OBAMA STYLE EXECUTIVE ORDER?
TRUMP CALLS FOR GUN CONFISCATIONS, THEN DUE PROCESS!?~WITCH DIANNE FEINSTEIN ERUPTS WITH GLEE AFTER TRUMP SEEMS TO ENDORSE HER BILL
ONE YEAR LATER:
A DICTATOR, TYRANT, OR TOTALITARIAN?
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But what Trump said yesterday truly was scary — terrifying is a better word.“Take the guns first, go through due process second,” Trump said in a meeting with GOP leaders and anti-gun activists including Dianne Feinstein, who was cheering him on from the sidelines.
As reported , “President Trump on Wednesday voiced support for confiscating guns from certain individuals deemed to be dangerous, even if it violates due process rights.”
“I like taking the guns early … to go to court would have taken a long time,” Trump said.Even Vice President Mike Pence tried to reign the President in, suggesting he respect due process and the Second Amendment. But Trump would have none of that:
“Or, Mike, take the firearms first, and then go to court,” Trump responded.
Newsflash: Confiscating guns before due process destroys due process. There is no going through “due process second.”
Every person reading this, regardless of party affiliation, should be very frightened.Now, Trump says stupid things all the time. So what?Here's what: Ideas have consequences.
If Trump, as Commander-in-Chief, decides to act on his totalitarian beliefs and go for people's guns without court orders, then he will officially establish himself as a dictator and tyrant.
Right now, it's up to congress to fulfill its duty as a check and balance against this federal threat by refusing to send any gun control to Trump's desk for signature (for he will gladly sign it) — OR actively stopping Trump from using Executive Orders to activate the military or police to begin knocking on doors.In fact, this is the whole point of separation of powers — to stop any future authoritarians from crushing the rights of the citizens.
Unfortunately, that future has apparently arrived early.
The really chilling aspect of all of this is, Who gets to decide who is deemed too “dangerous” to own guns?How about disgruntled ex-wives and ex-girlfriends calling in to “report” you to the authorities?
Or what if someone — anyone — has a grudge against you and provides a “tip” that you're a “dangerous” person?
There will literally be nothing to protect you as a lawful gun owner from these baseless accusations. Trump's America will become a guilty-until-proven-innocent hell on earth that no one will be able to stop … certainly not our impotent, bought-and-paid-for congress.
And what about due process coming “second,” as they're trying to claim … AFTER your guns are taken away? Will you be able to afford the time off work and hundreds of thousands of dollars of legal expenses to fight to get your rights returned to you?
As a reminder, this all began last week when President Trump opened the floodgates on gun control, urging GOP leaders in congress to ban certain gun parts and “enhance” the so-called background check following the most recent school shooting in a Gun Free Zone.
WGO warned that Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn was trying to ram his “common sense” gun control package through, beefing up the National Instant Check System so it would deny your right to buy a gun for completely arbitrary reasons based on phony science and so-called “mental illness.”
These control freaks are trying to punish gun owners for the criminal acts of others.
The big unknown still is whether Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson and House Speaker Paul Ryan will stand their ground.
Just how bad is the situation?
Trump declared: “I will be strongly pushing Comprehensive Background Checks with an emphasis on Mental Health. Raise age to 21 and end sale of Bump Stocks!”And according to a Feb. 15, 2018 story (Paul Ryan on Florida Shooting) in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Ryan was confronted by reporters about making the background check system more powerful and seems to be conceding.
“He added that Congress may need to take action to make sure people with mental illnesses don't ‘slip through the cracks’ and get guns,” reported the Sentinel.In other words, Paul Ryan is keeping the door open for more gun control.
“If there are gaps there, then we need to look at those gaps,” Ryan said.
ACTION:
1. Call Sen. Ron Johnson and Rep. Paul Ryan and urge NO GUN CONTROL – and to stand strongly in opposition to Trump's calls for trashing due process and the Second Amendment.
- Call Ron Johnson at 202-224-5323 or email him here
- Call Paul Ryan at 202-225-3031 or email him here
- Call Trump at 202-456-1111 or e-mail him here
Thank you,
P.S.- President Trump is demanding national gun confiscations — targeting people deemed too “dangerous” to have guns … but deemed too dangerous by whom? Please contact Sen. Johnson and Rep. Ryan at the numbers above. They must oppose Trump's dangerous calls for gun confiscations and stand for due process.
About Wisconsin Gun Owners:
WGO works for grassroots gun owners, not politicians. While many gun lobbies fight for “reasonable gun control,” WGO sets a higher standard: Defining the terrain of pro-gun political battle. Sure, many groups claim they're “pro-gun” – all the while they provide cover for anti-gun deals cut by politicians – but only WGO truly informs gun owners, remaining committed to a 100% pro-gun position. We oppose all gun control – regardless of the political party – and work tirelessly to restore the Second Amendment. Visit www.wisconsingunowners.org
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SOME STILL THINK TRUMP MEANS WELL,
AND WILL FULFILL HIS CAMPAIGN PROMISES:
ALEX JONES: "Trump Plays Politicians Like A Fiddle On Gun Control"
Emergency Message To President Trump
And The Gun Grabbers
Alex Jones issues an emergency message to President Trump and the gun
grabbing politicians on capital hill trying to push him into turning on
his base so the next election slips from his hands.
OTHERS DON'T!
Major Federal Gun-Control Bills Are Coming, Thanks to Trump
BY PHILIP VAN CLEAVE
SEE: https://www.ammoland.com/2018/03/major-federal-gun-control-bills-coming-thanks-trump/#axzz58cdWP5E1;
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Major Federal Gun-Control Bills Are Coming,
Thanks to Trump
I hope that Sarah Huckabee-Sanders has a good pair of tennis shoes on because she's not going to just be walking back things President Trump said in a meeting with lawmakers yesterday, she's going to be running them back.
Trump said he would do an executive order to ban bump stocks, but I don't think that order will stand a legal challenge if he does.
On the positive side, Trump did continue to push hard to end gun-free zones.
Action Item For President Trump
I suggest we contact the President for the next few days to voice a POLITE, but FIRM opposition to gun control.Here are some suggested things to leave as a voice message (202-456-1111), to tweet to @realdonaldtrump, or to post on the White House contact web page: whitehouse.gov/contact/
- Taking away someone's gun and then giving them due process is like waiting until the barn has burned down before letting the horses out!
- The original assault weapon ban was in place for years when the Columbine massacre happened in 1999. Total failure
- 32 people were murdered at Virginia Tech with a handgun, not a rifle.
- Murder capital Chicago has Universal Background Checks and Firearms Owner ID cards. No thanks.
- If a person isn't mature enough to purchase an AR-15, then he isn't mature enough to fight and die for our country or to vote
- Criminals will obey the law on the 10-round magazine-size just like they obey our drug laws
- No more gun control. None.
Our *Full* Focus Has To Shift To Congress And It Will Soon
This is a serious situation. The gun-controllers have handed Trump their wishlist, and most of it is coming our way if we don't fight back hard! We MUST focus on Congress to stop that wishlist from becoming a reality.
- An “assault weapon” ban
- A ban on magazines that will hold more than ten rounds
- Universal Background Checks – the “Manchin-Toomey” bill from a few years ago
- Emergency Firearms Protection Order, which allows the confiscation of someone's firearm NOW (probably done at gunpoint), based merely on a sworn statement that the person is a danger to himself or others, and LATER they get their due process (gee, thanks)
- A person must be 21 to be able to purchase a rifle
- “Fix NICS,” which allows a government bureaucrat to delve into your medical history as far back, and as deeply, as they wish
- Firearms Owner Identification Card is required to be presented for the purchase of a firearm, including for private sales
- Gun sales denied for anyone on the Terrorist Watch List. You can be put on the Watch List without due process by some nameless bureaucrat
How We Are Going To Fight Back
- Trump wants one comprehensive bill in each House with all the above gun control in it. That's good for us. The more items that are in a massive bill like that, the more legislators will see something they don't like and will vote against the bill. Even many Democrats are going to walk away from that monster. Those two comprehensive bills have not been introduced yet because it will take up to a week for them to be drafted. As soon as the bills appear, we will analyze them and put an URGENT ACTION ITEM out for everyone to contact Congress in opposition.
- It is possible that some of the gun control items could be added to an omnibus appropriations bill as amendments. We will be looking out for that and will advise with an URGENT ACTION ITEM if so.
About Virginia Citizens Defense League, Inc. (VCDL):
Virginia Citizens Defense League, Inc. (VCDL). VCDL is an all-volunteer, non-partisan grassroots organization dedicated to defending the human rights of all Virginians. The Right to Keep and Bear Arms is a fundamental human right.
For more information, visit www.vcdl.org.
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Civil Rights Advocates at FPC Rebuke Trump’s Gun Control, Confiscation Plans
BY DUNCAN JOHNSON
SEE: https://www.ammoland.com/2018/03/civil-rights-advocates-fpc-rebuke-trumps-gun-control-confiscation-plans/#axzz58cegVlHQ;
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Trump expressed a strong preference for the
confiscation of firearms without due process, and a willingness to set
aside priority legislation to protect law-abiding American gun owners,
like carry reciprocity. “Or, Mike, take the firearms first, and then go
to court,” President Trump said in response to statements by Vice
President Mike Pence. “It takes so long to go to court to get the due
process procedures, I like taking the guns early. Take the guns first,
go through due process second.”But civil rights advocates said that such a confiscation scheme would be unconstitutional. “The Constitution was expressly designed to prevent the government from acting in a way that puts its interests first and the fundamental rights of people second,” said FPC Legislative Advocate and Spokesperson Craig DeLuz. “The government doesn’t get to go around taking away peoples’ rights and property, and then going to court to present its case if it feels like it.”FPC has consistently opposed “no fly, no buy” legislation that would prohibit people from accessing and exercising their constitutional rights based on secret government watch lists.
“We wonder if President Trump would like a policy of ‘impeachment first, due process second’,” remarked FPC Legislative Advocate Philip Watson. “Constitutional rules and safeguards are there for a reason—even, and especially, when they are inconvenient to the government and its policy preferences.”Trump is also pushing for FPC-opposed legislation that would raise the federal gun buying age to 21.
“The dangerous anti-gun, anti-due process garbage coming out of D.C. is why we fight for individual liberty and constitutional principles rather than parties or candidates,” said FPC Grassroots Director Richard Thomson. “President Trump and Congress need to stop talking about passing more burdensome gun control laws and start working to pass common-sense legislation to protect and advance the right to keep and bear arms.”
“The fundamental, individual human right to keep and bear arms for self-defense is not up for debate,” said FPC President Brandon Combs. “We reject the idea that law-abiding gun owners must suffer for the depraved acts of evil and insane people that a massive federal government and Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel failed to stop in the first place.
“The bottom line is that no amount of gun control can overcome a persistently and unacceptably incompetent government that fails to do its job. As Supreme Court Justice Alito recently warned, the government is clearly ‘more concerned about disarming the people than about keeping them safe,’” Combs concluded.
In a recent statement, FPC said that if Republicans enact gun control, “they will have shown the voters that neither major political party cares about their rights or the Constitution—and that the only real, civil option left is a new constitutional amendment.”
About the Firearms Policy Coalition
Firearms Policy Coalition (www.firearmspolicy.org) is a 501(c)4 grassroots nonprofit organization. FPC’s mission is to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, especially the fundamental, individual Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.
