Posted on 03/28/2012 8:30:43 PM PDT by marktwain
We often ask, “What would be the last straw? What would make us take up arms and defend ourselves against the Powers That Be?”
Usually, that answer is guns. For most preppers and constitutional activists, losing our weapons would be an affront that would cause us to stand up and take action.
That particular insult has happened to one of our community.
David Sarti, of Lebanon, TN, recently appeared on National Geographic’s program Doomsday Preppers.
The producers motives with this show are questionable, from a prepping perspective. They seemed to have sought out people who are real “characters” – the eccentricity is so extreme at times that it doesn’t seem to be a fair representation of what is truly going on in the prepping community. Because NG is generally more open-minded, more in line with producing documentaries than salacious reality television, I was extremely disappointed in the programs that I have seen thus far.
In the case of Mr. Sarti, he certainly does come across as extreme. He’s not a man that instantly appeals to a wide range of people. He is someone that might trigger doubters to roll their eyes and scoff at him.
This doesn’t make him crazy.
He isn’t a handsome buff wild-eyed mountain man survivalist. He doesn’t have that bad boy appeal of an action hero or the air of quiet wisdom of a person who has retreated to the woods to escape the mundanity of life in the corporate United States.
This doesn’t make him crazy either.
Days after the program aired, however, David Sarti was declared crazy…ahem…”mentally incompetent”….and his guns were seized. All of them. Mr. Sarti, who has no criminal record, is no longer allowed to own guns. He tells his story here.
The accusation of insanity came after he went to see his cardiologist for some chest pains and shortness of breath. So far, it sounds sane and rational to me. The cardiologist, Dr. Andre C. Olivier, whose name and contact information I am delighted to publish, had Mr. Sarti held at the hospital for psychiatric evaluation and broke doctor patient confidentiality by contacting the authorities.
Then it really went to hell on a greased slide. Mr. Sarti, because of his stay in the psychiatric unit, was then declared “mentally incompetent”. His very large collection of guns was then stolen removed from his possession. He is no longer allowed to own weapons.
Welcome to the America we live in today. The country has devolved to a point that being eccentric means the constitution no longer applies to you. What is next? Already, believing that the gold standard is the only way to correct our economic ills makes you a target. Bloggers and writers of alternative media are all on a list, with our computer systems under nearly constant attack. I spend as much time fending off malware and viruses as I do writing this blog. Anyone who disagrees with the government is not labelled an “extremist.”
This is a call to rally. So extremists, preppers, bloggers, readers and Americans, unite. Don’t just be glad that your guns remain untouched. Don’t breathe a sigh of relief that it wasn’t you. Galvanize yourself and others like you and let’s fight for David Sarti.
Let’s make it easy…..These links will get you started. This war will be won via the internet. Don’t let them sweep this attack on the Constitution under the rug. Don’t let them single out someone who might not come across as Joe Average and use that to continue chipping away at the country’s foundation. Whatever your personal thoughts are about Mr. Sarti and his decision to share his prepping on television, the bottom line is that injustice has occurred and it’s up to us to stop it.
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First, go and sign this PETITION. The document will be sent to the governor of Tennessee, demanding that Mr. Sarti’s record of “mental defectiveness” be expunged.
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For additional details that include sample letters for National Geographic and the NRA, as well as links to several organizations that maybe be able to assist Mr. Sarti, visit Inalienably Yours.
It’s a standard socialist gangster govt tactic.
I heard that this was debunked soon after the story hit the internet in mid, (or so), February...that he did NOT have his weapons taken. Oh well, guess I have some research to do.
Psychological warfare is what this administration is about.
Don’t fall for it.
They think they can scare the rest of us with this terrorism against this man.
It’s PAST time to act like a liberal in response!
David Sarti has an Honorable Discharge from the United States Air Force.
Did they seize his cars too? You can run over a whole lot of people if you set your mind to it.
Did they confiscate his Baseball Bats, Knives, Garden Tools, Bricks? How about his Dog?
At what point does our God given Freedom become an illusion?
The first rule of prepping ought to be stay off of tv shows and out of the media limelight.
Avoid your 15 minutes.
If this is true, I’d say that his biggest mistake was in ever revealing what he was doing.
If he’s STUPID ENOUGH to go on a TV show about his prepping, then I agree the country is better off without him owning guns.
He refused to have heart surgery so the FedMob declared him insane and took his guns. Wait until 0bamaCare becomes law. SCOTUS better kill it.
What is there to recommend you for the privilege of owning guns? I don’t see it in your post there.
I have learned alot over the last two years from Dave’s Youtube videos on prepping and even communicated directly with him some through “webconferencing”. I do hope he gets this ironed out.
I’ve known Dave over the last few years. You know NOTHING about what you are saying with respect to him.
He might think they are crazy, have you committed for observation, and goodbye guns.
Welcome to the USSA, comrades.
“I’ve known Dave over the last few years. You know NOTHING about what you are saying with respect to him.”
Then tell me why he allowed the media to make him look like an IDIOT.
“What is there to recommend you for the privilege of owning guns? I don’t see it in your post there.”
The FACT that I don’t let my family (other than immediate), my friends, and CERTAINLY not the entire country know what I do inside of my house.
He’s welcome to have his 15 minutes of fame, but NONE OF US should be surprised when there are consequences.
“If this is true, I’d say that his biggest mistake was in ever revealing what he was doing.”
It’s a TV show. Reality TV...isn’t.
It is particularly chilling to read of purposeful misdiagnoses of mental disorders (in particular, schizophrenia) by medical professionals, descriptions of which might remind you of words we've heard from some of Obama's "Czars" (no small irony there).
What I saw at the video was that this issue arose before the TV show, not that it did not exist.
Any updates would be appreciated, especially by those who know of the situation from personal communications with Dave.
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