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Title: Barack Obama`s 10 Point Plan to "Change" The Second Amendment
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URL Source: http://www.nraila.org/Issues/Articles/Read.aspx?id=308&issue=047
Published: Jul 28, 2008
Author: Wayne LaPierre - NRA Executive Vice Pres
Post Date: 2008-07-31 16:56:12 by Peppa
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Keywords: 2A, Obama
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For the Brady Campaign, Violence Policy Center, Dianne Feinstein, Chuck Schumer, U.N. gun-ban extremist Rebecca Peters and her globalist billionaire sugar-daddy George Soros, for New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his horde of big-city politicians—in fact, for all those individuals and organizations who would harm or destroy our Second Amendment rights—Barack Obama’s mantra of “change” means their agenda will be harnessed to the total power of an aggressive, activist and radical federal government. “Change” means gun owners will be under siege like never before. Especially for NRA members who fought through the never-ending threats of the Clinton-Gore administration, the understanding of “change” must be the driving force for us to get other gun owners to the polls. This election is critically important. We cannot afford to have any friend of the Second Amendment sit it out, regardless of the reason. We all know gun owners who are disillusioned with politics. Those influenced by talk of four years of “progressives” in power coalescing a united conservative movement must be reminded that this November, we are not just electing a president, we are electing an entire government. With Obama’s emphasis on grassroots organizing, his administration will be a government redesigned and realigned to stay in power. It will be a government converted into a political machine. And with a so-called “progressive” majority in both houses of Congress, there will be little to stop that power shift. When Obama talks about “change,” the gun-banners at the Violence Policy Center and the Brady Campaign know exactly what change they want—inside power. And they’ll likely get it. Michelle Obama, in a politically charged college campaign speech in California, defined her husband’s meaning of “change”: “Barack Obama ... is going to demand that you shed your cynicism. That you put down your division. That you come out of your isolation. That you move out of your comfort zones ... Barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual ...”. As NRA members, this statement doesn’t bode well for our future. Our “lives as usual” means the daily exercise of our freedom. And what of “cynicism”? It is the very basis of Americans’ long history of questioning government power and its abuse. It is the basis of challenging dissembling politicians. Cynicism is the key to seeing through politicians like Obama and Hillary Clinton, who falsely wrap themselves in the Second Amendment while espousing dangerous programs for civil disarmament. And “division”? As NRA members, our “division” from the likes of Obama means we stand together and fight every day against those who would destroy the bedrock principles that have made our country the freest in the world. Divisiveness is the basis of our democratic institutions. Division based on principle is a noble thing. “Comfort zone”? What about the life, liberty and pursuit of happiness guaranteed by the Declaration of Independence? That is the real “comfort zone” of all Americans. We are the only nation on earth built on the principle of “pursuit of happiness.” That means we do not serve government; it serves us. The “change” Obama and his close allies—like George Soros’ Moveon.org —seek is a complete regime change driven by a radical political agenda. For the nation’s gun owners, “change” will take the form of many steps back to the bad old days of the Clinton-Gore years or the Jimmy Carter years, when bureaucrats in a dozen agencies were relentless in their schemes to press a hostile presidential agenda against gun ownership. For gun owners, “change” could well mean an erosion of hard-fought reforms and hard-fought protections we have secured over the years. Those reforms represent battles won by gun owners led by NRA since the founding of the Institute for Legislative Action in 1975. “Change” means removing the restrictions we secured against the Consumer Product Safety Commission from exercising a bureaucratic ban on firearms or ammunition based on phony “consumer hazard” criteria. This is something the Brady Campaign and the Violence Policy Center have vainly sought for years. ... we are not just electing a president, we are electing an entire government “Change” means ignoring the strictures imposed on federal gun-control enforcement by Congress, like preventing “firearms trace data” from being delivered into the hands of big-city lawyers to fuel punitive lawsuits to strangle the lawful firearms industry. This is New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s dream, and it is the “change” demanded by his gun-ban axis of urban politicians. “Change” means an effort to erase all of the reforms of federal gun laws created when Congress enacted the Firearms Owners’ Protection Act of 1986. That law ended a reign of terror by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms that, for gun owners and civil libertarians, was the shameful hallmark of the Jimmy Carter presidency. “Change” means that federal lawyers from multiple agencies with unlimited taxpayer funding will find “creative” ways to bring elements of the law-abiding firearm industry to court, circumventing the restrictions of the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Firearms Act. As a freshman U.S. senator from Illinois, Obama voted against that law, which was designed to end punitive lawsuits claiming firearm industry liability based on totally unrelated acts of armed, violent criminals. For those who don’t remember, in the waning days of the Bill Clinton presidency, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), along with the U.S. Department of Justice, used the threat of scores of separate lawsuits in many federal venues by city housing authorities to extort a supposedly “voluntary” gun-control agreement from firearm manufacturers. If Obama becomes president, you can bet the farm that bureaucrats will once again use these threats to obtain strictures that Congress would never enact. In fact, among key advisors chosen by Obama to vet possible running mates is Eric Holder, who was Attorney General Janet Reno’s top deputy. Holder, as the Justice Department point man on all gun-control schemes, was among the top officials announcing the Clinton-Gore extortion agreement in 2000. The “change” Obama and his close allies—like George Soros’ Moveon.org—seek is a complete regime change driven by a radical political agenda. Among the many requirements of that agreement, a crucial one gave key elements of the gun-ban movement total oversight of the firearm industry and an ability to destroy it by running it out of business. None of this would ever have passed Congress as law, yet this stranglehold was achieved through the bureaucratic back door by Bill Clinton’s executive branch. Backdoor bureaucratic gun-control schemes in the waning days of the Clinton administration also included diversion of millions of taxpayer dollars to HUD “gun buybacks” and gun destruction schemes; and development of so-called “smart gun” technologies and “ballistic fingerprinting.” The ultimate aim of “smart gun” technology—to prevent a firearm being used by anyone but its registered owner—was spelled out in model legislation first floated in Pennsylvania, which said all handguns that did not possess “smart technology” would become contraband to be collected by police agencies. All of this was created and pushed through the efforts of bureaucratic lawyers like Obama advisor Holder. Now the ultimate Washington insider lawyer, Holder is being touted as an Obama Supreme Court appointee. Recent headlines can put Holder’s reappearance on the political scene into sharp context. The Journal of the American Bar Association even asks: “Will Eric Holder Become the Next Attorney General?” “... change” also means using a host of federal government think tanks to create “studies” and white papers intended to spawn new gun-ban laws. If gun owners don’t vote, that’s likely to happen. Among the many press briefings Holder ran was the unveiling of the massive Clinton-Gore legislative assault on gun rights in April 1999. At the time, Clinton was pushing for a federally mandated state gun-owner license. That legislative package included a three-day waiting period for the purchase of a handgun; a purchase limit of one handgun a month; and bans on high-capacity magazines. Thankfully, all of these hostile executive branch threats, including the “voluntary” gun control by extortion, ended abruptly when George W. Bush took office—a fact many people have forgotten. But if Obama captures the White House, the onslaught against our rights will be reopened on many old fronts that have been largely forgotten, as well as in new venues. You can bet an Obama administration will make a major effort to bureaucratically centralize lawful sales records created under the National Instant Check System, which would be the basis of a universal gun-owner registration system sought by every anti-Second Amendment advocate, public and private. Additionally, you can bet that there will be a major push to criminalize all now-legal sales between private individuals. “Change” means giving the Center for Disease Control power to once again treat private ownership of firearms as a “disease” treatable by gun control—a power denied by Congress thanks to NRA, but which can quickly be changed. That wacky theory—that guns are a virus to “civil society”—is the basis for Rebecca Peters’ international gun-ban activities. During the Clinton administration, the CDC created a massive propaganda arsenal for the gun-ban movement that still feeds the media. Under Obama, the same is likely to occur. On that score, “change” also means using a host of federal government think tanks to create “studies” and white papers intended to spawn new gun-ban laws. In the U.S. Justice Department alone, an Obama regime could use the Office of Justice Programs, which includes the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Victims of Crime, the Bureau of Justice Assistance and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, to do its anti-gun bidding. During the Clinton-Gore years, these Justice Department entities produced scores of anti-gun “studies,” many still used today to prop up gun-ban groups’ propaganda. Further, these agencies and those in other executive departments have millions of dollars in grant-making authority. That is something Obama knows a great deal about. During his tenure as an active member of the Joyce Foundation board, Obama oversaw the distribution of $18 million to gun-ban groups, including major funding for the Violence Policy Center (VPC). Reportedly, Josh Sugarmann’s book, Every Handgun is Aimed at You, which pushed for a national handgun ban, was funded by Obama’s Joyce Foundation board. Before he ran for public office, Obama was considered the prime candidate to lead that deep-pocketed anti-gun money machine. “Change” also means using the total lobbying and propaganda power of the White House and multiple federal departments to bring back a version of the Clinton gun ban, or to move an F-Troop Congress on any number of gun-control schemes. The presidency is the nation’s most powerful bully pulpit—especially for someone much of the so-called “mainstream” media worships as “the great orator.” Stop a minute and think about the scope of power we hold in our hands as pro-Second Amendment voters. What we do with that power when we vote in November will determine so much for the future. The 2008 election will determine who controls: U.S. participation in the anti-gun United Nations; Appointments to the federal courts, including the critical U.S. Supreme Court; The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), which the Brady Campaign now insists should ban firearms in every place of employment in America; The Department of State, which could give credence and funding to the world gun-ban efforts of Rebecca Peters’ International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA). The State Department could negotiate a U.N. global gun-ban treaty that would violate American sovereignty; The U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management, which could force huge changes on hunters and gun owners; The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which today is being petitioned to ban lead bullets for hunting, even in the ubiquitous .22 rimfire; The Environmental Protection Agency, which could conceivably close down shooting ranges throughout the country. Think about how regulations could be abused through an Obama-led Federal Communications Commission, Federal Election Commission, even Department of Defense, to change the culture of the Second Amendment in America. When you talk to those who want to sit out this election and let an Obama administration roll into Washington, just pick any agency that covers any area of those people’s lives that they hold dear and point out how Obama’s idea of “change” could affect them. Remind them that we are not electing just a president and vice president—we are electing officials in the entire executive branch, which can be used either to their good, or used for their harm. Posted: 7/28/2008 2:27:13 PM
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#1. To: Peppa (#0)
As much as I know how bad the Second Amendment will be shredded under a Hussein Obama presidency, I will NOT vote for John McCain for POTUS. The Guns Owners of America rate him "F": www.gunowners.org/mccaintb.htm I have enough rifles/pistols/shotguns to last the rest of my life, I suggest everybody have at least one of each with ample ammunition before Obama is possibly sworn in next January.
Barack and his ugly old lady--Aunt Esther on Sanford and Son was a credit to her--can just kma. If either of them think they can make "demands" on me they are even crazier than I already thought they were.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. I have enough rifles/pistols/shotguns to last the rest of my life, I suggest everybody have at least one of each with ample ammunition before Obama is possibly sworn in next January. X, I hated the political nature of this, but we do know that's what is intended by the PTB. IMO, Obama has always been more overt about it, but some rather overlook what facts ARE there to see. So, I'm just thinking that we have got to at least get the info out there and get people thinking.. After the 2A is officially dead, just look at South Africa for how things might look. So many here have already figured that out. That's good.. It's those in denial or carry partisan banners that annoy the snot out of me.
... Barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual ...”. MJD, when I heard her say the the first time, it gave me the chills. What do you MEAN Barak will never ALLOW ME . . . bs on that. As you say, 'he ain't all that and a bag of potato chips'...
Obviously, the point of the article is to 'stfu and just vote for mccain'.....something this ol gal just ain't gonna do. No being 'scared by da boogeyman into voting for 'the lesser of two evils'. Just ain't gonna happen. Over. Roger. Out.
Turn your back on the sun and you only see the shadows.
He!!, he ain't even a bag of chips, let alone "all that." One thing he has in abundance is arrogance and I don't think we need any more of that up there.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Same here.
LOL! You are right..
The "lesser" of any number of evils is still evil and I think it would be hard to know between McCain and Obama which was "lesser." I have no inclination to vote for either of them--in fact I told some lady* who called me from the RNC about supporting McCain that I could save her a lot of time, that I wouldn't vote for McCain or Obama for dog catcher, let alone for President. *I assume all women are ladies until and unless they prove me wrong. Like the guy who lit up the woman at the IRS who called him a "taxpayer." He told her not to insult him, that he hadn't called her a whore even though she had all the equipment necessary to engage in that trade.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Well, was there ever any doubt? ahaha. You just hang wid ol' Uncle JD, he will never lead you astray.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Hehehe -- ah believes !! :)
I'm hearing a lot of talk about how Obama is so much worse than McCain. It just makes me laugh.
So I sit and write and ponder, while the house is deaf and dumb, No - no ranting song is needed, and no meeting, flag or fuss - ~ by Henry Lawson, 1907 ~ hattip J@rmn
Fortunately, this half-breed POS is going to get his ass kicked in the election, and I hope all the fools here who supported this buffoon as the Second Coming suffer accordingly.
Freeper: I read, but do not understand, write, but make no sense, think, but nothing happens.
Turtle, Just this morning listening to the political chit chat about the credibility of the poll numbers, one said, 'you knoowwwwww, I'm quite sure that Obama's numbers are way off. His believers are young and use cell phones so are probably aren't included in the polling data. (hmm, where have we heard that before).. The convo continued, OHHH YESSSS, looking at the crowds he draws, there's obviously a problem with the numbers.. they are just not showing up!! ' So, I figure we are being set up for a O landslide. Considering the fake numbers are already as phony as they can be, the media minds are tiring of a neck and neck race between a pool float and the Prince of Light. How on EARTH can that possibly be. PTB will choose, and all of this is the show before the theare is set fire.
“Barack Obama ... is going to demand that you shed your cynicism. That you put down your division. That you come out of your isolation. That you move out of your comfort zones ... Barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual ...”. uh oh, Cyni
Do You Know What Freedom Really Means? Freedom4um.com
Just don't kid yourself about Keating-5 McCain being any better. At this point I really don't give a damn which of them is coronated.
Naw, they're just trying to soften us up so we'll support the NRA's and BushCo's "reasonable compromise legislation" before he leaves office! He'll say, "There wouldn't be this big push if the AWB hadn't sunset so, let's pass it again and add a few more weapons (like .50 BMG rifles-Israel demands they be outlawed or El Al will boycott American airports!) and any revolver or self loading pistol that holds more than 5 rounds of ammo in the cylinder or mag. (heh heh) I still say it'll be Bush who sticks it to us. And if he doesn't then either way the Republicans will also vote to grow the govt's power and weaken us a citizens. The NRA is slowly becoming the National FUDD GUN Association. If you can afford a $5,000 Perazzi like Cheney's Lawyer, Quail and Wabbit gun then you can still have a 2nd amendment rightAS LONG AS THE AMMO IS USED UP EACH HUNTING OR SHOOTING DAY AND NO NEW AMMO IS PURCHASED UNTIL THE NEXT OUTING! Police that wish to accommodate citizens may offer short term storage for a modest fee, but, don't expect to draw ammo if there are civil disturbances, i.e. The Rodney King LA Peace March.... If they mean to have a war then let it begin here. I hope they try to take Americans' guns.
...Ol' shellback says as he whistles nervously past the cemetery of the now dead constitution....
Understatement of the year.
LOL! Surely you jest. ;^)
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. That's some funny stuff right there. I think Cheney, in the interest of comaraderie, brotherly love, and good sportsmanship should take Obama and McCain out hunting.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. AmeriKa is dead. The only question is should we go alone?
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition "Corporation: An entity created for the legal protection of its human parasites, whose sole purpose is profit and self-perpetuation." © IndieTx Although I do not share your confidence, I share your sentiment about his supporters here.
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition "Corporation: An entity created for the legal protection of its human parasites, whose sole purpose is profit and self-perpetuation." © IndieTx 
“The best and first guarantor of our neutrality and our independent existence is the defensive will of the people…and the proverbial marksmanship of the Swiss shooter. Each soldier a good marksman! Each shot a hit!” Schweizerische Schutzenseitunt (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941
#2. To: Peppa (#0)
“Barack Obama ... is going to demand that you shed your cynicism. That you put down your division. That you come out of your isolation. That you move out of your comfort zones ... Barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual ...”.
Lord Acton
#3. To: X-15 (#1)
(Edited)
As much as I know how bad the Second Amendment will be shredded under a Hussein Obama presidency, I will NOT vote for John McCain for POTUS. The Guns Owners of America rate him "F": www.gunowners.org/mccaintb.htm
#4. To: Brian S, Ping, Os (#0)
Saint Obama on the 2nd amendment
#5. To: James Deffenbach (#2)
Barack and his ugly old lady--Aunt Esther on Sanford and Son was a credit to her--can just kma. If either of them think they can make "demands" on me they are even crazier than I already thought they were.
#6. To: Peppa (#0)
#7. To: Peppa (#5)
Lord Acton
#8. To: rowdee (#6)
Obviously, the point of the article is to 'stfu and just vote for mccain'.....something this ol gal just ain't gonna do. No being 'scared by da boogeyman into voting for 'the lesser of two evils'. Just ain't gonna happen. Over. Roger. Out.
#9. To: James Deffenbach (#7)
He!!, he ain't even a bag of chips, let alone "all that." One thing he has in abundance is arrogance and I don't think we need any more of that up there.
#10. To: rowdee (#6)
Obviously, the point of the article is to 'stfu and just vote for mccain'.....something this ol gal just ain't gonna do. No being 'scared by da boogeyman into voting for 'the lesser of two evils'. Just ain't gonna happen. Over. Roger. Out.
Lord Acton
#11. To: Peppa (#9)
LOL! You are right..
Lord Acton
#12. To: James Deffenbach (#11)
Well, was there ever any doubt? ahaha. You just hang wid ol' Uncle JD, he will never lead you astray.
#13. To: rowdee (#6)
Just ain't gonna happen. Over. Roger. Out.
#14. To: all (#13)
Seeing visions "over yonder" of the war I know must come.
In the corner - not a vision - but a sign for coming days
Stand a box of ammunition and a rifle in green baize.
And in this, the living present, let the word go through the land,
Every tradesman, clerk and peasant should have these two things at hand.
In the future, still unheeded, shall the spirit come to us!
Without feathers, drum or riot on the day that is to be,
We shall march down, very quiet, to our stations by the sea.
While the bitter parties stifle every voice that warns of war,
Every man should own a rifle and have cartridges in store!
#15. To: Peppa (#0)
#16. To: Turtle (#15)
Fortunately, this half-breed POS is going to get his ass kicked in the election, and I hope all the fools here who supported this buffoon as the Second Coming suffer accordingly.
#17. To: Cynicom (#0)
Michelle Obama, in a politically charged college campaign speech in California, defined her husband’s meaning of “change”:
#18. To: Turtle (#15)
Fortunately, this half-breed POS is going to get his ass kicked in the election, and I hope all the fools here who supported this buffoon as the Second Coming suffer accordingly.
#19. To: X-15 (#1)
#20. To: Turtle (#15)
"Fortunately, this half-breed POS is going to get his ass kicked in the election, and I hope all the fools here who supported this buffoon as the Second Coming suffer accordingly."
#21. To: christine (#17)
Michelle Obama: "Barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual ...”
#22. To: Turtle (#15)
Freeper: I read, but do not understand, write, but make no sense, think, but nothing happens.
Lord Acton
#23. To: HOUNDDAWG (#19)
If you can afford a $5,000 Perazzi like Cheney's Lawyer, Quail and Wabbit gun
Lord Acton
#24. To: Peppa (#0)
"There is no 'legitimate' Corporation by virtue of it's very legal definition and purpose."
-- IndieTx
#25. To: Turtle (#15)
Fortunately, this half-breed POS is going to get his ass kicked in the election, and I hope all the fools here who supported this buffoon as the Second Coming suffer accordingly.
"There is no 'legitimate' Corporation by virtue of it's very legal definition and purpose."
-- IndieTx
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