Monday, March 18, 2024

Disrupting Terrorist Plans

At Bearing Arms today, Tom Knighton has piece entitled Terrorism Is A Threat. Constitutional Carry Is The Solution. He notes that much of the protection of society at large depends on police, fire departments, and the military. Each of these units can be factored into terrorist plans. They can get inside the OODA (observe, orient, decide, act) loop and overwhelm them. What they cannot factor in is the random armed citizen. They don't know where he or she may turn up.  They don't know what he or she will do. He is not a professional, so is unpredictable in every way.

If you want to combat terrorism, there are a lot of things you shouldn't do and trust that it'll keep the bad guys off balance.
For example, gun control.
Terrorist networks can get around any anti-gun restriction you care to throw at people. They can move personnel and munitions across the globe with relative ease, so they'll bypass all the restrictions you want.

Knighton goes on to cite Lee Williams at the Gun Writer blog, who noted that FBI Director Christopher Wray has warned of the terrorist threat:

Wray’s warning, however, was dire. He told the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence that known or suspected terrorists were infiltrating the country across the wide-open southern border using counterfeit documents. One of the smuggling networks, he said, has ties to ISIS. Add to this the thousands of unknown border crossers from countries that hate us, and the more than 80,000 military-age males from China, and you have a terrorist hellbroth just waiting to bubble over.

...snip...

We should thank Director Wray for his timely information and for his candor. This is precisely why we have fought so long and so hard to restore our Second Amendment rights, so that law-abiding Americans no longer have to bend a knee and beg the Crown to sell them back their constitutional rights in the form of a permit to carry defensive arms. Constitutional carry levels the playing field, making it easier for the good guys and gals to lawfully carry arms.
In the 29 states that now offer some form of constitutional carry, when a terrorist rears their ugly head — be they a card-carrying ISIS member or a lone-wolf jihadist — Americans can take immediate action without waiting for First Responders to arrive, assess the situation, plan and then respond.

Let us call the hordes of illegal migrants coming across our Southern and now Northern border exactly what it is: an invasion. As such, this is exactly what our Second Amendment was designed for. Our governments, at all levels have studiously ignored the militia, in hopes, one supposes, that we would just forget about it. But here we are, and in at least 29 states, armed citizens of the unorganizeed militia could be anywhere at any time. They can therefore disrupt any plans the terrorists make.

Saturday, March 16, 2024

Pray, Vote, Prepare

 I have run this story before, but new data has come to light, and it bears repeating in any case.  The government, never your friend, is spying on you, and particularly on people considered in opposition to the regime.  Of course, the Constitution prevents them from spying directly, but, if they can get the banks and other corporations to do it, or get a sister agency in another country's government (Five Eyes) to do it, and just hand it to them, well then...  It is still illegal.  They can not get another party to do something they have no legal right to do.  But they are doing it anyway.

Larry Keane of the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) has the story at Ammoland entitled House Committee Tackles Federal Government Weaponization. Keane has helpfully included video of the hearings conducted by U.S. House of Representatives Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government.

The Hearing on the Weaponization of the Federal Government delved into questions of why the federal government spied, and lied, about the lawful purchases by Americans by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). The U.S. Treasury admitted that it collected information on Americans’ purchases of firearms and ammunition, shopping at several sporting retailers, including Cabelas, and even tracked people using search terms that include “Bible.”
The admission came by letter to U.S. Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) just one day after Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen refused to answer questions from Congress if the surveillance occurred.
The letter would appear to implicate the federal government with violating Americans’ Fourth Amendment rights protecting against illegal search and seizure, as the activity was conducted without a warrant.
Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) laid out in his opening statement the grave concerns Congress has with this intrusive and potentially illegal search and seizure of Americans’ private financial data.

I will admit that every time I read about this I get in a state of cold fury. I am well beyond white hot, to cold. That this goes against the very document all these administration people took and oath to defend and protect should be obvious. Between censorship, and combing our bank records looking for gun purchases and and things like Bibles...Bibles?...violate the first, second, fourth and fifth, and probably the ninth amendments. This si just so outrageous. Since the process is done secretly, nobody knows if he is being targeted, so no standing to sue. And Congress holds hearings, but does little else, while the courts often display a cowardice that is appalling.

I pray that we can stop the Democrat-fascists before it is too late, but the hour is late. The Democrat-fascists will do anything to gain total control. Of course, vote, prepare, and pray.

Friday, March 15, 2024

Another Gadsden Flag

Intreped investigative journalist James O'Keefe is at it again. This time O'Keefe Catches DoD Official Stating Support for Mass Gun Confiscation according to Cam Edwards at Bearing Arms.

Investigative journalist James O'Keefe released his latest undercover video on Wednesday, in which a Defense Department official named Jason Beck detailed (among other things) his distaste for gun ownership and his belief that the Second Amendment should be repealed. Beck, who works as an Associate Director, Total Force Requirements & Sourcing Policy in Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's office, went so far as to tell O'Keefe that the National Guard could be tasked with rounding up the 400 million or so firearms in the hands of American citizens.
"I wonder if you would see a similar solution to like, school integration," Beck mused. "You know, where they did have to mobilize the National Guard."
"How many people in the National Guard, you know, maybe were personally opposed to integration, but still followed orders and made it happen," he continued.

...snip...

What Beck wants to see is far more akin to what Faubus did than Eisenhower's decision; using the military to block the exercise of a fundamental right instead of ensuring that right can be exercised. Of course, that's right in line with the Massive Resistance to the Bruen decision we've seen from blue state governors like Gavin Newsom, Kathy Hochul, and Phil Murphy; who have defied the Supreme Court's decision in Bruen just like their fellow Democrats did in the deep South with Brown v. Board of Education in the 1950s and 60s.
It doesn't surprise me that a D.C. bureaucrat, even one who works in the Department of Defense, has such contempt for his fellow Americans that he thinks it would be a good idea to call up citizen soldiers and demand they carry out a mass confiscation of firearms. According to an October 2023 Gallup Poll, almost half of all Democrats nationwide support a ban on handguns, and I wouldn't be surprised if a majority of Democrats in the D.C. area would be in favor of repealing the Second Amendment.
O'Keefe's latest undercover investigation may not be all that shocking but it's still a timely reminder of the disdain that's endemic on the left when it comes to our right to keep and bear arms, not to mention the dystopian fantasies they have of disarming tens of millions of American citizens. Not by themselves, of course. They'd task others with doing their dirty work for them. Beck might have revealed himself to be an idiot when it comes to mass gun confiscation, but based on the video he's smart enough not to want to be the one knocking on the door of a home and demanding the residents inside hand over their firearms.

The Left is as old as humanity itself, and these people have always believed that they are special. In ancient times they claimed to be the sons of gods. They believe that they are wiser and more knowledgable, and better able to direct the lives of the rest of society better than anyone has done it before. Nevermind that they haven't really studied actual history, the Bible, the canon of Western civilization, or human nature. That last can be deduced from the fact that they uniformly believe that man can be perfected and they can bring about heaven on earth. Either that or they are cynical liars trying to convince us to willingly give up power.

Just as in the previous post, this report by O'Keefe should be understood by the Left as another Gadsden Flag

MTG Warns Dems "Don't Push To Far"

 Tom Knighton at Bearing Arms asks Did Marjorie Taylor Greene cross line with Second Amendment comment? Lt's have a look, shall we?

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. In her brief time in Congress, she’s managed to ruffle a lot of feathers, and not just among Democrats.
However, she’s always been a vocal supporter of the Second Amendment.
A couple of days ago, she laid out why the Founders made sure to preserve the right to keep and bear arms when she addressed some of Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams and her espoused positions on various issues.
Greene noted:
While not in agreement with Abrams’ stance on vaccinations, Greene then transitioned and moved onto the gubernatorial candidate’s stance on guns and the Second Amendment saying, “The next thing she talked about was grabbing people’s guns. She hates Georgia’s Second Amendment rights. She wants to stop constitutional carry,” Greene said.
Greene continued, offering advice to Georgia’s current governor and state lawmakers, urging them to pass and sign legislation to combat Abrams’ call for “grabbing people’s guns.”
She went on to say, “Ultimately, the truth is it’s our Second Amendment rights, our right to bear arms, that protects Americans and gives us the ability to defend ourselves from a tyrannical government,” she said. “And I hate to use this language, but Democrats, they’re exactly … they’re doing exactly what our Founders talked about when they gave us the precious rights that we have.”
Now, to most of us, this looks like Greene warning us that Democrats are acting tyrannical and reminding Democrats not to push things too far.

Sounds like it to me as well. But some Democrats took umbrage at her remarks. As Knighton says, it sounds like an "if the shoe fits" situation. Just like the colonials who flew the Gadsden flag, Greene was saying to the Left "Don't Tread On Me." Gentle readers can read the entire post. More people need to speak out. And Greene, as a member of Congress has a special platform. Good for her.

Thursday, March 14, 2024

F-15s and Nukes, Oh My

 Mike McDaniel has a post at the American Thinker entitled How to provoke a real insurrection.

What’s the best way to provoke an insurrection, a second civil war? Try to disarm Americans.
Lawmakers should pass gun restrictions in order to prevent an “insurrection,” an academic paper argues.
This sort of totalitarian, anti-constitutional thinking has long been part of Democrat/socialist/communist (D/s/c) Party doctrine. They’re hot for preventing “gun violence” and “insurrection,” unless it’s against their political enemies: Normal Americans. Then, they’re ready to use F-15s and nuclear weapons, as Fang Fang bang bang Congressman Eric Swalwell said in 2018

Swalwell isn't the only one who is talking about strafing and bombing fellow citizens on American soil. Biden has said it several times. If anything, it shows how out of touch these people are. The idea that anyone in authority could ever authorize the use of such weapons on our fellow American citizens seems unbelievable. Sure we may have differences, but do these differences mean that the Government can declare war on half the population?

The truth of the matter is that it is the Democrats/socialists/communists who are doing everything in their power to provoke an insurrection. It isn't normal Americans, who want the Constitution to again be the law of the land, to live under the rule of laws that are applied equally to everybody, to defend our border and (again) follow the law. Also, I think we all want them to stop talking about "Our Democracy" because it was never a democracy.  As John Lott has noted:

Concealed handgun permit holders are “extremely law-abiding” and make up an insignificant portion of violations, John Lott told The Fix via email.
The Crime Prevention Research Center president said permit holders are convicted of firearms violations at thousandths or tens of thousands of one percentage point,” across the country. He pointed to a study he conducted that was published several month ago.
In particular, Lott took issue with the violence on January 6, 2021 being the basis for any gun regulation. “January 6th was not something anyone supports,” Lott told The Fix. However the evidence would seem to indicate political violence as stemming mainly from progressives he said, pointing to the 2021 Lafayette Square riot and the 2017 riots during President Donald Trump’s inauguration.
He also criticized the recommendation that people not be allowed to carry guns in polling places or government buildings. He shared a study, last updated in 2021 that found “23 states officially allowed people to carry guns in state capitols, and there were no problems reported,” Lott said.
He shared other research he conducted that questioned the value of “red flag laws.”
“If a person is a danger to themselves or others civil commitment laws are much better ways of dealing with these problems,” he told The Fix.

What I believe, but can not prove, is that the Democrats, most of them, have been bought off by the globalist international communists. Not a few Repbulicans have also succumbed. Our "representatives" no longer represent us. They instead represent their masters who have bought them. So it is no surprise they see us as "the other" and would use F-15s and nukes on us.

Keep A Gun or Two At The Ready

 Kurt Schlichter recently wrote a book with the title The Attack attempting to warn people that Muslim sleeper cells are likely (that's 99.9% probable) already in the United States. These sleeper cells are already programed to carry out their mission with no command and control necessary. Through the device of first person accounts he illustrates just what damage such cells can do including killing thousands of us, damaging our supply chains and infrastructure. I have so far read about 70% of the book, and it is terrifying.

Now, FrontPage Magazine adds a layer of authenticity to Schlicter's book, in a piece by Clare Lopez entitled Are Ramadan Jihad Cells Already In the U.S.? Gentle readers can read the entire article, which features both Eric Prince of Blackwater and Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas. But the central idea of the article comes here:

Epoch Times show host and reporter Roman Balmakov interviewed Erik Prince at the March 2024 CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference. During the interview, entitled “Terrorist Sleeper Cells Are Already in the U.S.,” Prince told Balmakov that one reason he believes the Biden administration is so reluctant to strike back in any meaningful way against Iranian terror proxies — much less any Iranian target itself — is that the Iranian regime has already surged unknown numbers of military fighters across our wide-open southern border.
Prince suggested that such fighters — whether Iran’s own IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps), Quds Force, or proxy jihadis from HAMAS, Hizballah, or Houthis — could be flown on Iran’s Mahan Air from Iran to Venezuela.
Then from there, they could head north through the Darien Gap that lies between Colombia and Panama, and then on up to and across the U.S. southern border.
Combined with other hostile military forces already certainly here, to include Chinese Jungle Tigers and Hezbollah cadres, these forces are likely forming cells, conducting pre-attack casing, surveillance, and training, and getting ready to launch combined attacks inside the homeland later in 2024, or should the U.S. do anything to upset Iran’s mullahs.

Meanwhile, over at the American Thinker, Raymond Ibrahim has an insightful essay entitled How Carnage and Atrocities Heal Muslim Hearts that tells us from yet another perspective that we can expect another jihadi attack, probably of fairly large proportions sometime in 2024.

In a recent communiqué, the Islamic State called on its followers to slaughter and terrorize every single Western person they could reach. A snippet follows (emphases added):
Lions of Islam: Chase your preys whether Jewish, Christian or their allies, on the streets and roads of America, Europe, and the world. Break into their homes, kill them and steal their peace of mind by any means you can lay hands on. ... Solidify your plans and diversify the attacks: detonate explosives, burn them with grenades and fiery agents, shoot them with bullets, cut their throats with sharp knives, and run them over with vehicles. A sincere person will not lack the means to draw blood from the hearts of the Jews, the Christians, and their allies, and thus ease the suffering in the hearts of the believers. Come at them from every door, kill them by the worst of means, turn their gatherings and celebrations into bloody massacres, do not distinguish between a civilian kaffir [infidel], and a military one, for they are all kuffar [infidels] and the ruling against them is one. ... Intentionally seek easy targets before hard ones, civilian targets before military one, religious targets like synagogues and churches before others, for this will satisfy the soul.
Of curious interest here is not so much the sadistic though ultimately hackneyed calls for carnage, but rather the claim that torturing, terrorizing, and tearing infidels apart somehow “eases the sufferings in the hearts of the believers” and “satisfies the soul.”
Such claims are actually derived from Islam’s most sacred text. The Koran exhorts believers to “fight them [those who oppose Islam], Allah will torment them with your hands, humiliate them, empower you over them, and heal the hearts of the believers, removing the rage from their hearts” (Koran 9:14-15).

Again, I urge gentle readers to read Ibrahim's full essay. The point, however, is not to panic. Never panic. Rather, it is to be as prepared as you can be for what will likely happen. Have food and water on hand. I suggest canned meats such as tuna, corned beef and Spam. Find a local source of eggs. Keep a supply of canned vegetables. Have plenty of bottled water, blankets, and other stuff you know you will need. But don't invest too much in those freeze dried products. Keep a gun or two ready, with plenty of ammunition. Have any medicines you need around in sufficient supply for at least a month. You know what you need. Then, pray to our LORD God that he protects you and yours, but just as importantly, pray for the jihadis too. They have been duped by the devil into believing that Satan is god. He wants to sit on God's throne. It is a story as old as the snake in the Garden of Eden.

Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Government Must Prove Arms are NOT in Common Use

 Mark W. Smith, the host of the Four Boxes Diner Channel, writes today to tell us that the government bears the burden to show that an arm is NOT in common use in Spoiler Alert: 'Assault Weapon' Ban ~ Government Must Prove That Weapons Are NOT In Common Use.

Bianchi challenges the constitutionality of Maryland’s “assault weapons” ban, which seeks to outlaw the AR-15, among other semiautomatic firearms.
Tellingly, the original Fourth Circuit panel in Bianchi seemed poised to issue a pro-Second Amendment ruling, but before that occurred, the Fourth Circuit took the case en banc likely to avoid the possibility of such an outcome.
Bruen instructs that the constitutional inquiry starts with the text of the Second Amendment. This means that, at the outset, a lower court must determine whether the object of a firearm’s regulation is an “arm.”
At this first step, Bruen instructs that the burden is on the party challenging the firearms regulation to show that the item being banned is an “arm.” Heller defined “arms” as “weapons of offense or armor of defense.” There is no doubt that AR-15s and other semiautomatic rifles subject to the Maryland ban are “arms,” which means that the burden shifts to the government to show that the arms it seeks to ban are not “in common use” by Americans for lawful purposes (or are dangerous and unusual).
Bianchi is an “arms ban” case in the same way that Heller was an “arms ban” case, which struck down D.C.’s ban on owning a handgun, was an arms ban case. Heller provides the constitutional test to be applied by the lower courts in arms ban cases, and that is the “in common use” test.
There is a reason that the Fourth Circuit in Bianchi asked the parties to address when the “in common use” test comes into play.
If the “in common use” analysis occurs at the plain text level (text-first), the burden would be on the pro-Second Amendment plaintiffs to demonstrate that an arm is in common use. If, however, the inquiry occurs at the historical level (history-second), the burden rests on the government to prove that an arm is dangerous and unusual.
The anti-gun movement desperately wants the “in common use” analysis to occur at the plain text level where the party challenging the firearm regulation has the burden, but that is entirely contrary to the Supreme Court’s holding in Heller. How do we know? It’s plainly obvious from the decision itself.

Well, I have already given the probable outcome with the "spoiler alert." If this goes to the Supreme Court, as seems likely, the Court will very likely instruct the Fourth Circuit that the government that wants to ban arms must prove that the arm in question is NOT in common use. Of course, the gun grabbers want to make the argument about just how common is "common use" because such wrangling distracts from the real issue.

Courts seem reluctant to allow citizens to exercise the rights granted to them by God, and acknowledged by the Constitution. What these courts betray is a lack of belief in citizen's rights. These tyrants apparently believe that rights are granted by government, and therefore government can take them away. Such judges, at the very least should be impeached.