the interests of the United States.”
“The president may, by proclamation and for such a period as he shall deem necessary, suspend the entry of all aliens or any class of aliens, immigrants or non- immigrants, or impose any restrictions on the entry of aliens he may deem to be appropriate.”
Who was president when this was passed? Democrat Harry Truman.
Who do you suppose last used this process? Democrat Jimmy Carter, no less than 37 years ago, in 1979 to keep Iranians out of the United States.
But Carter actually did more. He made ALL Iranian students, already in the United States, check in with the government. And then he deported a bunch of them.
Seven thousand were found in violation of their visas and a total of 15,000 Iranians were forced to leave the USA in 1979.
So, what do you say about all of the criticism that Donald Trump received from the Democratic senators, representatives and the Obama Administration?
Additionally, it is important to note that the McCarran-Walter Act also requires that an “applicant for immigration must be of good moral character and in agreement with the principles of our Constitution.”
Therefore, one could surmise that since the quran forbids muslims to swear allegiance to the U.S. Constitution, technically, ALL muslims should or could be refused immigration to OUR country.
Authenticated at: (look under 1952)
http://library.uwb.edu/Static/USimmigration
Go ahead … read it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/…/Immigration_and_Nationality_Act_…
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From the Mind of a Dumb ole’ Biker
This interesting prayer was given in Kansas, at the opening session of their Senate.
It seems prayer still upsets some people.
When Minister Joe Wright was asked to open the new session of the Kansas Senate, everyone was expecting the usual fanfare.
This is what they heard instead.
“Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says: “Woe to those who call evil good”, but that is exactly what we have done.
* We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values.
* We have ridiculed the absolute truth of Your Word and called it
Pluralism.
* We have worshipped other gods and called it multiculturalism.
* We have endorsed perversion and called it alternative lifestyle.
* We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery.
* We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare.
* We have killed our unborn and called it choice.
* We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable.
* We have neglected to discipline our children and called it
building self-esteem.
* We have abused power and called it politics.
* We have embezzled public funds and called it essential
expenses.
* We have insitutionalised bribery and called it sweets of office.
* We have coveted our neighbor’s possessions and called it
ambition.
*We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and
called it freedom of expression.
* We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers
and called it enlightenment.
Search us, Oh GOD, and know our hearts today; cleanse us from every sin and set us free. Amen!”
The response was immediate. A number of legislators walked out during the prayer in protest.
In 6 short weeks, Central Christian Church, where Rev. Wright is pastor, logged more than 5,000 phone calls with only 47 of those calls responding negatively.
The church is now receiving international requests for copies of
this prayer from India, Africa and Korea.
With the LORD’S help, may this prayer sweep over our nation and WHOLEHEARTEDLY become our desire so that we again can be called “ONE NATION UNDER GOD.”
Maybe it’s time we reflect back and look at just how far we have slipped in just one generation.
But hey, What do I know, I’m just a Dumb ole Biker from Alvin, Texas.
Mark 13 29 So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors.
30 Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.
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Kaya Kyle’s reply to Nike after her patriotic husband Chris Kyle’s life was taken trying to help a disturbed veteran. He gave the ultimate sacrifice Nike.
I love your gear, but you exhaust my spirit on this one. Your new ad with Colin Kapernick, I get the message, but that sacrificing everything thing…. It just doesn’t play out here. Sacrificing what exactly? A career? I’ve done that several times I chose to stay home and be with my kids instead of continuing my business climb… and it wasn’t sacrificing everything. It was sacrificing one career and some money, and it was because of what I believe in, and more importantly, who I believe in.
At best, that is all Colin sacrificed… some money, and it’s debatable if he really lost his career over it. Maybe he sacrificed the respect of some people while he gained the respect of others. Or maybe he used one career to springboard himself into a different career when the first was waning. I don’t know. What I do know is, he gained popularity and magazine covers he likely wouldn’t have gotten without getting on his knees or as you say, “believing in something.” I’m also thinking the irony is that while I am not privy to the numbers, it’s likely he gained a lucrative Nike contract. So yeah… that whole “sacrificing everything” is insulting to those who really have sacrificed everything.
You want to talk about someone in the NFL sacrificing everything? Pat Tillman. NFL STARTER, not benched, player who left to join the Army and died for it. THAT is sacrificing everything for something you believe in.
How about other warriors? Warriors who will not be on magazine covers, who will not get lucrative contracts and millions of followers from their actions and who have truly sacrificed everything. They did it because they believed in something. Take it from me, when I say they sacrificed everything, they also sacrificed the lives of their loved ones who will never be the same. THAT is sacrificing everything for something they believe in.
Did you get us talking? Yeah, you did. But, your brand recognition was strong enough. Did you teach the next generation of consumers about true grit? Not that I can see.
Taking a stand, or rather a knee, against the flag which has covered the caskets of so many who actually did sacrifice everything for something they believe in, that we all believe in? Well, the irony of your ad..it almost leaves me speechless. Were you trying to be insulting?
Maybe you are banking on the fact we won’t take the time to see your lack of judgement in using words that just don’t fit. Maybe you are also banking on us not seeing Nike as kneeling before the flag. Or maybe you want us to see you exactly that way. I don’t know.
All I know is, If I’m ever in the market for some new kicks, at least for now, I’ve never been more grateful for Under Armour.
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The Texas Legislature is considering “Red Flag” proposals that could significantly threaten the freedoms to possess firearms — and they’re moving fast.
And if it passes in Texas, it’s just a matter of timing it will spread throughout the rest of the states.
Let me give you a few facts about these Gun Confiscation Order proposals.
“Red Flag” laws allow certain people — relatives, law enforcement, etc. — to report on gun owners with a personal opinion that they’re “dangerous” and shouldn’t own firearms.
“Red Flag” laws enable the confiscation of firearms from a law-abiding gun owner without probable cause of a crime having been committed.
“Red Flag” laws result in court-ordered removal of firearms, merely if a person is deemed to be a “risk” of a threat — with no crime having been committed.
By definition, Gun Confiscation Orders disregard due process.
Our justice system is supposed to prosecute and punish people who have broken an actual law, not those who are thought to be likely to commit a crime in the future. Stripping citizens of Constitutional rights based on what someone thinks they might do is dangerous to liberty and to our founding principles of due process.
Red flag laws hold high potential for abuse. A vengeful relative who dislikes guns could report someone’s gun ownership with a personal opinion that they are unfit to own guns. A peaceful citizen with odd, harmless habits could be reported as “dangerous” and be investigated and threatened with confiscation of firearms.
The possibilities are endless and alarming.
URGENT!!! Contact your State Senator today and let them know you OPPOSE Gun Confiscation Order laws.
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The Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee could shortly consider several anti-gun bills as early as tomorrow.
None of them are good, and at least one is more like something you would see in gun control-dystopias like Venezuela.
REMEMBER. IF IT PASSES HERE, IT’S JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE IT SPREADS TO THE REMAINING STATES.
1) The worst of the bills is HB 2227. It would allow the police or an angry “ex” to convene a secret star-chamber proceeding to strip you of your Second, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights.
The first thing you would learn of it is when the police show up at your door to ransack your home and, if you resist, to arrest or even shoot you.
Remember Ruby Ridge and Waco? Well, HB 2227 is all that — with a vengeance.
Later, the bill “generously” allows you to spend $10,000 of your own money to convince a judge that he made a mistake.
But guess what? That is never successful.
This legislation is straight out of the Tom Cruise movie, Minority Report (2002), where people are punished — not for what they have done, but for what they MIGHT do.
John Rosenthal of Stop handgun Violence hopefully predicts that passage of these Gun Confiscation Orders (sugar-coated as “red flag laws”) could be “a tipping point for states who have traditionally opposed” gun control.
2) Also, on the Judiciary Committee’s agenda is HB 1400 — the core of the anti-gun agenda. This bill would ban private sales of firearms.
A similar bill was defeated by a Democrat-controlled U.S. Senate in 2013 because it would lay the ground for national gun registration.
3) HB 2060 would require the seizure of a person’s guns within 48 hours, merely because he had been charged with certain misdemeanors. Like Alice in Wonderland, it would be “first the sentence, then the trial.”
4) HB 1872 would ban “accelerated triggers” using a sloppy definition that would ban a lot more.
5) And, finally, HB 273 would set up a “voluntary” gun ban list. Of course, it wouldn’t be “voluntary” for long.
Some in the House are trying to bludgeon “pro-gun” groups into accepting one or all of these bills.
But don’t be fooled: You don’t stop gun control by passing gun control “lite.”
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Gun Confiscation Coming to Pennsylvania?
In a dramatic attack on the Second Amendment, the Pennsylvania legislature is moving to authorize Gun Confiscation Orders in the Keystone State.
The bill numbers are Senate Bill 1141 in the Senate and House Bill 2227 in the House.
IF IT PASSES IN PA, THEN IT WILL PASS EVERYWHERE ELSE!
At their core, Gun Confiscation Orders — cynically disguised as “red flag laws” or “extreme risk protection orders” — would authorize the police or an angry “ex” to convene a secret star-chamber “ex parte” hearing on whether to suspend your Second, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights.
The first thing gun owners learn is when police knock on the door — ready to ransack their house and, if you resist, to arrest or even shoot you and your family.
The standard is not whether there is probable cause to believe that the gun owner has committed a crime, as the Constitution would seem to require. Rather, the standard is some subjective determination about whether the gun owner represents some “danger.”
As in the film Minority Report, Americans are stripped of their fundamental constitutional rights based on the subjective possibility of a “future crime.”
And we know from our limited experience that many accusers lie or make mistakes — even more reach delusional conclusions — and the target is frequently an abused victim who is most in need of the wherewithal to protect against an abuser.
When the accuser is the only one in court, the judge will normally sign the order. Thus, in Seattle, 28 of 29 Gun Confiscation Order applications were approved.
In Massachusetts, in connection with analogous but less far-reaching “restraining orders,” one of the sponsors admitted that “judges don’t ask very many questions” before rubber stamping ex parte orders.
After a fixed period of time, the gun owner can ask for a court hearing to restore his or her constitutional rights.
But guess what? Few gun owners have the sophistication or the thousands of dollars it would take to hire a lawyer and expert witnesses.
And few courts are willing to second-guess themselves and reverse the Gun Confiscation Order which has been issued.
In fact, hundreds of thousands of veterans have lost their gun rights without due process pursuant to a comparable procedure.
And recent revelations from the VA suggest that fewer than 50 have successfully invoked this “process” to get their rights back.
Although they preexisted in a couple of states, Gun Confiscation Orders really picked up steam when the Bloomberg/Giffords gun control organizations decided to push them as the most extreme aspect of California’s anti-gun laws.
Since then, the bills have been mass-produced based on a template in the backroom of Bloomberg’s New York offices and exported for quickie adoption with only minor tweaks to states like Pennsylvania.
Amazingly, the tweaks made by Bloomberg’s Pennsylvania agents make this state’s gun confiscation bills much more insidious than most other states:
• There is absolute civil and criminal immunity, which means that an angry “ex” can bring a vengeful, bad faith ex parte petition without consequences, so long as the person couches their lies in subjective accusations. It also means that police can break down your door and shoot you and your family without consequences.
• The definitions are poorly crafted and could expand the universe of complainants to distant relatives and high school sweethearts.
• Even if a gun owner is absent or unrepresented, the burden of proof is a scintilla of evidence past 50% in order to strip a person of his constitutional rights.
But there’s a larger issue: If the Constitution can be suspended in a secret hearing, where does this lead?
What if this newspaper could be shut down for 21 days without due process — based on a secret complaint? Or an individual could be arrested or imprisoned for 21 days? Or tortured?
Far from being a “consensus proposal,” the suspension of the Constitution in a secret hearing is a constitutional Rubicon from which there is no return.
So please contact your state legislators today in opposition to SB 1141 and HB 2227.
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