Posted on 04/27/2007 9:22:47 AM PDT by Mobile Vulgus
Since the VT shootings in Blacksburg, Virginia, we have seen all manner of wild-eyed, anti-gunners come out of the woodwork to cynically use this crime as a chance to beat their gun grabbing drums. But, proposing that we send government Stormtroopers to smash down the doors of every home with a gun in it to confiscate their Constitutionally legal firearms is a step I haven't seen in a purportedly responsible newspaper. That is, until the Toledo Blade published a proposal for taking away our right to self-protection that included "Special squads of police" with unlimited powers to confiscate all guns. A hit squad that would traipse about the country invading homes at will and accosting peaceful citizens everywhere.
The author of this tyrannical proposal is Dan Simpson, who is described as "a retired Ambassador" and a "member of the editorial boards of The Blade and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. " He is a former US Ambassador to various African states... which can easily be read to mean one who thinks government knows best, darn the citizen's rights, apparently.
The piece that oozes from his pen seems overly long, the first half being an attempt by this anti-gun advocate to make it seem as if he really loves guns. After all, he played Cowboys and Indians as a kid and also had a Red Ryder BB gun. Then, later in life, carried a .357 as a "diplomat". But after the hard to believe disclaimers are dispensed with, Simpson launches into his gun banning proposal.
Now, how would one disarm the American population? First of all, federal or state laws would need to make it a crime punishable by a $1,000 fine and one year in prison per weapon to possess a firearm. The population would then be given three months to turn in their guns, without penalty.There is a major problem legally with this supposed diplomat's plans. He never once mentions that the 2nd Amendment is a Constitutional right of the people to keep and bear arms. His proposal is completely illegal according to the Constitution of the USA unless a Constitutional Convention is called to consider amending the law of the land. One would think that an "Ambassador" would be interested in little things like following the law... but apparently not Mr. Simpson.
Worse, and as mentioned, he wants to form a veritable Stormtrooper army that will maraud throughout the country.
The disarmament process would begin after the initial three-month amnesty. Special squads of police would be formed and trained to carry out the work. Then, on a random basis to permit no advance warning, city blocks and stretches of suburban and rural areas would be cordoned off and searches carried out in every business, dwelling, and empty building. All firearms would be seized. The owners of weapons found in the searches would be prosecuted: $1,000 and one year in prison for each firearm.Perhaps Mr. Simpson became too used to the despotic, all powerful leaders in the failed African states to which he was sent as Ambassador and their style of autocratic government made him envious. But whatever the case, Simpson truly has no grasp of the country in which he lives because he doesn't mention any of it. No mention of the Constitution, our history, world history and the despots who ruled with an iron fist over an unarmed populace, or the principles upon which this country was founded make even a tiny appearance in his piece. Just his desire to hand all power to his hand picked goon squad who will roam about the country attacking law abiding citizens.
... On the streets it would be a question of stop-and-search of anyone, even grandma with her walker, with the same penalties for "carrying."
The hit squad Simpson envisions isn't his only anti-gun measure, of course.
He proposes gun dealers still be "allowed" to sell guns but only to museums. He thinks hunters should still be allowed their gun but he has created his own ideas of a classified "hunting weapon" that will have to be locked up with the police except during "hunting season" -- a vague notion in Simpson's mind obviously. After all, "hunting seasons" are different all over the place and allow for hunting different types of game all year long. Obviously Simpson has no clue of what "hunting season" really means. His idea would necessitate a Federal Hunting law, and would take more power from the various states.
Speaking of hunters, Simpson appears to imagine that all hunters are mass murderers just waiting for their chance to kill all around them, too. But, that their murdering rampages might be a "lesser sort of issue."
There could conceivably also be a rash of score-settling during hunting season as people drew out their weapons, ostensibly to shoot squirrels and deer, and began eliminating various of their perceived two-footed enemies. Given the general nature of hunting weapons and the fact that such killings are frequently time-sensitive, that seems a lesser sort of issue.Simpson also seems to imagine that Mexico and Canada would rush into the gun selling business once we illegally outlaw them and send our Stormtrooping armies throughout the country to confiscate US citizen's firearms.
America's long land and sea borders present another kind of problem. It is easy to imagine mega-gun dealerships installing themselves in Mexico, and perhaps in more remote parts of the Canadian border area, to funnel guns into the United States. That would constitute a problem for American immigration authorities and the U.S. Coast Guard, but not an insurmountable one over time.Yet, both Mexico and Canada have stricter gun laws than do we, so how he imagines that they would suddenly both become the virtual WalMart of guns is hard to imagine.
All in all, Simpson has done nothing but reveal that he thinks he is smarter than everyone around him and that only HE should be allowed to make all the rules. He also imagines himself smarter than the Founders as well as more able than the Supreme Court to adjudicate what should be allowable under the US Constitution.
It is no wonder that this man doesn't understand America, he seems quite unlike one.
Good idea! I better start this weekend!
Good idea with unlimited power hit squads.
We go send this retired Ambassador in charge of a special squad of police with unlimited powers to the southern border to go and disarm illegals entering this country with their freight of drugs, illegitimacy, and more poverty.
A Toledo Blade reporter, protected with bullet proof vest to assure ongoing reporting, will act as independent witness to assure that this retired Ambassador and Toledo Blade’s editorial member finds immediate and accurate reflection in the Blade.
And such characters as this former Ambassador masquerade as contributors on editorial boards informing Blade readers.
Daniel Simpson
AKA Daniel H Simpson
****** CLINTON APPOINTEE ******
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Diplomat
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: US Ambassador to the Congo, 1995-98
University: English, Yale University
University: African Studies, Northwestern University
Teacher: Eghosa Anglican Boys’ School, Benin City, Nigeria (1961)
Teacher: Libyan Army Military College, Benghazi, Libya
Administrator: Deputy Commandant for International Affairs, US Army War College (1993-94)
US Ambassador to Congo 1995-98
US Ambassador to the Central African Republic 1990-92
American Academy of Diplomacy
**** US Institute of Peace ****
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Its goals are to help prevent and resolve violent conflicts, promote post-conflict stability and development, and increase peacebuilding capacity, tools, and intellectual capital worldwide.
This org gives money for:
-carry out basic and applied research on the causes of war and other international conflicts; on the ways in which conflicts have been or can be prevented, contained, or terminated; and on the condition and character of peace among states and peoples;
-develop curricula and texts for high school through post-graduate study and to conduct teacher-trainings, workshops, and seminars on the causes of war, the processes of peacemaking, and the conditions of peace;
-conduct training, symposia, and continuing education programs for practitioners, policymakers, policy implementers, and the public that will develop their skills in international conflict management and war avoidance;
undertake public information efforts, including development of video and radio projects, speakers’ programs, community forums, debates, and the creation of complementary print or audiovisual materials to enhance public awareness of peacemaking and its complexities;
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increase information on international peace and conflict resolution and to enhance access to this information through the strengthening of library resources, the development of bibliographic databases and indexes, and the expansion of cooperative efforts in resource sharing.
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The Institute does this by empowering others with knowledge, skills, and resources, as well as by directly engaging in peacebuilding efforts around the globe.
gun control stems directly from finding out that they couldn’t take alcohol away.
These guys were pretty good at that.
Maybe we can learn some pointers by studying them!
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SA, 1933
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"Special Squads" = SS?
In Short:
This guy is another Washington Leftist Elite Wonk, JOB-PARKED in an INCREDIBLY Well-Paid “NGO”(U.S, Institute For Peace), but government funded position, waiting for Democrats to take over again, so he can push an OBVIOUSLY leftist agenda.
HOW do these people get away with this?
- John
Arrest that man! He has a Blade in his hand.
Should be “Geheime Staatspolizei.”
We let them.
We pay taxes.
And, they pay themselves out of the hard-earned money we voluntarily give them.
Surely someone here remembers this putz from the War College.
This is what happens when you cut and paste to make sure you get it right, but miss the last letter on the “cut” part.
As I am reading this, I am thinking that suppose for one moment he was able to do this. What does he suppose would happen to the economy as millions of citizens are fined and imprisoned? Are you sure he was not attempting to write satire? His ideas are incredibly unachievable.
...cold dead hands, Mr. Nazi Simpson (simpleton)!
That was exactly the picture I had in mind.
Of course, not all 80 million would resist. But if only 1% did, there’d be a civil war - and the Dan Simpsons would lose. Look what a couple of miscreant morons did in the DC area a few years back - what would 800,000 better-armed, better-trained, better-supported and more highly motivated people be able to do? Let’s see how the coasts would feed themselves and keep warm when truckers would either refuse to help them or be afraid to travel on the roads.
“Berlin Police Head Announces ‘Disarming’ of Jews,”
The Berlin Police President, Count Wolf Heinrich von Helldorf, announced that as a result of a police activity in the last few weeks the entire Jewish population of Berlin had been ‘disarmed’ with the confiscation of 2,569 hand weapons, 1,702 firearms and 20,000 rounds of ammunition.
Any Jews still found in possession of weapons without valid licenses are threatened with the severest punishment.”
Sorta like the collectivization of agriculture, but don't let millions starving to death stop you from trying.
Every day they try a little harder.
Hundred dollars says Simpson has at least one handgun in his house, easily accessible.
I’d like to know which President appointed him ‘ambassador’.
Something tells me it was Clinton or Carter.
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