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Politics

Gun Control — Two Months Into 2019

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In an earlier article I wrote regarding this subject (2019 and America’s Gun Control — January 1, 2019), I indicated that this would be the year of massive gun control legislation.  Well, here we are, less than 60 days into the year and the House passed a massive bill which would restrict substantially the transfer of guns — within a family and/or neighbor.

For example, say you were going on a vacation out of state and wanted to leave your gun(s) with a neighbor for protection from burglary.  In order to do so, you would have to go through a licensed firearms dealer to make the transfer, and upon your return, you’d have to go through the process again — with days of waiting for each transaction!

If you, a law abiding citizen owns a gun, you probably have it for self-protection.  How exactly does this aid you in the protection of your family and property?  The answer is obviously, it doesn’t.  And in the case of the unlawful, it has no bearing — they don’t follow the law in the first place.  So then how does this help society in general?  Again, it doesn’t.

What it does do is it restricts the average citizen’s right to protect themselves from the criminal element.  This should be of concern to anyone in this country that wants to exercise that right, be he of Left or Right persuasion.

So then what is this about?  It is a precursor to the Left relieving you of your 2nd Amendment right to bear arms — totally.  As stated previously in my article on the press to do so soon, this is merely the first step for this year.  The Left must take away the 2nd Amendment in order to complete their march toward the socialist state they’ve been fighting for over 70 years — of which they are getting way too close.

Fortunately, we currently have a president with our best interest in mind and will probably veto the bill.  But, HR 1112 is next up to bat and will probably be pushed through congress also by the radicals within our government.  HR 1112 would impose unreasonable delays for the transfer of guns (new purchases and inter-person transfers — up to 20 days).  If the current 30 day period is exceeded, then the transaction can be voided and must start over.  So much for justice..?

And may I prophetically predict that sometime this year we’ll see a very, very long list of weapons listed in a bill that would totally make them illegal to own, as well make handguns and rifles illegal if they have a potential capacity greater than 10 rounds.  Now that’s restrictive!  It would mean that many guns typically owned by hunters today would be illegal to possess.

So now that we have a president with a normal brain (to some extent anyway), we can probably assume that these attempts will not past muster during his watch.  However, what happens when the next socialist is elected president?  I doubt there will be any vetoing of such bills.

In brief, we are merely one election away from our country seeing its end as it stands today.  Liberty, justice, our way of life is on a short fuse.  It’s burning away as far too many Americans argue for socialism, the death of infants, the lost of liberty, and a legal system that has two branches — one for the ultra-rich, and the other for the rest of us.

Just look at all of those in the news who are wanting radical change to our country and consider their wealth.  How do they match up to you?  Is this who you want to represent you?  If you’re honest with yourself, the answer should be no…

 

 

 

Communism, Politics

Liberals & Conservatives — They Both Have Value

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In our world of politics today, we use several terms to define people or groups.  Far too often those labels are misused with an end objective in mind — to confuse, obfuscate, or totally misdirect a person or persons’ thinking.

Liberals and conservatives have always existed and they both have a purpose in society.  Typically, one set of people (liberals) want to effect change, whereas the other type (conservatives) want more of a status quo.  Both have a purpose — to maintain a balance of change or progress with that of slow and deliberate decision making leading to a safer environment with slow and deliberate change.

If this balance is not maintained, we either have chaos with too much change too fast, or stagnation and a lack of progress — both can be disastrous.  With both parties in balance, we have forward movement of a society with rationale and analysis leading to better decisions.  My guess is this is one of the reasons why our founders created such unique documents — the Bill of Rights and our Constitution.  Although they argued incessantly, it was done predominantly in a professional manner with the end result of quality decisions — as evidenced by our founding documents.

More often than not, today the Democratic party sees itself as the liberal party and conversely the Republican party sees itself as the conservative party.  Our congress was designed this way to have differing opinions to invoke the same logic as stated, to strike a balance in our actions for the maximum end for all.

Today we also refer to these same people as the Left (democrats) or the Right (republicans).  Many people argue that the Left keeps marching further left.  However, that may not be the case.  Those who seek more radical approaches may not be the stereotypical liberal, but more a radical.  And many of those radicals are socialists who have an entirely new perspective for America’s future — foreign to both the traditional Left and Right.

It is for this reason, that ‘we the people’, are so far apart in our perspectives.  We use the words liberal, Left, and democrat interchangeably.  Liberal has a classical definition which is fading away insidiously.  The extremes are becoming the norm, while society is being torn apart.  We’re all praying for a king (president) to save us.  (1 Samuel 12:19 (NIV) — “Pray to the Lord your God for your servants so that we will not die, for we have added to all our other sins the evil of asking for a king.”

America was originated by Pilgrims (religious people) from Europe escaping religious persecution who established the foundation of our Judeo-Christian society.  Our founders subsequently created our unique documents mentioned above that protect our rights.  The vast majority of the governmental laws used today were created using those same principles.  Freedom of speech isn’t an empty phrase with little or no value, it is defined in our constitution as a “God given right”.  That term means, that no one can take that (those) rights away from you.  The only way to do so in America is to destroy our constitution.

That is exactly what the Left (socialists) are trying to do.  It is merely one of the steps toward ‘fundamentally transforming’ our country into a socialist state.  Over the last 70 years they have done a fine job toward that end.  It is up to us to stop them.

When you speak to those who don’t particularly share your perspective, remember that we are all different and here for different purposes.  Speak with kindness and understanding while listening as much as you can while trying to keep the conversation honest and direct.  The more we listen, the more we educate each other.  To that end, we also make better decisions.

If we argue, call names, or worse, we get nowhere except more chaos.  We must not fall into the same mold as those making the news every day through violence, lying, and deceit.  It is up to us to save this country, not some bureaucrat making a lot of money to sell you and I out.  If everyone in congress was doing what was right for all Americans, we would be where we are today.  At the very least, the character of congress — for the most part — has been lost to self-aggrandizement and riches.  We must hold their feet to the fire with our votes while trying to educate the lost in our society.

Watching TV and the news gets you ‘information’, the accuracy of which may be questionable, or just more propaganda.  We must sift through the garbage to learn the truth.  Otherwise we’re no better than the Russians in the early 20th century.  And look what that got them — Lenin followed by Stalin.  It took millions of them to die before the light came on.  Hopefully we won’t follow their example..?