Thanks to my friend Catfish for getting me going on the subject of gun control, yet again. With the recent proposed changes in the self-defense law standards in Florida, there are numerous GFW's crying "bloodbath" yet again. Gun control may sound reasonable to many average Joe's...after all, they're "just trying to register guns", aren't they, it isn't as if you can't have one....

So let's look at the history of gun control, and remember, in EVERY case, registration preceded consfiscation:

... In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control. From 1929 to 1953, about 20 million dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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... In 191! 1, Turkey established gun control. From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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... Germany established gun control in 1938 and from 1939 to 1945, 13 million Jews and others who were unable to defend themselves were rounded up and exterminated.
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... China established gun control in 1935. From 1948 to 1952, 20 million political dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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... Guatemala established gun control in 1964. >From 1964 to 1981, 100,000 Mayan Indians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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... Uganda established gun control in 1970. From 1971 to 1979, 300,000 Christians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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... Cambodia established gun control in 1956. From 1975 to 1977, one million 'educated' people, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Defenseless people rounded up and exterminated in the 20th Century because of gun control: 56 million.

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It has now been 12 months since gun owners in Australia were forced by new law to surrender 640,381 personal firearms to be destroyed by their own government, a program costing Australian taxpayers more than $500 million dollars.

The first year results are now in: Australia-wide, homicides are up 3.2 percent Australia-wide, assaults are up 8.6 percent Australia-wide, armed robberies are up 44 percent (yes, 44 percent!) In the state of Victoria alone, homicides with firearms are now up 300 percent. (Note that while the law-abiding citizens turned them in, the criminals did not, and criminals still possess their guns!)

While figures over the previous 25 years showed a steady decrease in armed robbery with firearms, this has changed drastically upward in the past 12 months, since the criminals now are guaranteed that their prey is unarmed. There has also been a dramatic increase in break-ins and assaults of the ELDERLY.

Australian politicians are at a loss to explain how public safety has decreased, after such monumental effort and expense was expended in "successfully ridding Australian society of guns." The Australian experience and the other historical facts above prove it. You won't see this data on the American evening news or hear our president, governors or other politicians disseminating this information.

You want a real bloodbath? Prevent honest private citizens from possesing the means to defend themselves through gun control, and you will get what you desire.

Guns in the hands of honest citizens save lives and property and, yes, gun-control laws affect only the law-abiding citizens

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Back on February 19, I wrote a post about a truly hate filled site that tries to denigrate the men and women of the United States military in ways that should bring a RCOB moment to anyone that truly loves this country. I spoke my piece and urged everyone to protest the supporters of this site as the hatemongers that they are.

Then while checking my e-mail today, I saw that a reader named Milo had commented on that post. Here's what Milo had to say:

The information at http://www.forsakethetroops.info/ is information we should know. Admitedly the writer is angry and upset but what can people expect when the election is stolen from them to proceed with an illegal war.

Posted by milo at April 26, 2005 07:24 PM

I debated whether or not to let the link stand, as I didn't want to give these idiotic hatemongers any traffic, but then I realized that, yes, I DO want as many of my readers to see the tripe that is being spewed there, and hopefully, protest it vehemently for the Anti-American garbage it is. Mikey "the" crook is screaming for attention again.

As I wrote in my first post:

"...Luckily, my nephew over at the Slaughterhouse could and did write a reasoned post. Go there, read what he wrote and follow your own consciounce(sic). I agree wholeheartedly with Slaglerock.
There are times when free speech just becomes an expression of unreasoned hate, and should be exposed to the world to see, and to provoke a response against it. The ONLY difference between he and I is that I WILL call the site owners scumbags, for that term describes them perfectly."

The time has come again to defend what we belive in, and defend the defenders as well.

And Milo? the election is over, your side lost, get over it. All the fevered imaginings of Neo-con plots that your ilk have tried to put up have been debunked time and again, and it's not worth my effort to do it yet again; the fact is that in a Republic, sometimes your side loses, DEAL WITH IT.

As far as Iraq being an "illegal war"; thats just Progressive tripe. There is plenty of international law to back it up, including the UN's own resolutions. That the UN didn't have the balls to back up their threat, doesn't make the operation illegal. In fact, it could be argued that Operation Sandbox ll™ is merely a continuation of our first altercation. We gave Saddam 12 years to comply with the terms of the cease fire of that operation, and he chose not to, and in the light of the events of 9/11, it was incumbant upon us to not allow any furthur delay against our national security interests.

update: On the directory page of this piece of trash site, they have the following notice concerning their comment section:

"Because of the ignorant actions of a few, who can't express their opinions without obscenity, insults, and disrespect, the message board requires that you register to read or post. Also, the guestbook is now moderated. Amazingly, no one is trying to voice their opinion. It's surprising what happens when anonymity is taken away. Peoples' balls fall off. There's free speech, folks, but only to a limit, and it has been abused..we have been abused. Disagree with us, fine, but do it with respect and couth."

I posted an e-mail, using my name and addy, disagreeing with their point of view, with no invective, but a few pithy observations and this was the response I received:

"FTT/CATT"
To: "Bert Meyer"
Subject: Re: FTT E-mail
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 18:39:20 -0400

Would that friend be your butt buddy, Ernie?

Go back to Sesame Street...Bert!

Fucking military loving puke.

Notice that the site owner can't be bothered to comply with what he wishes his respondant's to do.... I guess this shows the outcome of "self-esteem" based education. Mikey never learned that respect isn't given, it's earned.
I sincerly hope that his parents tire of his failure to pull his own weight and kick him out of their basement soon. The shock of attempting to live in the real world just may do Mikey some good.

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If THIS doesn't tick you off, I don't want to know you. That is not the lowest thing I've ever seen, but it's sure close to the bottom.

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Doc Russia over at Bloodletting has an excellant fisk on a story whining about the activities of the MinuteMan Project in Arizona. Give yourself a treat and go read it. And go to the "home" button and read his other posts. Doc is one of the best on the web right now.

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The Arizona Republic has an opinion piece on the recent incident where an Army Reservist held seven illegal's at gunpoint at a rest stop in Arizona.

This is a tough incident to opine about.., I don't think we are at the point where citizens should take it upon themselves to act as LEO's in every incident they observe, BUT this incident just points out just how badly our immigration laws are being flouted, and the officials responsible are not living up to their oaths in enforcing those laws.

But there are some attitudes displayed in this piece that I find troubleing.... Take this paragraph for instance:

"How different this story would look if it had turned violent. We might be dealing with international repercussions if any of the Mexicans had been hurt. Or bloodshed if Haab had happened upon drug smugglers or desperate coyotes, ready to fight over their human cargo."

Number one, just WHY should we care about how a foreign country feels about what happens to one of their citizens if they are engaged in illegal activities in OUR country? (other than that they be treated as human beings and not animals)

Number two, I think Haab used his weapon in a reasonable manner to preclude being overcome by these people, had they been drug dealers or "desperate Coyotes". Odds of seven to one would seem to make the use of the weapon an equalizing factor, not an abuse.

Then there is the quote by Sherriff Joe Arpiao:

"There's no excuse for any citizen to take the law into their own hands. We're a nation of laws."

I admire Sherriff Arpiao for his tough stances and his no nonsense attitude, but in this case I believe that he may be incorrect. Haab observed some people committing a federal crime, and he merely held the perpertrators until law enforcment could arrive to take over. Either we are ALL responsible for our societies safety, or we are just sheep to be told where to go and how to behave.
Haab may have overstepped that line between concerned citizen and vigilante, but thats for a court to decide, I am proud that we have citizens willing to take responsiblity on their own initiative though.

The op-eds author responded to Sherriff Apiaos comment with:

"And America has trained officers to enforce those laws."

The FACT is, without the cooperation of the citizenry, we have far too few LEO's to affect any real effect, other than to take the after-action reports on any incidents, and in the case of illegal immigration, a LEO can't even inquire as to a suspects status, and even if they KNOW thay are illegal, are precluded from making an arrest just on that basis, or even reporting it to Immigration officials. That belies that "we have LEOS trained to enforce those laws".

When the laws are so blatently being ignored by those responsible to seeing that they are upheld, just what are the citizens to do? It leads to a disdain of the law by the citizens, and eventually, a total breakdown of society.

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Right Wing Rocker has a great post up expressing his feeling on proposed rules on Internet speech. I would write my own post, but he's already said it all.

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Mamamontezz got an e-mail from our friend Jack that made her so livid that she was ready to start punching holes in the wall. She's normally very slow to anger and is willing to hear all sides of an argument before joining in, but this bit of news got her so angry that I had to wait to read her post about it before she would even tell me anything about it.

I was as angry as she was after reading the sparse information given in the story. It is minimal reporting on a situation rich in anger provoking items.

1. A pack of animals posing as human students attacked a developmentally challenged girl, punching her in the mouth to make her compliant to their will.

2. They forced this girl to perform fellatio on at least two members of the pack.

3. One of the members of the pack video'd at least part of the assault.

4. There were other students present that watched the assault and DID NOTHING.

5. An assistant principle requested of the father of the victom to not notify the police.

6. As of yet, four students were suspended from school for their part in the attack, pending investigation for furthur action and NO (POLICE) CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED.

Okay...let me try to voice my thoughts through my RCOB and see if I can be coherent....It seems that we are raising some of our young as wild animals that believe that they can do anything they wish and get away with it, and the initial response by all the officials involved seems to back up that belief. Whats worse, even the bystanders have been indoctrinated into the "let the police handle it" mentality that they did nothing to stop this show of animalistic brutality.

In my school days, I sincerely believe that after that first punch to the victoms mouth, the assailent would have been taken down by at least half of the onlookers and received some serious, physical, "attitude adjustment"; we were taught that it was NEVER permissible to hit a girl, much less assault her and gang rape her.

Also in my school days, any adult in the area, much less any of the administrators of the school, would have been the first to call the police and would have requested that those involved be arrested and charged to the fullest extant possible.

For that assistant principle/principle to have done what they did constitutes abetting a felony after the fact in my lexicon, and those persons should be charged as such. The fact that they were in a position of authority only ascerbates the action that they chose to follow instead of what any normal person would have done.

I credit the father that he did contact the police and didn't go vigilanti on the perpertrators....I'm not sure,speaking as the father of two daughters, that I would be able to control myself as well as he did if such an assault had occurred to one of my daughters. I like to think that my training as a LEO would preclude me from going mideavel on their buts, but that same training would scream at me to "get those little M***erF****rs" and don't be gentle about it.

Those bystanders that watched everything happen and did nothing should have to pay some consequences also...they may not be liable in a criminal sense, but common decency should have moved them to intercede...

This incident occurred LAST MONTH, and NO charges have been filed as of yet?!? I know that the wheels of the judicial system run slow, but it is inexcusable that the prosecutors haven't filed at least preliminary charges against the offenders as of yet.

I can only hope that it is because they are going to try to charge these barbarians in the adult court to face adult time...lets see....assault with bodily injury, rape of a minor, criminal confinement of a minor come to mind...should be good for at least 15 to 25 in the State Gray-Bar Hotel (hopefully with an inmate for a cellmate that has a taste for the younger men in his life and a hearty sexual appitite.)

Nope, I can't be coherant on this right now....I'm off to the range to take out some righteous anger on some poor defenseless paper targets.

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George Soros is at it again, this time sponsering a conferance of the Elite at Yale to formulate a new Constitution with the goal of substituting it for our present Constitution in 2020..

Go through the links and see some of the proposals.....A "right" to a job "at a fair rate of pay", a "right" for a farmer to sell his products at a rate that suports his family....a "right" to have a higher education, a "right" to own a home, a "right" to health care, to name just a few.

Tell me, just HOW are these "rights" to be achieved whithout giving the government the ultimate control over every aspect of our lives?

The founding Fathers were wise in saying we have the Right to "pursue Happiness". Note that they didn't guarentee that anyone would achieve it, just that you had the right to strive for it. True success only comes through individual effort, government can never ensure equal outcomes, unless the outcome you desire is equal misery for all.

The frightening thing is that these are the people that will become our next generation of lawyers, judges, and polititians; that they could seriously debate this as a viable course of action bodes extremely ill for the Republic in the coming years. The time for the Second American Revolution may soon be upon us....and as Shakespeare suggested: "First, kill all the lawyers!", may have to become more than a cute phrase.

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Mamamontezz has put up a thought-provoking Poem on the situation in Georgia involving yet another victom of the judicial system. Follow the links, get angry, and put out your thoughts on this travesty.

In short, we have an elderly woman with a medical problem, not currently life threatening, who has a living will that states she wishes to be cared for, but has been placed in Hospice without the benifit of a feeding tube or hydration, because her "oh so loving" grand-daughter feels that it's time for "her to go to Jesus". The patients closest living relatives (a brother and sister) objected, so the grand-daughter got a judge to grant her guardianship (in a manner patently against Georgia state law) to allow her to continue the starvation/dehydration course that she set for her Grandmother. Mind you, this woman is NOT comotose, does NOT have a life threatening illness (other than the treatment her "guardian" imposes), AND has a living will stating that she wishes food and water unless she becomes vegatative. Yet the Judge (without a law degree, or seemingly, any knowledge of Georgia law) sides with the person who wishes to starve this woman to death.

Terri Schiavo was just the start down that slippery slope, it seems that the Judiciary wants to accelerate our progress down that slope at an ever faster pace. The first caqse is always the hardest....now there is precedent to quicken the descent....May God have mercy on us all, for we are definately not showing it to each other.

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Yep! There's no bias in the MSM news we're getting out of Iraq....after all, we would have loved to have Edward R. Murrow reporting on the war from behind the German lines in WWll, wouldn't we?

Of course, the Moonbats would say that the media were only showing "both sides" in the conflict....funny how all the reporting thus far seems to highlight the "insurgents" Islamofacists side of things in three provences out of 14; with almost no news of any reconstruction efforts by Co-allition Forces or "success" stories of everyday Iraqis in the other 11 provences though isn't it?

We see stories of Iraqis getting killed murdered while waiting in line to join the new Iraqi military or police forces, because it shows the "insurgents" as a "force to be reckoned with", but little to no news on how these events only cause the Iraqis to try to join these institutions in increased numbers, because it might show the "insurgents" to be what they are, fanatics in a losing cause.

If a cameraman was standing by the side of one of the insurgants Islamofacists during a gun battle with the Marines....I find that it would seem that the cameraman was trying to get a story that slanted towards those scum, rather than just covering an event....of course, maybe it's just MY biases showing in that opinion. I guess it's unpatriotic of me to ask just how a member of the 4th Estate came to be with a group of the enemy engaged in a gun battle with Marines? (Free speech and total equality of views from all sides and all that).

To me, treating with the enemy in time of war is ipso facto treason, but I guess I'm just too "uneducated" or "provincial in my views" to get the nuances involved....

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I was exstatic to see THIS. Spammers are living proof that Satan does exist, IMHO. It's good to see one get his just desserts for a change. I think there should be a way to make it all illegal, not just spamming under an alias, such as in this case....

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Here IS a MUST READ for those that stil believe that College campi are a bastion of free thought and debate.

Here is just a taste:

"The long term perspective of this is rather disturbing. In issue after issue, the liberal college professor is very critical of America and the values that it stands for. I have heard American college professors tell me – or students – that we cannot say whether our way of government is better than what they had in, e.g., Iraq under Saddam Hussein. This goes hand-in-hand with the Euro-phoria that many campus liberals are caught up in: American government, American way of life, is liable to all sorts of criticism, while much of the rest of the world gets a free pass."

This Liberal indoctrination of our best and brightest bodes ill for our country in the coming years; we can only trust that these young people will come to see the fallacies presented to them by these ultra Libs as what they are, FALLACIES, and rebel against the Academic Liberal Orthodoxy in the end.

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Dr. Boyle of Code Blue Blog has some interesting things to say about Terri Shiavo's last CT scan, done in 1996... Whats more, he is willing to put his money where his mouth is.
Just remember some of his points the next time some "emminent Neurologist" starts citing CT scans as if he could actually read them...

Be SURE to read some of his earlier posts too, it will put a whole new light on the situation.

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As you have no doubt heard. Terri Schiavo has at last gone to that place beyond pain and into the loving arms of eternity.

I found it particularly disgusting that her "loving" "husband" didn't even allow her parents to be with her for her final moments on Earth. This man scum is the lowest of the low. I will forbear making any other comments; a RCOB moment would serve no purpose. Yes, I know that the excuse was that they wished to conduct an "assessment" of Terri's condition, but since Michael was allowed to remain, so should her parents have been allowed to remain.
It was just one furthur indignity put upon them by what I consider to be a totally selfish and unfeeling man. They will forever mourn the loss of those last moments with their daughter.

I sincerely hope that a COMPLETE autopsy will be done at the Fla. Medical Center. This is the final phase of this whole sordid affair, and I pray that it won't be tainted by a perfunctory autopsy at a second class facility. There are too many questions that can only be answered by a thorough, dispassionatly professional medical autopsy. And I hope the results will bring charges against the author of this travesty. A vain hope, I know, but a person can dream, can't he?

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My favorite nephew and blog-brother SlagleRock has a post on an issue that only an veteran or current military member can speak to, namely using the images of active members of the military in a story about something that most members would find distasteful at the least.

Harpers claims that the images are "decoration for the pages". Having your image portrayed in (even if only periphally) connection with something that is antithetical to everything you hold dear is NOT "decoration", it is an insult to every person so portrayed.

Harpers should print an apology to every Marine in that "decoration".

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Davids MedianKritik has a great post demonstrating just why mant Germans feel the way they do about Americans. When all you get is "reporting" portraying charicatures, what else would you expect?

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I made a post a couple of days ago about the goal of the GFW's with universal registration ie, the total eleimination of private firearms, and I got a couple of e-mails telling me that I was a Neanderthal that was seeing a conspiracy theory where there was none to be seen.

One e-mailer told me that "surely I couldn't argue with keeping tabs on who owns guns, for the public safety". And that the (GFW'S) "people that try to put into effect gun registration/licensing are only making common sense the law".

Well, Yes, I CAN argue with that false premise. Every major gun control group has only ONE goal in mind; nothing less than the total banning of ANY private firearms. They know that they don't have the public support for a total ban right now, so they are working towardes their goal with an incremental set of laws, licenses, and anti-gun propaganda.

Don't believe me? Well read these meeting notes from a Handgun Control Inc. planning meeting on December 17,1993.
This was their agenda for regulations they thought could be enacted in 1994:

WHAT IS PENDING NOW AND CAN BE LAW IN 1994

* Ban of all clips holding over 6 bullets.
* Ban on all semiautos which can fire more than 6 bullets without reloading.
* Ban of possession of parts to convert arms into miliary configuration.
* Ban on all pump shotguns capable of being converted to more than 5 shots without reloading.
* Banning of all machine guns, destructive devices, short shotguns/rifles and assault weapons.
* Banning of Saturday Night Specials.
* Banning of Non-Sporting Ammunition
* Arsenal licensing (for possession of multiple guns and large amounts of ammunition)
* Elimination of the Department of Civil Marksmanship.
* Ban on possession of a firearm within a home located within 1000 feet of a schoolyard.
* Ban on all realistic replicas/toy guns or non-firearms capable of being rendered realistic.
* The right of the victim of gun violence to sue manufacturers and dealers to be affirmed and perhaps, aided with money from government programs.
* Taxes on ammo, Dealers licenses & guns to offset the medical costs to society.
* The eventual ban on all semiautomatics (regardless of when made or caliber).

This was #16 on their long term goal agenda:

16. EVENTUAL BAN OF HANDGUN POSSESSION This may be closer to reality than many of us think. Handguns are becoming increasingly unpopular and we think that within five years we can enact a total ban on possession at the federal level.

Do you honestly think that they have eased up their position in the intervening years? If you do, please pass the fairy dust, cause I would like my world to be all rosy light too.

If you want to keep one of the basic rights that this country was founded on, you'd better educate yourself and join us in the fight. Even if you don't care to exercise your 2nd. Amendment rights personally; if that right is overturned, which one will be next? Still think I'm a "Chicken Little"?

Well this is part of their long-range lobbying talking points:

Legal Point 3: Suing the makers of toy-replica guns, toy weapons and violent entertainment: One of the purveyors of violence to society, companies which profit from violence would eventually be identified and made legally responsible for the violent acts inspired by their products. A study would have to be created to link these companies to those actions taken as a result of their products. Threat of legal action would convince many manufacturers and distributors that other nonviolence-related recreational materials and toys, would make them fiscally accountable for the cost to society incurred as a result of their merchandise. Items could include: violent video games, television shows, movies, videotapes, water guns, super soakers, electronic noise guns, replica guns, toy weapons like swords, batons, martial arts items. Tort law as we know it may not have to undergo a change in order to facilitate these actions. As many people know, it is not necessary to actually win in order to affect change, since the constant threat of legal action will induce change in the way people do business. People all know that the real fiscal effect of repeated legal actions can bankrupt a peddler of violence just as well as winning a large settlement. Any additional ideas or proposals should be directed to our Washington D.C. office for collation, investigation and discussion.

Take note of the fact that they know that they don't even have to win any legal cases to make their agenda fact....Just how many times can even a large toy company such as Mattel undergo the legal costs of defending in Federal lawsuits before they decide that the cost is too high to sustain and stay in business making any toy deemed by these Facists as "unsuitable"?

Hat tip to Kim du Toit for the link.

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I have been excoriating the Bush administration for overly lax border control.
This story is the reason why.

The FBI managed to stop this plan to import deadly weapons into the US. What about the other plots that are out there? It's often been quoted that "the terrorists only have to succeed once, or we can only fail once" for an incident on the scale of 9/11 to occur again.

I give the FBI kudos for stopping them....THIS TIME. With borders that are leaking like a sieve, it's a testament to their ability that we haven't had another major incident as of this time.

We the people need to do our part and let the Administration know that we will no longer tolerate their seemingly insane border policies. The politicians are afraid of the PC screamers, we need to let them know that we don't agree with the screamers and we demand that our borders be made secure to the best of our ablity with a free society.

There will be an incident, sooner rather than later, it's just the law of averages that the terrorists will succeed, and with the strictures inhereant in a free society, our borders will never be totally leak proof without losing that freedom we hold dear, but that doesn't mean that we throw up our hands and just say Que sera sera.

There are measures that can be taken that will heighten our security considerably without infringing on our freedom, all it takes is the political will to employ them.

We can no longer equate stopping open intrusion of our borders with racism as the PC screamers would have it. It's not, it's self defense.

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Let me get this straight....The government of NSW in Australia conducted a search of registered shooters and confiscated/destroyed over 43,000 weapons on specious "storage safety violations".

Now we have a story about a man who ADMITS to two murders; DNA evidence found at the scene of one of the murders ties him to the murder. Prosecutors have testimony that the defendant admited commiting the murders.

He has been in jail for 16 months awaiting trial for the murders, and today, he's a free man. Why? Because the judge in the case ruled that the DNA evidence was "damning to the defendant", and might cause a jury to "unfairly" convict him?!?! A court source said: "The evidence would be too prejudicial for the jury to hear, they would naturaly assume from some of the evidence, that he was guilty. Um....isn't that the reason for evidence? Any evidence that shows guilt will naturaly bias the jury into believeing the defendant is guilty, if it didn't, it wouldn't be evidence, would it?

Just WHAT are they drinking/smoking/ingesting in Oz that leads to such Idiotarian behaviour?!?

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The Smallest Minority has a link to a story in Australia. Seems that the New South Wales Police did a "surprise weapons safety audit" of registered shooters...result? 43,000 weapons were confiscated and later destroyed.

One owner had over $3,000 worth of weapons confiscated, along with a $300. fine and $190. in court costs assessed.
His crime? The key to his gun safe was found on his key rack, and the safe was easily visible in his bedroom.

The GFW's are always saying that registration is just a safety measure to ensure that firearms are traceble and only owned by those legally entitled to do so, and that there would never be a time that confiscation of legal weapons would ever occur. Funny, thats what the Australian government told their gun owners too..and now thousands of firearms owners in Australia have found out the truth of that lie.

Forgetting the fact that LEGAL owners commit an extremly tiny fraction of gun related offences, which makes the tracebility argument moot, the second part of the reasoning is even more specious. Criminals will NEVER register anyway, thats why they are called criminals. The ONLY practical use of registration is for the convenience of the police when it's been decided that it's politically feasable to conduct a confiscation of said firearms (for the public safety, of course).

I will state for the record here that I don't own any weapons, and should they come to my home to confiscate the weapons I don't own, they had best be wearing the best body armor availible. I will turn my weapons/ammunition over....one bullet at a time.

Radical? If you call standing up for your Constitutional right to keep and bear arms radical, I guess it is.

Let them take the weapons and ammunition peacefully and fight them in court? IF it comes to the point that they do a house search to take weapons just because I am a registered firearms owner, it will be too late to take that course of action, and this will no longer be the country I know and love.

That is why I believe that any registration schemes must be fought from ever being enacted. Registration is only the first step in an incremental program to confiscate. The two may be separated by a period of years, or even decades, but as surely as the sun rises in the east, one will inevitably follow the other.

Responsible firearms owners must stay alert and fight any registration program from ever beginning. If they don't, sooner or later, they will no longer BE firearms owners.

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