I'm Done Here!

Sent to me by a reader, who is also a Christian Pastor. Although the picture is meant to be humorous, there is a lot of truth in in.

"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery. Tolerance is a crime when applied to evil."

National Association of Gun Rights Article

This is from the National Association of Gun Rights (NAGR)

http://www.nationalgunrights.org

Note: Cowboys and Tea Parties are not familiar with the National Association of Gun Rights, so therefore have not yet formed an opinion on this organization. We do however support the 2nd Amendment and the right of all law abiding Americans to own firearms.

ATF Tries to Revoke "Montana Made" State Sovereignty Laws

We all predicted this would happen.

In a move typical for that fear-mongering organization with an ever-swelling acronym, the BATFE has written gun dealers in the states of Montana and Tennessee to let them know the BATFE will be disregarding the states' sovereign gun laws.

The "Montana Made" law, just like Tennessee's Firearms Freedom Act, is very simple.

Much of the claimed federal authority to regulate firearm sales and transfers stems from a liberal interpretation of every American tyrant's favorite subterfuge, the "interstate commerce" clause. In essence, this is what gives the BATFE its nasty teeth.

With this in mind, Montana correctly understood that any weapon made in Montana by Montana residents and sold in Montana to Montana residents is Montana's business and Montana's business alone.

Montana thus sought to take charge of its firearms industry with the application of a simple truism:

Any gun made in Montana by Montana residents and sold in Montana to Montana residents is intrastate commerce, not "interstate commerce," and thus does not fall under the purview of the federal government.

Potentially, the state would be able to say goodbye to NICS checks; Brady background checks; NFA taxes, bans and NFA databases -- and most importantly, federal "assault weapons" bans, which Montana and Tennessee rightly anticipated.

In effect, the "Montana Made" law would have permitted Montana gun companies to manufacture any kind of weapon banned by federal law -- including so-called "assault weapons" -- and sell them to fellow Montana residents.

Moreover, in this scenario, no one -- neither the manufacturer nor the dealer nor the buyer -- would have to kowtow to the BATFE by paying them a $200 tax and surrendering one's privacy to their notoriously inaccurate and oft-abused National Firearms Registry.

It was a new day for freedom -- and other states besides Tennessee were thinking of following suit: Alaska, Colorado, Oklahoma and Texas.

Well, the BATFE -- never one to have its power downplayed (or acronym belittled)-- has written letters to both Montana and Tennessee gun dealers letting them know that they proceed at their own risk.

We can only guess what new horrors those words portend -- probably more dead housewives and children as disgruntled ATF thugs shoot-to-kill anyone suspected of perhaps owning a firearm not properly taxed and regulated by Washington, D.C., power brokers.

What else would be new.

A few of our members expressed interest in contacting the BATFE to vent some righteous anger -- the same thing we did when the Department of Defense said they were going to ban all once-fired military brass for resale.

Remember how the DoD reneged on that commitment after just a few days due to the widespread backlash from gun owners and law enforcement?

Well, this is a bit different. Writing the ATF and providing them with your information is akin to giving thieves your home address and the hours you won't be home.

We're going to take a different, less dangerous approach.

We've been talking to state officials from both Montana and Tennessee today to try to figure out the best way we can help these state laws succeed.

Please stay tuned to updates on this supremely important issue in our future emails.

For now, click here to read Luke's commentary on his blog and leave a comment as this development unfolds.


In Liberty,
Dudley Brown
Executive Director
National Association for Gun Rights

More Back and Forth on Obama's Citizenship Issue

Regarding the previously posted Obama video concerning his citizenship and therefore Obama’s eligibility to be the President of the United States .

We have been having a good back and forth with "smrstrauss", who is articulate and has written some very good comments. In response to smrstrauss’ comments (which are in Italics) I make these responses:

I posted that video because out of Obama’s mouth comes the admission that he was born in Kenya . Whereas previously, Obama and his supporters, have stated repeatedly that he was born in Hawaii , where copies of a short form live birth certificate stating such have been released. If Obama wants to pull the wool over the American people’s eyes, then get your story straight first.

(Also,) do you think that the US Congress would have confirmed Obama's election UNANIMOUSLY if one of them thought that the citizenship of Obama's father affected his Natural Born Citizen status? What a minute,….do you mean the same Congress that has driven us to the brink of national bankruptcy? The same congress that grants benefits too themselves that the American people will not receive? The same Congress that passes laws in order to find out what is in the law?

The applicable part of the Constitution regarding eligibility to hold the office of the Presidency is Article II, The Executive Branch, Section 1 - The President where it states:
No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.

The 14th Amendment applies to citizenship and states in paragraph 1, (that) All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.

After the Wong Kim Ark case, there have been numerous federal court rulings that specifically state that the US-born children of foreigners are Natural Born Citizens. I agree with you on this. But despite your referencing a lot of court precedent,....on children born in the United States,....or it’s Territories, by/from U.S. Citizens,….. is just not applicable as Obama states he was born in Kenya and we know that his Father was not an American Citizen.

Obama has already shown the official birth certificate of Hawaii, and the facts on the document–that he was born in Hawaii in 1961—were confirmed twice by the officials of the Department of Health of Hawaii and by the governor of Hawaii (a Republican). Yes it’s true that Obama has previously listed Hawaii as his birthplace, but why did he say, on the video I posted on this site, that he was born in Kenya? Why does Michelle Obama refer to Kenya as Barack’s home?

Now after all this, I think this is an OBE event,…that means Overcome By Events.....closing the barn door after the horses got out......call it what you want, but I think electing a non- U.S. Citizen as President has set a bad precedent. All of those white conservatives were afraid to standup and be counted for fear of being called a racist. I am not calling for Obama’s removal from office, based on the citizenship issue. That will happened soon enough in January 2013 (we'll know on 3 Nov 2012). It will also be apparent in 8 days what the American People think about the direction he and his followers in Congress has taken this Country.

You all can comment on what you want, but this is the last I'm gonna to write about this issue, at least in the near future.