Posted on 12/03/2015 1:42:09 PM PST by Jeff Head
There are some serious questions that need to be asked about what is happeneing in the United States.
One of them IS NOT about further restrictions on firearms for law abiding citizens. Quite frankly, the best solution to criminals of any type (be they individuals, or radicalized groups) is NOT TO DISARM THE PEOPLE. Rather it is to have as many law abiding, honest citizens armed as possible.
In that scenario, if two or three people walk into a crowded conference room of fifty, with the intent to kill, as soon as the peope in the conferernce room see it ebgin to happen, then ten or more people immediately return fire and elminate the threat...then ensure that the perpetrators bodies are not near their firearms, layt down their own weapons, and wait for police to arrive.
A Serious Questions Every American Should Ask:
No, the actual questions we shouldbe asking are these. As regards these mass shootings...
1. Why is it from 2002 to 2007 did we experience something like 57 total incidents, but from 2008 to 2013 the number went to 118? Why has that trend continued upwards since?Let me try and answer.
What happened during these time periods in the United States that was different? One critical thing that happened is that we had a new President elected in 2008 who promised to fundamentally change America, Barack Obama.
He has been the most devisive President in living memory and probably in at least 125 years if not more. He constantly weighs in on local crime, particularly involving any minority, and asserts things, usaullly against law enforcement, that are simply later proven to be false.
But his involvement serves to agitiate and legitimize the false natrratives against law enforcement and in support of agendas by minorities to commit acts of civil untrest that invariably have violent acts embedded within them. This is exactly what occurred in Ferguson, Missouri. The involvemt of the President thus serves to institute part of the fundamental change he has promised...and I do not believe it is accidental.
Obama's Fundamental Change:
Second, when it comes to Isalmic fundamentalists, this President himselfindicated that should public opinion turn against Islam, that he would stand on the side if Islam. Why is that? Why make such a blanket statement? It is clear from his actions in the Mid East, to his statements about refugees that this President sympathises with those of Islamic persuassion...and apparently irresepctive of their underlying aims. This serves to encourage those who would bring their radicalization to these shores, and particularly who want to implement Sharia Law, which is wholly incompataible with the US COnstitution, in this nation.
This is more of Obama's fundamental change.
His recent inistance that the United States take somewhere between 10,000 and 200,000 Syrian Muslim reuhgees. He does this despite knowing that ISIS is infiltrating those refugees and promises to bring their radical JIhad to western nations. we have now seen proof positive of this in Paris. Current estimates put the ISIS sympathizers in the ranks of the refugees at somewhere arounf 13%. Despite this, and his own leaders of the FBI and Homeland Security saying that we cannot vet these refugees adequately, Obama's insistance that we accept such abject danger to our cizens is further proof of this President's culpability in these matters.
Finally, we should remember that this President, through the BATF and FBI and his appointees to those organizations, sought to sell and traffic illegal weapons to drug trafficers in Mexico so that they would then use those weapons in crime in the United States so that they could then further regulate gun ownership in America. Do your reserach on, the "Fast and Furious" scandal, and the ongoing coverup of that atrocious endeavor.
Another Serious Questions Every American Should Ask:
So that helps answer number one, as to why all of this is escalating. The American people simply then need to ask:
2) If our president would do the follwoing four things:The facts are that all of these type of events are rising percipitpously under this President.Then what is to say that he will not use other radicals, coming to this country committing further mayhem to further advance his politcal agendas and his fundamental transformation of America?
- Encourgae minority agitation and anti-law enforcement behavior through false (or at best, premature) narratives.
- Encourgae Islamic fundamentalists by openly saying that he will side with them if public opinion turns against them.
- Push for tens or hundreds of thousands of ISslamic refugees from war torn Syria and IRaq who cannot be proerrly vetted.
- Attempt to run guns to criminal drug elements in the hopes of crime and mayhem that can be used to further regulate guns
Relating it all back to the San Bernadino Massacre:
Now, what just happened in San Berandino is further illustration of several of these issues.
This raises some more critical questions:
About 11:40 AM PAcific Time in San Bernadino, Syed was at the Crhistmas Party being hosted by the Country Health department he worked in. He had attended the same part the year before in the same conference room. He abruptly left, looking nervous according to witnesses that survived, and reutned about 20 minutes later with Tashfeen. They entered the room and immediately, indisriminately opened fire. Within a very short time they were finished, exited the building, and then they left in a black SUV...leaving 14 dead and 17 wounded.
About 3-4 hours later, searching for the black SUV, Officers following leads to a house in Redlands, California, about 15 minutes away from the shooting scene. POlice saw a vehicle matching the black SUV that was involved in the shooting. Officers followed the vehicle and a chase ensueed. Police officers said that druing the chase the suspects fired at officers from their vehicle, and the officers returned fire. At the end of the chase, officers were again fired upon by the suspects from the car, and again returned fire. The SUV ended up being riddled with bullets, and both Syed and Tashfeen were killed at the scene. One police officer was wounded in the shootout but is expected to recover.
Police officials say that the suspects were wearing “assault-style†tactical clothing and were armed with assault rifles and handguns. A suspicious explosive device was found near the car. Police say that more possible explosive devices was also found inside the building where the intial shoointgs occurred. These were handled by explosive ordinance personnel from law enforcement.
These two did not decide on the spur of the moment to do this. Clearly, they had planned for it and they chose the time and place for it. They had amassed weapons, explosives, and tactical clothing to accomplish their deadly, horrif task of killing innocent Americans. They then went out and did so.
Clearly, two radicalized Muslims committed Johad here on American soil.
The two brothers in Boston did the same thing. The Muslim Major, HAsan, did the same thing at Ft. Hood. A muslim man did the same thing at a recuritment center in the south. These things are happening with more and more frequency, and law abiding, loayal Maerican citiz3ens and their firearms are not the problem. To the contrary, when these things happen, at the moment of attack...they can and should be the answer.
This is what we Americans should be focusing on like a laser.
What Should We Do:
How do we combat this? Here are nine direct, very practical things we can do:
Things like this will protect America and return us to a sane immigration and refugee policy. One that unites us all as Americans, instead of dividing us.
There are many more things we can do...but the types of questions outlined above must be asked, and then answered by the American citiznery. Not by the media. not by career politicians. Not by political appointees or pundits.
Then the American citizenry simply must vote for cadidates whom they honestly believe will implement measures like those above.
Nothing else will do.
WITHOUT SUCH INVOLVEMENT BY AN AROUSED CITIZENRY, WE WILL DESCEND FURTHER AND FURTHER INTO THE HORRORS WE HAVE SEEN AT THE BOSTON MARATHON BOMBING, AT FT HOOD, TEXAS, IN FERGUSON, IN WHAT HAPPENS EVERY WEEKEND IN CHICAGO, AND WHAT WE JUST SAW IN SAN BERNADOINO.
God bless us all to personally become involved and educate ourselves on these matter, and may God continue to beless the United States of America.
Jeff Head
Idaho, USA
December 2015
See also thje following links and "stright talk" messages to all Americans:
My Message on Islamic Terrorism
The Boston Marathon Terror Bombing
Sharia Law must be outlawed in the United States
Fast & Furios and the Obama Administration
Mass Shootings and Gun Control
Black and Latino Americans: For God's Sake Wake Up!
Ferguson Missouri and False Narratives
Secure our Southern Border
My Oath to the Constitution as a US Citizen
Enough is enough.
So that makes it fine to ruin the other 5%?
Look.. walls are fine.
Can we get some water rights and pumps and stuff too?
Like folks who have put some thought into this?
What’s stopping democrats from giving up their guns?
I won’t argue with a word of it. Well done.
L
I think racial profiling is also important. If the neighbor of the terrorist had not been afraid to speak up when she saw strange goings on at her muslim neighbor’s house, the attack could possibly have been avoided. But since clockboy Ackmed has been given presidential congratulations, the Irving school has been vilified and embarrassed and the little budding terrorist is now suing for a cool 15 mil, people are finding it difficult to speak up.
Well laid out and reasoned. You missed some extremely important steps needed to overcome this scourge:
1. make sure that Clinton loses in 2016
2. make sure Republicans retain the Senate and House
3. ideally, make sure Cruz is elected
4. the new POTUS has to:
a. REALLY clean house in the government and fire as many careerist big-government socialists and communists as possible
b. thoroughly clean house top-to-bottom at Foggy Bottom
c. restore general officers and SecDef who believe in America and will end the lunacy of making our armed forces a social experiment where the troops are soon going to be wearing pink uniforms and demanding “safe spaces.”
d. rescind all of Obama’s EOs.
e. shut down entire departments
Change ditch to moat/irrigation canal. It's only money and they say Mexico will pay for it.
I heard an interview with the chief of police of the city of Seattle, Washington last week, after the PP shooting, he announced a new requirement for all 700 of his city police officers, carry off duty, they are all required to carry in plain clothes.
When enough Muslims have been installed throughout America, as Obama himself has implemented, then the Muslim Perfect Day will arrive for us. Read about what happened in Sepoy India. While it’s true that it was a long time ago, it is, no doubt, a Muslim dream to carry out in a nation of infidels. Never before have they had the ability to infiltrate that our own President has given them.
When that day arrives, multiply San Bernardino by a thousand or more, all at the same time, all over America. Law Enforcement would be helpless. So would hundreds of thousands of sitting ducks who are simply carrying out their daily lives, especially those many brainwashed Liberals who have refused to recognize the obvious. Our leaders are deliberately feeding us to hostile forces by trying to deprive us of any means to protect ourselves.
It may be time to do the first thing available. Let our “President” and those who are supposed to be looking after our interests know in no uncertain terms that they will not infringe on our Constitutional rights to protect ourselves and our families.
The American electorate placed the community organizer in a position of great authority. The electorate bears that blame. He has governed about like one would expect of a person with such a background. The American people are bemused, disorganized and lack effective leaders; largely due to a propaganda barrage going on “24/7.”
Arm as many honest, law-abiding Americans as want to be armed. Do so in the work place, in school rooms, in churches, in movie theaters, etc.
Institute a nation-wide conceal and/or open carry for any citizen who is not a felon, of sound mind, and is a US citizen, including firearm training in support of item number #1.
Jeff we have a large pool of honorably discharged vets. Our DD 214 lists the weapons we were qualified on.
Get the states to ease up on conceal permits and allow any qualified vet, via their honorable discharge and 214 to get a conceal permit. Run the FBI background check and a simple firearm safety course reminder for a couple of hours. Then grant us with a 50 state concealed weapons permit that can be canceled due to criminal behavior, drug use, DUI’s or misuse of any firearm or weapon.
Can you imagine a NFL game with several hundred fans from this group with concealed weapons. Free tickets and a food allowance would be enough pay for most of us.
Run a 2-4 day public safety course to qualify these vets if they would like to hired on as security guards like the air marshalls. Then, schools and special events like sporting events would have a large pool of qualified and armed people to draw from.
This could be done quickly and without a lot of cost.
Blue states not wanting to participate would probably suffer serious economical losses by refusing to arm their good citizens.
Last but not least see my tagline as a simple starting point.
What vetting process did Tashfeen Malik go through?
Was Tashfeen radicalized in Saudi Arabia or Pakistan?
Did Tashfeen radicalize Syed, did the local Mosque help in it?
Who else was involved?
Why isn't the press looking into these types of questions rather than endlessly running with the same old, same old, same old 'gun control' meme? The story is NOT being covered except as a 'if it bleeds it leads' drama piece. It makes no sense whatsoever... Oh - and Jeff - very nicely thought-out piece. Thanks for posting.
Actually, only the Texas border is the Rio Grand...and people cross it all of the time.
I would build the fence on our side of the river, set back for major flood control issues. I believe the border probably runs down the middle, but having it on our side will suffice.
Fences can be built to handle the river...it is done all of the time.
If there are necessary entry points to the River, you treat those just like you do for border crossings.
There is no reason why that cannot, and should not be done. it will provide the same deterrence to crossers. They will have no place to go if they do succeed in swimming.
See my:
Hehe...my bad. Dang typo ridden fumble fingers.
I will fix it on my site.
Or build it on the north side...and keep all the water rights..except livestock watering in the river proper? How much of that is actually going on now? I dunno....I doubt much.
Good catch...and one that I’ve seen before.
It needs wide repetition...
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