[Windflier]

I applaud Dean Garrison for having the guts to say what needs to be said. We need more right-wing pundits, bloggers, and yes, Republican politicians, to stand up and say the same.

[Political Junkie Too]

Article IV Section 4 says "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government..."

An executive order on the people of the United States violates the Republican Form of Government because the order is not the result of representative legislation.

It would be the action of a tyrannical ruler, not one who governs the administration of duly-passed laws.

-PJ

[Travis McGee]

I agree with the sentiments, but he leads off with several famous bogus quotes.

"The problem with internet quotes is that so many of them are false."

~~Abraham Lincoln, 1865

[Mashood]

I don’t understand how it is legal for Obama to take away a portion of your Bill of Rights by Executive Order. Because he wills it?

[ßuddaßudd]

When Tyranny Becomes Law
Rebellion Becomes Duty

[Buffalo Head]

Great post! Thank you.

[EdReform]

Dear Mr. Security Agent: A letter to law enforcement

[driftless2]

I sincerely doubt that any kind of national confiscation of guns will take place. How are they going to do it? What police or armed authorities are going to go door to door demanding citizens give up their guns? Ain’t going to happen.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Question: "If They Come for Your Guns, Do You Have a Responsibility to Fight?"

Answer: Yes.

Comment: However, it will not happen as there is no leadership, organization or will to fight. As long as the current leadership encourages a degenerate populace to eat, drink, drug, copulate, have a good bowel movement, snore and attend the games nothing will happen except bluster and and an occasional shooting by an isolated individual easily crushed.

[EdReform]

If they come for our guns then it is our constitutional right to put them six feet under. You have the right to kill any representative of this government who tries to tread on your liberty. I am thinking about self-defense and not talking about inciting a revolution. Re-read Jefferson’s quote. He talks about a “last resort.” I am not trying to start a Revolt, I am talking about self-defense. If the day for Revolution comes, when no peaceful options exist, we may have to talk about that as well. None of us wants to think about that, but please understand that a majority can not take away your rights as an American citizen. Only you can choose to give up your rights.

Posted here by FReeper EternalVigilance

[onedoug]

[onyx]

Support FR and the Father of Our Country!

[WilliamofCarmichael]

I don't think that Obama, et al. want to risk outright confrontations on a mass scale.

There could be an executive branch FCC "Fairness Doctrine" approach.. made possible first by de facto registration of all guns in that it could be declared that each gun owned by a citizen is now "registered."

The registration would also be -- a kind of license -- and the "license" can be revoked merely by complaints filed by fellow citizens that the owner acts "irresponsibly."

The Second Amendment remains but is severely restricted..

That's how the "Fairness Doctrine" was used by liberal/progressives to restrict the First Amendment without having to repeal it -- they enforced "fairness" by threatening to take the radio station owners' licenses if citizens complained about their programming content

• "You might also think that they would recall the notorious Fairness Doctrine, which was used to 'harass and intimidate' right-wing radio broadcasts, in the words of one unabashed Kennedy-Johnson operative. When that censorious policy was ended in 1987 by former broadcaster Ronald Reagan, there was an explosion of talk formats that gave voice to popular concerns (for a while, Rush Limbaugh even billed himself as equal time)."
• As reported by Fred Friendly in his book appropriately entitled The Good Guys, the Bad Guys, and the First Amendment, this was part of a "massive strategy . . . to challenge and harass the right-wing broadcasters and hope that the challenges would be so costly to them that they would be inhibited, and decide it was too expensive to continue." This strategy was said to have been successful in almost all respects.

-- the liberals today are flooding the nation with warning screams of "'assault weapons' hiding under beds" and everywhere just waiting to shoot you. The uninformed voters would be tricked into being shills and complain to the authorities about a neighborhood gun owner.

[Katechon]

[Biggirl]

I have been making this prediction for a long, long time.

Because this country is so badly is divided, most likely there will be a civil war or revolution.

[Mat_Helm]

The rhetoric being communicated by this administration, combined now with such reckless statements coming from Biden and other politicians, is setting in motion a dangerous course of action that government was never intended or allowed to contemplate under our Constitution. The semi-automatic rifle in any configuration is the same weapon protected by the 2nd amendment as was the musket carried by every citizen, the militia, and the Continental Army when it was ratified. Imagine if at the end of the Revolutionary war the Congress had not ratified the 2nd amendment in the Bill of Rights and attempted to have the Continental Army disarm the citizens. The nation would have ended quickly and or the Army would have disbanded and the States would still be a confederation and not a nation. For the entire history of our nation up through WWII the common American was better armed and more equipped than the standing military when it came to infantry rifles. There is no difference today when you talk about attempting to regulate or confiscate AR-15’s or any other type of semi-automatic rifle or ray gun of the future for that matter. So, what was the difference in 1776? It was the people and their faith, and their morals, and their quest for liberty and defense of freedom and defiance of tyranny. We now have a populace that does not understand those values nor share those qualities and wants to regulate every single aspect of our lives from conception to the grave to a large measure in large cities, but not the majority yet across the whole nation.

So now, the autocratic tyrants wish to disarm those of us who will not go quietly into the night as we still believe in and are willing to sacrifice and die to preserve the Constitution and rule of law founded upon in the beginning of America. Back in the beginning it was just a handful, maybe less than 10% that really risked anything to fight the British. What was the difference in 1770? The civilian population made a stand and organized starting from Concord and Lexington and gave the fledgling Congress time to organize an army. This stopped the British from disarming the people and gave time to organize a standing army. So if a tyrannical government in 2013 without first amending the Constitution to abolish the 2nd amendment, and doing so without States consent, attempts to defy our laws and confiscate weapons, what are the citizens to do?

The answer is to organize as we did in in 1770. To band together with a pledge to stand together or hang alone. In 2013 this would require gun friendly states to pass legislation preventing the federal government from taking civilian semi-auto rifles. In these states you could set up organizations for civilians to join as likeminded individuals with pledges to come to the aid of anyone the federal government attempted to disarm. Some states have anti militia laws attempting to prevent free men from banding together. You could form groups that share contact information that link up communication with other groups that pledge to up hold and defend the Constitution and to come to the aid of anyone threatened by confiscation. There are peaceful ways to set up and organize without breaking existing state laws banning militias in order to defend the ownership of arms protected by the 2nd amendment. It is time for our own rhetoric to be heard.

[Katechon]

Source: Daletoons

[DungeonMaster]

Not according to the Bible.

[broken_arrow1]

Bump

[VRWC For Truth]

If Johnny Jihad can build an IED in Iraq. An American will build an IED 100x better. A well defended position with plenty of surprises will up the kill ratio. Having a number of sacrificial animals with a remote detonator might be a distraction as well. To take your guns, they have to come get them. You have all the advantages in planning a defense.

[Jay Redhawk]

If the Brownshirts hit my house they will probably easily overwhelm me because of my age and handicap. Now if they should hit my neighbors house first I think I will have time to make it very difficult for them to get out of his house. Most likely the Obamathugs will come when you are at work, or when you are out of town. If they try confrontation every time then their numbers will quickly be reduced. And of course there is always the possibility of a big surprise when they bust open that second or third gun safe someone has.