And they are bipartisan sneaks:
Registration is the final step before confiscation. Why repeal the Second Amendment when the sneaks can get what they want through legislation and the courts?
For decades the government has been trying to identify every law-abiding gun owner so they can learn the location of every gun.
Obviously, everybodys background has to be checked in order to identify certain criminals and the severely mentally ill. Once your name goes into any government database you are there for all time regardless of what a law says.
The 2010 article by John Pierce does place the blame where it belongs:
The entertainment industry brainwashes too many Americans into believing everything they hear on television and in the movies; more so when they hear the same lies over and over again. The entertainment industry, and by extension television news, sold the same political lies for decades, and in so doing succeeded in selling itself as guardians of the truth.
Holding a false belief is not quite the same thing as is believing liars. During WWII millions of unarmed victims went meekly to their deaths in gas chambers because they believed the liars who led them to the final lie You are going to take a shower. Todays totalitarian liars herd their victims into theaters by telling them they are going to see a movie.
Am I exaggerating? Not when you consider the fact that WWII victims had to be transported to collection points for extermination. In todays world concentration camps are no longer necessary or practical. In light of modern biological weapons every movie theater is easily converted to a gas chamber. Why movie theaters and not any auditorium? Answer: Because the weak-minded trust the movies.
The problem of body disposal is also eliminated by mass graves spread across the entire country because there will be no reason to destroy the evidence. Many in government openly advocate abortion, euthanasia, eugenics, doctor-assisted suicide, medical death panels, sterilization, and population controls. To one degree or another every horror Ive listed is already acceptable to a large number of Americans; so why should they care so long as they believe they are not scheduled for extermination?
Who will do the grisly work? Answer: Theres never a shortage of totalitarians willing to do the killing.
The entertainment industry made institutional murder more acceptable than it ever was in the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany. At least those governments tried to hide their crimes. Todays Democrats win elections when they campaign for the same things Soviet Communists and Nazis practiced.
The first mass murders in modern times occurred when Muslin Turks slaughtered Christian Armenians; the number of dead is placed at somewhere between one and two million. Next came the Soviet Union, and finally Nazi Germany. Communist Chinas slaughters came after WWII ended.
The moral outrage caused by the first three incidents of government-sponsored mass murder called for a change of tactics; hence, propaganda has been transforming government murder into acts of mercy. Population controls is the big one.
Is it any wonder that big government advocates are hellbent on disarming law-abiding Americans? Once the killings begin in earnest, the government does not want anybody with a conscience and a gun still standing.
Finally, background checks is a sneaky approach to registering every gun regardless of the Second Amendment:
Most of all, the Second Amendment is NOT about criminals or the mentally ill as the sneaks would have us believe. Question: Do you believe the sneaks or the men who designed the greatest form of government the world has seen to date?
The House is scheduled to vote Thursday on a bipartisan proposal to bolster the background check system for gun sales.
Unveiled late Wednesday, the legislation would provide $19.5 million in additional grant money to help states submit records to a national FBI database designed to block gun sales to certain criminals and the severely mentally ill.
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"The background check system is only as good as the data you put in it. And right now, all the information isn't getting in," said Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.), a chief sponsor of the bill and the head of the Democrats' task force to prevent gun violence. "When the information doesn't get into the system, we can't enforce the law, and dangerous people who otherwise wouldn't pass a background check can slip through the cracks and buy guns."
The other sponsors of the bill are Reps. Pete King (R-N.Y.), Elizabeth Esty (D-Conn.), Joe Heck (R-Nev.), Mike Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) and Mike Quigley (D-Ill.).
House to vote on bolstering gun checks
By Mike Lillis - 05/29/14 07:08 AM EDT
House to vote on bolstering gun checks | TheHill
Registration is the final step before confiscation. Why repeal the Second Amendment when the sneaks can get what they want through legislation and the courts?
For decades the government has been trying to identify every law-abiding gun owner so they can learn the location of every gun.
Obviously, everybodys background has to be checked in order to identify certain criminals and the severely mentally ill. Once your name goes into any government database you are there for all time regardless of what a law says.
In fact, the same law that mandates the background check also prohibits the data being used for registration purposes and requires that all data thus collected be destroyed other than the identifying number and the date the number was assigned.
The 2010 article by John Pierce does place the blame where it belongs:
The fault here lies almost exclusively with the media (TV shows, movies and news reports). From CSI to NCIS to daytime soap operas, registration is presented as a given, even in those states where registration is specifically banned by state law.
The great registration myth
February 26, 7:21 PM
Minneapolis Gun Rights Examiner John Pierce
The great registration myth - Minneapolis gun rights | Examiner.com
The entertainment industry brainwashes too many Americans into believing everything they hear on television and in the movies; more so when they hear the same lies over and over again. The entertainment industry, and by extension television news, sold the same political lies for decades, and in so doing succeeded in selling itself as guardians of the truth.
Holding a false belief is not quite the same thing as is believing liars. During WWII millions of unarmed victims went meekly to their deaths in gas chambers because they believed the liars who led them to the final lie You are going to take a shower. Todays totalitarian liars herd their victims into theaters by telling them they are going to see a movie.
Am I exaggerating? Not when you consider the fact that WWII victims had to be transported to collection points for extermination. In todays world concentration camps are no longer necessary or practical. In light of modern biological weapons every movie theater is easily converted to a gas chamber. Why movie theaters and not any auditorium? Answer: Because the weak-minded trust the movies.
The problem of body disposal is also eliminated by mass graves spread across the entire country because there will be no reason to destroy the evidence. Many in government openly advocate abortion, euthanasia, eugenics, doctor-assisted suicide, medical death panels, sterilization, and population controls. To one degree or another every horror Ive listed is already acceptable to a large number of Americans; so why should they care so long as they believe they are not scheduled for extermination?
Who will do the grisly work? Answer: Theres never a shortage of totalitarians willing to do the killing.
The entertainment industry made institutional murder more acceptable than it ever was in the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany. At least those governments tried to hide their crimes. Todays Democrats win elections when they campaign for the same things Soviet Communists and Nazis practiced.
The first mass murders in modern times occurred when Muslin Turks slaughtered Christian Armenians; the number of dead is placed at somewhere between one and two million. Next came the Soviet Union, and finally Nazi Germany. Communist Chinas slaughters came after WWII ended.
The moral outrage caused by the first three incidents of government-sponsored mass murder called for a change of tactics; hence, propaganda has been transforming government murder into acts of mercy. Population controls is the big one.
Is it any wonder that big government advocates are hellbent on disarming law-abiding Americans? Once the killings begin in earnest, the government does not want anybody with a conscience and a gun still standing.
Finally, background checks is a sneaky approach to registering every gun regardless of the Second Amendment:
A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed.
Most of all, the Second Amendment is NOT about criminals or the mentally ill as the sneaks would have us believe. Question: Do you believe the sneaks or the men who designed the greatest form of government the world has seen to date?
Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people's liberty, teeth and keystone under independence. The church, the plow, the prairie wagon and citizens' firearms are indelibly related. From the hour the pilgrims landed to the present day, events, occurrences and tendencies prove that, to ensure peace, security and happiness, the rifle and pistol are equally indispensable. Every corner of this land knows firearms, and more than 99 and 99/100 percent of them by their silence indicate that they are in safe and sane hands. The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil influence. They deserve a place of honor with all that's good. When firearms go, all goes. We need them every hour. George Washington's address to the second session of the First U.S. Congress
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The beauty of the second amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it. Thomas Jefferson
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The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. Thomas Jefferson
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The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; that ... it is their right and duty to be at all times armed. Thomas Jefferson
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What country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. Thomas Jefferson to James Madison
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A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercise, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball and others of that nature are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be the constant companion of your walks. Thomas Jefferson's advice to his 15-year-old nephew
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I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them. George Mason, Co-author of the Second Amendment, during Virginia's Convention to Ratify the Constitution, 1788
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And we do each of us, for ourselves respectively, promise and engage to keep a good firelock in proper order, & to furnish ourselves as soon as possible with, & always keep by us, one pound of gunpowder, four pounds of lead, one dozen gunflints, & a pair of bullet moulds, with a cartouch box, or powder horn, and bag for balls. George Mason
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Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: first, a right to life, secondly to liberty, thirdly to property; together with the right to defend them in the best manner they can. Samuel Adams
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"If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen." Samuel Adams
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Arms in the hands of the citizens may be used at individual discretion for the defense of the country, the overthrow of tyranny or private self-defense. John Adams
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They tell us that we are weak -- unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house? Three million people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Patrick Henry
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Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are ruined. The great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who is able may have a gun. Patrick Henry
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The supposed quietude of a good man allures the ruffian; while on the other hand, arms like laws discourage and keep the invader and the plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property. The balance of power is the scale of peace. The same balance would be preserved were all the world destitute of arms, for all would be alike; but since some will not, others dare not lay them aside. Horrid mischief would ensue were one half the world deprived of the use of them; the weak would become a prey to the strong. Thomas Paine
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It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its government. Thomas Paine
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"Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed, as they are in almost every kingdom in Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword, because the whole of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops." Noah Webster
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The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic; since it offers a strong moral check against the usurpation and arbitrary power of rulers; and will generally, even if these are successful in the first instance, enable the people to resist and triumph over them. Joseph Story