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Gun Control Treaty

November 15, 2009 | 2nd Amendment, Congress, Constitution, President

Many Americans are going to be in for a surprise. I’m not going to be because I am willing to read and understand. Regardless of what I’ve been led to believe, I am always willing to listen and learn. When evidence surfaces that dispute, and may correct any information that I base my thoughts upon, I validate, re-evaluate, and change my path if necessary. This is not the case for the majority. They can’t imagine that all the nonsense they’ve subscribed to is a lie. It would discredit them at their core, which would show how little they truly know. The U.S. Constitution states in Article VI, Clause 2, “This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.” What this means is that through a very underhanded tactic our government will allow the UN to impose laws upon the citizens of this country. World Net Daily has posted an article Obama revives talk of U.N. gun control describing the potential of what can happen under treaty. In it Drew Zahn notes; “Bolton, for example, told Ginny Simone, managing editor of the National Rifle Association's NRA News and host of the NRA's Daily News program, "The administration is trying to act as though this is really just a treaty about international arms trade between nation states, but there's no doubt – as was the case back over a decade ago – that the real agenda here is domestic firearms control."” We have in the White House a man who stated that he knows the Constitution, and will not take our guns. I believed it to be a lie from the start. We have in the White House a man who has already gone back on just about everything he promised in his campaign. We have elected a man who appears to have a deep abiding dislike for our form of government. He is certainly of a communist philosophy, which is not a doctrine to promote the good health of the people. It was devised in order to centralize power for a few who will tell us how we will live, and then reap the profits from their dictates. This current administration is at least as frightening as the last. I consider it to be far more so because it has, as its head, a man who is viewed as some sort of savior for the lower classes. Nothing could be further from the truth. He is an elitist whose pedigree is questionable, and who believes that he has the authority to change this nation, not for the better, but rather for a high-minded vision that will certainly turn into a nightmare for most of the population. I would suggest you read the article and contact your senator. We need to stop this government from using sneak attacks on our rights. We must stop it now because as sure as the UN will demand our relinquishing our rights there will be those who will enforce those doctrines through the use of weapons. If you believe that government is benevolent, and that history does not tell us otherwise then sit back. But if you are of the opinion that government cannot be trusted and that we must be ready at all times to defend ourselves then please take action now. United States Senate Contact ‘Nick’

Further Down That Path

June 7, 2009 | 2nd Amendment, Constitution, Judicial, Militia

Listen my children and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five; Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous day and year. Some may know the relevance of the 19th of April from the words of Henry Wadsworth Longefellow as he immortalized the beginning of the Revolution with the poetic tale of one of America's Minute Men. The Militia at Lexington, Massachusetts mustered some fifty to sixty men in response to the alert, and to show their displeasure with the conduct of the Crown, and his rule. Captain Parker, a pastor, told the men of the Militia, "Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon. But if they mean to have a war, let it begin here." Eight brave men of the Organized Militia died on that day.  They were not members of a National Guard, or some other pretend unit that the courts would refer to in order to limit the ability of the People to arm themselves so that they might have the resources to block a tyrannical state. Yes, whether you believe it or not, the reason behind the Militia was to protect against not only lawlessness, but also an abusive government. And whether you believe it or not, we long ago proved that this government should have been torn apart, and reconstructed in its intended image. For those who reason otherwise, I suggest you go to the local law library, and examine the length of the United States Code. Thousands of statutes, whose interpretations are periodically changed by un-elected officials, and judicial proclamations that are designed, with the intent, to keep the citizen off guard, and constantly struggling to survive the machinations of the legal system. There has to be a buffer, some apparatus that allows the People to fight back when words, and procedures fail. In Federalist 29, Alexander Hamilton wrote, "There is something so far-fetched and so extravagant in the idea of danger to liberty from the militia, that one is at a loss whether to treat it with gravity or with raillery; whether to consider it as a mere trial of skill, like the paradoxes of rhetoricians; as a disingenuous artifice to instil prejudices at any price; or as the serious offspring of political fanaticism. Where in the name of common-sense, are our fears to end if we may not trust our sons, our brothers, our neighbors, our fellow-citizens? What shadow of danger can there be from men who are daily mingling with the rest of their countrymen and who participate with them in the same feelings, sentiments, habits and interests? What reasonable cause of apprehension can be inferred from a power in the Union to prescribe regulations for the militia, and to command its services when necessary, while the particular States are to have the sole and exclusive appointment of the officers? If it were possible seriously to indulge a jealousy of the militia upon any conceivable establishment under the federal government, the circumstance of the officers being in the appointment of the States ought at once to extinguish it. There can be no doubt that this circumstance will always secure to them a preponderating influence over the militia." We are engaged in a great war for the minds of the people of this nation. On the one hand there are those in government, subversive groups such as The Brady Campaign to prevent gun violence, its allies in the media, and national corporations who work tirelessly in order that they might wrest power from the People. On the other there are the wary who see what conspiracies have been laid to promote such an agenda. It is to the benefit of the former group to deceive the witless tools so that their ignorance might be used to trivialize those who dissent. The agenda to make the people toothless began when the federal government destroyed the military arm of the People, and created the National Guard, whose officers are not appointed by the states, and therefore do not meet constitutional muster. Then slowly, but surely, the media began to demonize the word militia so that the simple minded who are seduced by the power of the press believe that the rightful organization is some sort of racist clan, and now, as recently labeled, a terrorist threat. As Hamilton noted, "a disingenuous artifice to instil prejudices at any price..." How simple is it to read, and understand the words of our Founding Fathers. They were posted in the press of the day, are immortalized in our originating documents, and prolific in the diaries and journals of the men, and women who founded this great nation. It seems that we are unwilling to admit that the so-called experts are nothing but spin masters for the powers that be. Talking heads, as the current term details, for promoting the will of those whose only task appears to be the fall of freedom. Now the current president has nominated one Sonia Sotomayor for the High Court, to conspire with the other rabid anti-constitution players he has gathered around him. Sotomayor has stated that the Second Amendment does not apply to the states. Let's examine the logic behind that opinion. The Constitution was written as a document to outline the setup of the government, how it was to function, and what powers it was granted by the People. There are words in the document that worried men such as Patrick Henry who understood the nature of power, and how it seeks to pervert so that it may garner more power. The phrase 'general welfare' was of particular concern since it might easily be manipulated to create authority nowhere listed in the Constitution. The Thirteen Colonies had just ended a long and costly war to throw off the yoke of a monarch. There was fear, and rightfully so, that a strong central government would emerge, and begin to draw all power to the core of those within its structure. The states demanded a clarification of liberty, and so the Bill of ...

Ammunition Scarcity

May 22, 2009 | 2nd Amendment

Here are three videos extracted from Mainstream Media. We here at RTR have been aware for more than a year now that general ammunition is becoming scarce. On a recent trip to a major gun show, prices for popular ammunition had in fact doubled from 1 year ago. Prices for the more common calibers have more than doubled in the last 12 months. The question is why. Perhaps the general public is becoming aware that: "There is something terribly wrong with this country". Whatever the case may be, the bottom line is expect to be paying higher prices as we move forward through this year. Stocks in Gun Manufacturers have also seen significant increases. Smith And Wesson Holding Corp. (SWHC) Staged a nice rally so far this year from 1.60 to 7.50. The stock recently weakened when the company announced it was offering 5.5 million shares to raise capital, and at the time of this article the stock was trading 5.50 Sturm Ruger And Co. Inc (RGR) Rallied from its January low of 6.00 to 13.50. These videos may answer some of these questions. It would appear on the surface that demand is outweighing supply but a wide margin. We have also heard unconfirmed reports that manufacturers are holding back on production at the behest of TPTB.