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December 14, 2009
Contra What the Left Says, Obama *Is* Coming for our Guns
Posted by Gregory of Yardale at December 14, 2009 4:53 AM
PBO's corrupt thug of an Attorney General is laying the groundwork for national gun registration --- which is the necessary precursor to de facto and/or de jure outlawing the private ownership of firearms (as has happened in Britain, Austalia, New York City, Washington DC and elsewhere) --- and wants the Justice Department to be able to deny anyone the Government designates as a potential terrorist the right to possess firearms.
According to the Law Enforcement Alliance of America:
(In the course of) US Senate testimony on Wednesday, November 18, Attorney General Eric Holder "revealed a stunningly broad and aggressive anti-gun agenda.
After explaining and defending his decision to give enemy combatants constitutional protections and the right to public trial in civilian courts in New York City, Attorney General Holder revealed his support for a national gun owner registration scheme and authorizing the government to ban firearm possession for any person by merely adding that person's name to the terror watch list,
IOW, under his scheme, the Justice Department will be able to deny selected individuals the right to own firearms, based on whom they decide is a "terror threat." We already know that this administration defines pro-lifers, anti-tax activists, supporters of immigration enforcement, and critics of Obama generally as potential terrorists.
When you consider that the DOJ will be in charge of deciding who is and who is not allowed to own a firearm, it is important not to forget what a corrupt piece of crap Eric Holder is:
- Fought for and got pardons for FALN terrorists.
- Extends the full Constitutional protections of American citizens to foreign terrorists.
- Dismissed charges against the Black Panthers for blatant voter intimidation.
In related scary-ass news, the Rand Corporation has published a monograph pushing for the establishment of a "Stability Police Force (SPF)." Not for Afghanistan. Not for Iraq. For the USA.
This research examines the creation of a high-end police force, which the authors call a Stability Police Force (SPF). The study considers what size force is necessary, how responsive it needs to be, where in the government it might be located, what capabilities it should have, how it could be staffed, and its cost. This monograph also considers several options for locating this force within the U.S. government, including the U.S. Marshals Service, the U.S. Secret Service, the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) in the Department of State, and the U.S. Army's Military Police. The authors conclude that an SPF containing 6,000 people -- created in the U.S. Marshals Service and staffed by a "hybrid option," in which SPF members are federal police officers seconded to federal, state, and local police agencies when not deployed -- would be the most effective of the options considered. The SPF would be able to deploy in 30 days. The cost for this option would be $637.3 million annually, in FY2007 dollars.
This is not good.
