Self defense and The entire bill of rights

SELF DEFENSEANDTHE ENTIRE BILL OF RIGHTS

Mark W. [email protected]

Under Attack from All Angles

“There are two basic views of world history: the accidental view of history and the conspiratorial view of history.”

Sterling Lacy, When Disappointment Turns to Discouragement

The New American, February 4th, 2013

Testimony Bill Stevens testifies at the Gun Violence

Prevention Working Group Public Hearing

Introduction

My philosophy Rights from God, Constitution

protects them My views supported by a

compilation of data John Birch Society and other sources

Not an expert: I have much to learn!

Purpose Inform people Take action Get people involved in the John

Birch Society

John Birch Society

Pro-American Non-Partisan Anti-collectivist (founded as anti-

communist) Pro-liberty Pro-constitution Objective: A fully-informed

electorate Motto: “Less government, more

responsibility, and – with God’s help – a better world.”

No other organization seems to get the whole picture.

Why the 2nd Amendment?

Natural law: the right to self-defense is self-evident! The author of the Declaration of Independence was clear

Thomas Jefferson on Shay’s Rebellion:“And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. … The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.”

The Constitution gives the federal government no power to regulate firearms Official Constitution Transcript – 18 delineated powers

The Constitution Protects this right without restrictions (aka: infringements) 2nd Amendment “A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state,

the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”

9th Amendment “The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.”

10th Amendment “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”

Recent events

Mass shootings: poor coverage & inconsistencies Theater shooting in Aurora, CO

“Shall issue” state Business owners can post “no guns” Exercise the right to choose where you do business Fox News: “…out of all the movie theaters within 20 minutes

of his apartment showing the new Batman movie that night, it was the only one where guns were banned”

Sandy Hook Elementary shooting in Newtown, CT Schools are gun-free zones Information lockdown & gag orders Conflicting stories…

Recent events (cont’d)

What the media won’t tell you Violent crime has decreased, even as states become right-to-carry

FBI Report: consistent year-by-year decreases CNN: “a decrease of nearly 17 percent from a decade ago.”

Common elements of mass shootings Psychotropic drugs

The New American: Drug-induced Murder"In virtually every mass school shooting during the past 15 years, the shooter has been on or in withdrawal from psychiatric drugs," writes Lawrence Hunter of the Social Security Institute. "Yet, federal and state governments continue to ignore the connection between psychiatric drugs and murderous violence, preferring instead to exploit these tragedies in an oppressive and unconstitutional power grab to snatch guns away from innocent, law-abiding people."

Gun-free zones Nobody can shoot back – higher body count

Recent events (cont’d)

What they won’t tell you (cont’d) Gun control isn’t the answer

Criminals don’t obey laws! Gun-free zones make our children

vulnerable Wall Street Journal Editorial by Joyce

Lee Malcolm: Two Cautionary Tales of Gun Control

Within a decade of the UK’s handgun ban, handgun crime rates doubled

Australian semiautomatic rifles and semiautomatic and pump shotguns were all banned

Homicides down 9%, but… Assault up 40% Sexual Assault up 20%

Homicide rate tables in Wikipedia US murder rate is 4.8/100,000

annually 4x the UK’s murder rate

Nowhere near being the worst in the world

All have more restrictive gun laws UK Violent Crime Rate Worse than US Washington DC

Strictest gun laws in the country 24 murders/100,000 annually – 5x the

national average The New American: More Club and H

ammer Homicides 5x murders committed using knives or

cutting instruments as using rifles More murders are committed using

hands/fists or hammers/clubs.

More psychiatry? Nope! More government? Nope!

The fallout: gun control

Rahm Emanuel Those in power today: insiders

Seek more power Recognize no Constitutional limits Will do everything they can get away

with in their interests Often an incremental approach

Gun Control Act of 1968 Nazi origins? JFPO Thinks So! Denies this right to felons, fugitives, users of illegal drugs, mentally defective or

committed, illegal aliens, dishonorably discharged, renounced citizenship, under restraining order, convicted of domestic violence

Harvey A. Silvergate: Three Felonies a Day Federal Assault Weapon Ban (1994)

Effects on crime Negligible

Sunset in 2004 No repeal by GOP in power President Bush said he’d sign an extension

The fallout: gun control

Feinstein’s Purpose? Turn them all in! Her proposed assault weapon ban from The New American Feinstein’s Assault Weapon Ban

Obviously something to fight! What are the chances of this bill passing, though? Do they know better? Subterfuge? For what?

Universal registration in the short term The New American: Yes…They’re Coming for Your Guns

Register, then confiscate “In Canada, Australia, and many countries of Europe, gun registration has led to confiscation in recent

years. It is happening here in the United States with state laws, as the recently passed legislation in New York State amply demonstrates.”

Ammunition Controls? Bank Controls?

Article at Politico point out that Rahm Emanuel is pressuring banks that work with gun manufacturers

Bank of America already froze American Spirit Arms’ accounts

MORE fallout

The rest of the Bill of Rights Obama’s 23 executive actions (Wall Street Journal)

Summary Data availability/sharing / snitching: 1, 2, 3, 16, 17

4th Amendment: “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”

Review who is prohibited from owning firearms: 4 Innocent until proven guilty

More background checks, tracing, statistics: 5, 6, 9, 10 4th Amendment

Gun safety (campaign / standards / technology): 7, 8, 15 Propaganda Making guns expensive/useless for self-defense

Appointments: 11 Training & response plans: 12, 19

Run and hide; wait for the authorities to save you Enforcement / security: 13, 18

More federal interference in our schools CDC to research gun violence as a disease: 14

Another bogus excuse for criminals – blame the guns! Mental and other health coverage: 20, 21, 22

Note all the connections with Obamacare

MORE fallout (cont’d)

The rest of the Bill of Rights (cont’d) NRA’s deals

Background checks OK – but make them instant Federal access to mental health records Post a fed in every school Making deals on Obamacare

Section 2716 of Obamacare, on page 776 Payoff, executive action #16 destroys their deal

Total information awareness NSA monitoring and data fusion Every aspect of you and your life

Medical records Mental health records Organizations you belong to All firearms registered

What do they really want?

Sure, guns are a part of it – incremental approach The New American: Nazi Gun Control Laws

“The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to allow the subject races to possess arms. History shows that all conquerors who have allowed their subject races to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by so doing.” – Adolf Hitler

1919 Verordnung des Rates der Volksbeauftragen über Waffenbesitz “All firearms, as well as all kinds of firearms ammunition, are to be surrendered

immediately.” Process accelerated with a “disarmament Czar” 1920 Gesetz über die Entwaffnung der Bevölkerung

“…tasked with making a list of ‘military weapons’ that were subject to immediate seizure,”

“…neighbors spying on neighbors.” 1928 Waffenschein

“…license to own a weapon” “…an applicant was required to show that his “reliability is not in doubt” and that he had

a particular need for a firearm. Psychological testing for a gun license.” 1933 Enabling Act

“…permitting Hitler to make laws without consulting the Reichstag.”

What do they really want? (cont’d)

Complete control Two classes backing: those in

charge and useful idiots Reduce individuality

Ridicule Remove our dignity Label, dehumanize (like “fetus”) Divide

Who are they likely to target? DHS already has named

Veterans Pro-gun, ammo & gun stockpilers Those who favor federalism / local

control West Point Terrorism Study

suggests Christians Constitutionalists / folks for limited

government

Liberty lovers Supporters of US sovereignty / anti-

globalists Anti-abortion

Obama’s executive actions suggest Mental health patients of all sorts Genetics: abc News: Adam Lanza’s

genetics Any excuse they can find

Other leftist tendencies suggest Anybody who resists any federal

authority whatsoever From guns to raw milk

Data fusion development suggests Neural networks / pattern

recognition Similar to no-fly lists Pre-crime (Minority Report) Guilty until proven innocent

What they really want (cont’d)

Complete control JBS: this is part of a global conspiracy

Communists are cheering Obama’s gun grab UN Promotes Another Gun-Grabbing Program

They want us to be Overwhelmed Too busy to take action Occupied with sports & entertainment Distracted by the headlines—miss the rest of the

picture Divided

On division: Martin Niemöller (1892-1984)

First they came for the communists,and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a communist.

Then they came for the socialists,and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists,and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews,and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a Jew.

Then they came for the Catholics,and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a Catholic.

Then they came for me,and there was no one left to speak for me.

What we can do about it

Subsidiarity Natural law as seen by founders (Catholic catechism, too!) Problems solved at the lowest possible level

Federal Rollcall.com: Rep Steve Stockman Seeks to Repeal Gun-Free School Zones

(HR35) Rep. Stockman threatens impeachment for gun control by executive order Tell them to stop any legislation that is

Anti-gun/ammo Adds restrictions on owners Assists in data collection, fusion, mining, processing Harmful to any portion of the Bill of Rights (data: 4th Amendment)

State Nullification

Nationwide work, tracked by tracking.tenthamendmentcenter.com Indiana: support SB130 Firearms Freedom Act

What we can do about it (cont’d)

Local/County Franklin County, Indiana: govern

ment and sheriff say no Counties and Cities Now Nullifyin

g Gun Control A new liberty coalition forming t

o defend gun rights Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace

Officers Association (CSPOA.org) (powerful video!)

Oath Keepers (http://oathkeepers.org)

We the People Gun Owners of America (

www.gunowners.org)

Tea Party groups Restore the Republic Liberty Round Table The Power Hour Front Sight Firearms Instistute The Tenth Amendment Center (

http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/)

People Against the NDAA (PANDA)

The John Birch Society And more…

Personal resistance Gun owners refuse to register

in NY state Gun “3D printing” Stand together, avoid this!

Wrapup: More on theJohn Birch Society

Useful links www.jbs.org www.thenewamerican.com http://fpeusa.org/ LinkedIn Groups

The John Birch Society YouTube

TheJohnBirchSociety FreedomProjectDotCom

Other big issues pursued right now Stop a Con-Con Stop the New World Order / Agenda 21 Support Your Local Police Rebuild America’s Cultural Base

Let me know if you are interested in joining!

Important nullification bills in Indiana

Index of all Indiana legislative bills SB99 Nullify federal legal tender law SB130 Firearms Freedom Act SB193 Opt out of Common Core SB230 Nullify Obamacare HB1021 Outlaw Agenda 21

Questions and inputs

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More useful links

Nullification: The Rightful Remedy on YouTube The Tenth Amendment Center The Foundation for a Free Society Restore the Republic

Are Guns to Blame on YouTube Charlie Smith Classic presentation Was a Bircher

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