On 5/22/2013 8:21 PM, Mitchell Holman wrote:
> Obama is Bush Lite. Same Cuba policy, same
> Iran policy, same Israel policy, same drug war
> policy, same Gitmo policy, same drone strike
> policy, same defense spending policy, same
> official secrecy policy, same immigration policy,
> same "war on terror" policy, same coxy relationship
> with Big Banking and Big Insurance. He even bends
> over backwards to appoint Republicans (Lahood,
> Gates, Huntsman, Hagel) to his administration.
>
> Where is the "radical socialist agenda" that
> rightwingers have been predicting?
>
>
Did you miss his executive orders?
http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/executive-action-obama-to-ban-importation-of-ammo-magazines-and-gun-accessories-without-congressional-approval_04232013
Over the course of the last month, while Americans were distracted with
the threat of nuclear war on the Korean peninsula and the devastation
wrought by the Boston bombings, President Obama was quietly working
behind the scenes to craft laws and regulations that will further erode
the Second Amendment.
Congress, and thus We the People, may have unequivocally rejected
federal legislation in March which aimed to outlaw most semi-automatic
rifles, restrict magazine capacity, and force national registration, but
that didn�t stop the President from ceding regulatory control over
firearms importation to the United Nations just two weeks later. What
the UN Arms Trade Treaty, passed without media fanfare by 154 counties,
would do is to restrict the global trade of, among other things, small
arms and light weapons. Opponents of the treaty argue that loopholes
within the new international framework for global gun control may make
it illegal for Americans to purchase and import firearms manufactured
outside of the United States.
To further his gun-grabbing agenda, however, President Obama and his
administration didn�t stop there.
Now they�re taking another significant step against Americans� right to
bear arms � and they�re doing it through Presidential Executive Action,
a strategy that, once again, bypasses Congressional oversight and the
legislative process.
�it appears that the BHO Administration is taking executive action on
firearms importation. Take a few minutes to read this: After Senate
setback, Obama quietly moving forward with gun regulation. Here is the
key portion of the article:
�The Importation of Defense Articles and Defense Services � U.S.
Munitions Import List references executive orders, amends ATF
regulations and clarifies Attorney General authority �to designate
defense articles and defense services as part of the statutory USML for
purposes of permanent import controls,� among other clauses specified in
heavy legalese requiring commensurate analysis to identify just what the
administration�s intentions are. Among the speculations of what this
could enable are concerns that importing and International Traffic in
Arms Regulations [ITAR] may go forward to reflect key elements within
the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty.�[Emphasis added.]
Depending on how it is implemented, the implications of this change
could be huge. With the stroke a of a pen and without the consent of
Congress, ATF bureaucrats could make ANY gun part or accessory
(including magazines) or ammunition that were originally manufactured or
perhaps even those designed for military use no longer legal for
importation for civilian use. That might mean no more milsurp parts
sets. No more milsurp magazines. No more milsurp ammo. No more milsurp
optics. Perhaps not even spare firing pins. This could be ugly.
I strongly recommend that you stock up on magazines, ammunition and
spare parts for any of your imported military pattern guns, as soon as
possible! Once an import ban is implemented, prices will skyrocket.
Source: James Rawles� Survival Blog via The Prepper Website
Just five days ago the President vowed to push forward on gun control
without Congress and Nancy Pelosi argued that no matter what Congress
says, gun control is inevitable.
This latest round of Executive Actions is what they meant.
A direct on attack on the second amendment is difficult if not
impossible, so they are trying to slither their way in through the
backdoor by restricting international trade so we can�t import new
firearms, by restricting access to accessories and gun parts, by heavily
taxing ammunition and gun purchases, by mandating policies like forcing
gun owners to have liability insurance, and of course, by identifying
potentially dangerous gun owners and simply taking their firearms
because of public safety concerns.
The President recently suggested that the American people have spoken,
and that they want guns to be restricted, banned and heavily regulated.
If that�s so, then how is that a bipartisan Congress overwhelmingly
rejected the President�s bid to restrict and outlaw private ownership of
millions of weapons and gun accessories?
Going through the United Nations and now implementing Executive Actions
to bypass America�s Constitutionally mandated system of checks and
balances is an act of desperation.
Those who would take our rights have been left with no choice but to try
and force their agenda upon us through dictatorial means.