Posted on 06/08/2015 5:59:19 AM PDT by KeyLargo
Obama To Circumvent Congress With ‘Gag Order’ On Firearm Coverage
by AWR Hawkins 7 Jun 2015
On June 1 Breitbart News reported on Obama’s Spring 2015 “Unified Agenda.” The gun control measures contained therein which were to be passed by executive fiat.
Since that time Representatives like Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY-4th) have placed riders on a DOJ appropriations bill to stop portions of the executive gun control push in its tracks. Now the NRA-ILA is revealing that the Obama administration is working behind the scenes to stifle reporting on firearms.
From the NRA-ILA:
Even as news reports have been highlighting the gun control provisions of the Administration’s “Unified Agenda” of regulatory objectives, the Obama State Department has been quietly moving ahead with a proposal that could censor online speech related to firearms.
How can this happen?
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
You elect a bunch of Republicans with Dennis Hastert-like pasts.
Congress. What is it “good” for, except attacking
the American people and the US Constitution?
Ain’t that the truth.
It's partially our fault for allowing that to happen.
Again with the language control. What a cheap-ass, cowardly way to try to kill discussion.
It is all our fault and we will still do nothing. (I speak about the population in mass)
I can write about and publish any explanations about firearms that I please. That will not change no matter what law or order gets passed.
The 2nd amendment protects the first.
I can write about and publish any explanations about firearms that I please. That will not change no matter what law or order gets passed.
The 2nd amendment protects the first.
The failure of the RINOs that are sitting on their nuts doing nothing but cutting down the conservatives that got elected.
OUT-OF-CONTROL executive branch. CONgre$$? CONgre$$?
11. As soon as sufficient progress in the intended change shall have been made, and the public mind duly prepared according to the rules already laid down, it will be proper to venture on another and a bolder step toward a removal of the constitutional landmarks. Here the aid of the former encroachments and all the other precedents and way-paving maneuvers will be called in of course. But, in order to render the success more certain, it will be of special moment to give the most plausible and popular name that can be found to the power that is to be usurped. It may be called, for example, a power for the common safety or the public good, or, “the general welfare.” If the people should not be too much enlightened, the name will have a most imposing effect. It will escape attention that it means, in fact, the same thing with a power to do anything the government pleases “in all cases whatsoever.” To oppose the power may consequently seem to the ignorant, and be called by artful, opposing the “general welfare”, and may be cried down under that deception.
Freneau, “Rules” - 1784-1796
http://www.constitution.org/cmt/freneau/republic2monarchy.htm
If we lose? Defy. Resist. Smuggle. Learn what "Samizdat" means. "You can't stop the signal."
Like the Terminator...They (democrats) won’t stop - until you are dead!
For those new to FR, the new Obama regulation would ban this thread and thousands of firearms related posts.
Washington Secrets: Technology
NRA: Gun blogs, videos, web forums threatened by new Obama regulation
By Paul Bedard | June 7, 2015 | 10:10 am
Commonly used and unregulated internet discussions and videos about guns and ammo could be closed down under rules proposed by the State Department, amounting to a “gag order on firearm-related speech,” the National Rifle Association is warning.
In updating regulations governing international arms sales, State is demanding that anyone who puts technical details about arms and ammo on the web first get the OK from the federal government — or face a fine of up to $1 million and 20 years in jail.
According to the NRA, that would include blogs and web forums discussing technical details of common guns and ammunition, the type of info gun owners and ammo reloaders trade all the time.
“Gunsmiths, manufacturers, reloaders, and do-it-yourselfers could all find themselves muzzled under the rule and unable to distribute or obtain the information they rely on to conduct these activities,” said the NRA in a blog posting.
Obama, “Obamacare is the law. Quit trying to change it!”
Citizen, “ The second amendment is the law. Quit trying to change it!”
I am really tired of “0” being treated differently because of the color of his skin. If he were white he would have been impeached a long time ago, and placed in prison, or more appro Gittmo.
Stop Obama’s Planned Gag Order on Firearm-Related Speech
Friday, June 05, 2015
It’s happening again— President Obama is using his imperial pen and telephone to curb your rights and bypass Congress through executive action.
Even as news reports have been highlighting the gun control provisions of the Administration’s “Unified Agenda” of regulatory objectives (see accompanying story), the Obama State Department has been quietly moving ahead with a proposal that could censor online speech related to firearms. This latest regulatory assault, published in the June 3 issue of the Federal Register, is as much an affront to the First Amendment as it is to the Second. Your action is urgently needed to ensure that online blogs, videos, and web forums devoted to the technical aspects of firearms and ammunition do not become subject to prior review by State Department bureaucrats before they can be published.
To understand the proposal and why it’s so serious, some background information is necessary.
For the past several years, the Administration has been pursuing a large-scale overhaul of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), which implement the federal Arms Export Control Act (AECA). The Act regulates the movement of so-called “defense articles” and “defense services” in and out of the United States. These articles and services are enumerated in a multi-part “U.S. Munitions List,” which covers everything from firearms and ammunition (and related accessories) to strategic bombers. The transnational movement of any defense article or service on the Munitions List presumptively requires a license from the State Department. Producers of such articles and services, moreover, must register with the U.S. Government and pay a hefty fee for doing so.
Also regulated under ITAR are so-called “technical data” about defense articles. These include, among other things, “detailed design, development, production or manufacturing information” about firearms or ammunition. Specific examples of technical data are blueprints, drawings, photographs, plans, instructions or documentation.
In their current form, the ITAR do not (as a rule) regulate technical data that are in what the regulations call the “public domain.” Essentially, this means data “which is published and which is generally accessible or available to the public” through a variety of specified means. These include “at libraries open to the public or from which the public can obtain documents.” Many have read this provision to include material that is posted on publicly available websites, since most public libraries these days make Internet access available to their patrons.
The ITAR, however, were originally promulgated in the days before the Internet. Some State Department officials now insist that anything published online in a generally-accessible location has essentially been “exported,” as it would be accessible to foreign nationals both in the U.S. and overseas.
With the new proposal published on June 3, the State Department claims to be “clarifying” the rules concerning “technical data” posted online or otherwise “released” into the “public domain.” To the contrary, however, the proposal would institute a massive new prior restraint on free speech. This is because all such releases would require the “authorization” of the government before they occurred. The cumbersome and time-consuming process of obtaining such authorizations, moreover, would make online communication about certain technical aspects of firearms and ammunition essentially impossible.
Penalties for violations are severe and for each violation could include up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $1 million. Civil penalties can also be assessed. Each unauthorized “export,” including to subsequent countries or foreign nationals, is also treated as a separate violation.
Gunsmiths, manufacturers, reloaders, and do-it-yourselfers could all find themselves muzzled under the rule and unable to distribute or obtain the information they rely on to conduct these activities. Prior restraints of the sort contemplated by this regulation are among the most disfavored regulations of speech under First Amendment case law.
But then, when did the U.S. Constitution ever deter Barack Obama from using whatever means are at his disposal to exert his will over the American people and suppress firearm ownership throughout the nation?
Time is of the essence! Public comment will be accepted on the proposed gag order until August 3, 2015. Comments may be submitted online at regulations.gov or via e-mail at DDTCPublicComments@state.gov with the subject line, ‘‘ITAR Amendment—Revisions to Definitions; Data Transmission and Storage.’’
Finally, please contact your U.S. Senators and Member of Congress. Urge them to oppose the State Department’s attempt to censor online speech concerning the technical aspects of firearms and ammunition. Use the “Write Your Lawmakers” feature on our website or call the Congressional Switchboard at (202) 225-3121.
https://www.nraila.org/articles/20150605/stop-obamas-planned-gag-order-on-firearm-related-speech
Obama Administration Prepares “Final Assault” Against Gun Owners
Posted by Bob Owens on May 31, 2015 at 11:20 am
The Hill is reporting that Barack Obama has directed his Department of Justice to prepare an final executive-level attack on the Second Amendment during the waning years of his failed presidency:
The Justice Department plans to move forward this year with more than a dozen new gun-related regulations, according to list of rules the agency has proposed to enact before the end of the Obama administration.
The regulations range from new restrictions on high-powered pistols to gun storage requirements. Chief among them is a renewed effort to keep guns out of the hands of people who are mentally unstable or have been convicted of domestic abuse.
Gun safety advocates have been calling for such reforms since the Sandy Hook school shooting nearly three years ago in Newtown, Conn. They say keeping guns away from dangerous people is of primary importance.
While short on specifics, the article notes that the Obama Admin will be targeting “high-powered pistols.” This must be interpreted as an attempt to ban magazine-fed rifle-caliber pistols, such as AR-15 and AKM-based pistols. These same firearms were used as an excuse for attempts to ban 5.56 NATO M855 rifle ammunition earlier this year. The Administration will also presumable attempt to ban arm braces attached to these pistols designed to make one-handed firing more easy for the physically disabled.
http://bearingarms.com/obama-administration-prepares-final-assault-gun-owners/
Tyrants must control language and arms!
Hey, anyone have an update on the latest sporting event or trangesnder victim?
The RINOs control the GOP with an iron clad grip. And they will continue to do so for the long term. Conservatives just can’t seem to understand that fact. The GOP is what it is (Democrat Lite) and it is not going to change.
Like the Terminator...They (democrats) won’t stop
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Democrats play to win. I’ll give them that.
The GOP? No so much. The Democrats must thank their lucky stars every single day to have a political “opponent” as easy as the GOP.
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