If Texas ever secedes from the US, I will become a citizen of the Great Nation of Texas the same day!<\/p>\n
Check out the letter that Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott sent to Obama\u2026<\/p>\n
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\tApril 2, 2013<\/p>\n
\tSent via facsimile and U.S. mail<\/p>\n
\tThe White House
\n\t1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
\n\tWashington. DC 20500<\/p>\n
\tDear Mr. President:<\/p>\n
The Arms Trade Treaty agreed to today by the United Nations (UN) is a threat to Americans’\tConstitutional liberty. I urge you to reject that treaty. If you sign it, and if the U.S. Senate\tratifies the treaty, Texas will lead the charge to have the treaty overturned in court as a violation\tof the U.S. Constitution.<\/p>\n
\tAmerica is exceptional in part because our Constitution safeguards our individual liberties \u2014\tincluding the right to keep and bear arms enshrined in the Second Amendment. During your\treelection campaign, you consistently claimed to support Second Amendment rights. Yet the\tday after you won reelection, you announced your support for the Arms Trade Treaty, a UN\tagreement on firearms restrictions. That treaty:<\/p>\n
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- Fails to recognize the fundamental, individual right to keep and bear arms or the right to\t\tdefend one’s family, person, and property;<\/li>\n
- Empowers a new UN bureaucracy focused on firearms restrictions that will be run by\t\tinternational bureaucrats who are not accountable to the people of the United States;<\/li>\n
- Employs vague and sweeping language that could be used for any number of future\t\trestrictions on Second Amendment rights; and<\/li>\n
- Places no defined limits on the UN’s power to interfere with Second Amendment rights.\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The UN has concluded its negotiations on the Arms Trade Treaty. It is now up to you to sign it –\tor reject it. Do not sign this treaty.<\/p>\n
\tAgreeing to the treaty does more than trample Second Amendment rights. It also threatens to\terode all liberties guaranteed to Americans in the Constitution by establishing the precedent that\tthe UN has some level of authority to govern our lives. The very reason we fought for\tindependence was to free ourselves from dictates by leaders in other lands. This treaty\tcontradicts the underpinning philosophy of our country.<\/p>\n
\tI recognize that the ostensible purpose of the treaty is to combat the illegal international trade of\tweapons into third-world war zones. The treaty could, however, draw law-abiding gun owners\tand gun store operators into a complex web of bureaucratic red tape created by a\tnew department \tat the UN devoted to overseeing the treaty. For instance, the treaty appears to lay the groundwork for an international gun registry overseen by the bureaucrats at the UN.<\/p>\n
\tThe treaty also contains a vague and open-ended call for heightened domestic regulation of\timported firearms, which make up a\tlarge percentage of the market for new firearms in this\tcountry. Indeed, the most troubling aspect of the treaty is the vagueness of its language. As with\tmost so-called international-law documents promulgated by the UN, the draft treaty is not\twritten using the precise, unambiguous language required of a good legal document. Instead, the\ttreaty employs sweeping rhetoric and imprecise terminology that could be used by those who\tseek to undermine our liberties to impose any number of restrictions on the right of law-abiding\tAmericans to keep and bear arms.<\/p>\n
\tTreaties do not trump constitutional liberties. Even if you, as the President, signed and the\tSenate ratified the UN Arms Trade Treaty, our Constitution remains the Supreme Law of the\tLand and would supersede any treaty provision that violated Second Amendment rights. When\tthe Constitution says, \u201cthe right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed,\u201d it\tmeans no one\u2014including the UN\u2014can infringe that right.<\/p>\n
\tThese principles have long been recognized by the United States Supreme Court. In Reid v.\tCovert, 354 U.S. 1, (1957), the Supreme Court ruled that the United States cannot use its treaty\tpower to violate Constitutional rights. In that case, an international agreement between the\tUnited States and the United Kingdom provided that dependents of American service members\tstationed in the UK would be tried for crimes by military tribunal and thus deprived of certain\tSixth Amendment rights, including the right to trial by jury. When the wife of an American\tserviceman was accused of murder and convicted by a military court, the Supreme Court\treversed the conviction. The Court rightly concluded that \u2018no agreement with a foreign nation\tcan confer power on the Congress, or on any other branch of Government, which is free from the\trestraints of the Constitution.\u201d Id. at 16. In a passage that should be required reading in our\tpublic schools, the Supreme Court affirmed that \u201cThe United States is entirely a creature of the\tConstitution. Its power and authority have no other source. It can only act in accordance with all\tthe limitations imposed by the Constitution.\u201d Id. at 5-6. For that reason, the Supreme Court \u201chas\tregularly and uniformly recognized the supremacy of the Constitution over a\ttreaty.\u201d Id. at 17.<\/p>\n
\tAs Reid v. Covert demonstrates, the Second Amendment is by no means the only constitutional\tright that can be threatened by international agreements. Regardless of their position on gun\trights, all Americans should oppose any treaty that does not adequately protect our constitutional\trights. If the Second Amendment can be trusted to international organizations that do not share\tour constitutional traditions, then why not the First Amendment? Why not the Fourth\tAmendment or the Fifth Amendment?<\/p>\n
\tOur Nation’s Bill of Rights is a rare and precious thing. It does not exist anywhere else in the\tworld. And the UN cannot be trusted with it. The UN includes foreign governments that have\tshown hostility to the kinds of constitutional liberties guaranteed to Americans. All Americans\tare harmed when unaccountable international bodies like the UN are empowered to interfere\twith our protected freedoms.<\/p>\n
\tIf the UN Arms Trade Treaty is ratified or applied in a way that violates the right of law-abiding\tAmericans to keep and bear arms, it will be null and void. That will be little comfort, however,\tto law-abiding gun owners who would no doubt wonder why the United States entered into a\ttreaty that empowers the UN to interfere with their Second Amendment rights. Rather than\treach that point, the better course is to stop the treaty before the Senate can even consider it.<\/p>\n
\tIf the UN Arms Trade Treaty is not stopped at the federal level, I \u2014 and my fellow state attorneys\tgeneral \u2014 will take up the fight to preserve the Constitution. Ratification of this treaty would\tcompel immediate legal action to enforce the Constitution’s guarantee that the right of the people\tto keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n<\/div>\nWe need more men and women in positions of authority who understand, uphold and defend our constitutional rights. Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott is one of the good guys! <\/strong><\/p>\n
And here are the names of some Democrat Senators who told Obama \u201cGo pound sand!\u201d by voting AGAINST Universal Background Checks yesterday! <\/strong><\/p>\n
North Dakota Senator Heidi Heitkamp <\/p>\n
Arkansas Senator Mark Pryor<\/p>\n
Alaska Senator Mark Begich <\/p>\n
Montana Senator Max Baucus<\/p>\n
On the other hand, there are plenty of freedom stealing, gun grabbers that need to go\u2026<\/p>\n
Here are the Republican traitors who stood with the gun grabbers and voted yes to Universal Background Checks AKA Gun Registration\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n
Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey<\/p>\n
Illinois Senator Mark Kirk <\/p>\n
Maine Senator Susan Collins<\/p>\n
Arizona Senator John McCain<\/p>\n
Fortunately, Universal Background Checks, AKA Gun Registration went down in flames as <\/strong>Senators voted 54-46, with 60 needed to adopt the measure. <\/strong><\/p>\n
Remember, the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly on the next Election Day! <\/strong><\/p>\n
Make no mistake. ANY politician who introduces, supports, or votes for ANY gun control is either uninformed and uneducated on the subject or is knowingly violating our Second Amendment rights.<\/p>\n
Either way, whether an idiot or a traitor, THEY NEED TO BE VOTED OUT OF OFFICE. Make sure they know, each and every day through an e-mail, a call or a letter that YOU ARE WATCHING THEIR EVERY MOVE on the gun issue.<\/p>\n
THE FIGHT IS NOT OVER\u2026 IT HAS JUST BEGUN! <\/strong><\/p>\n
THE GUN GRABBERS WILL NEVER GIVE UP, BECAUSE UNTIL THEY DISARM US, THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CONTROL AND ENSLAVE US WITH BIGGER AND BIGGER GOVERNMENT.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Here is a link to find your representatives. http:\/\/capwiz.com\/gunowners\/dbq\/officials\/<\/a> <\/p>\n
KEEP THE PRESSURE ON!<\/strong><\/p>\n
And remember, if all else fails, the only thing they can’t take from you is your ability and willingness to use the guns you have to defend yourself against all enemies, foreign and domestic so make sure YOU ARE TRAINED. <\/p>\n
Go here http:\/\/www.frontsight.com\/patriot\/<\/a> to grab a 5 Day Front Sight Course, plus 30 State Concealed Weapons Permit, and our entire set of 7 Front Sight Training Manuals for only $200. <\/strong><\/p>\n
This is $2,500 in training, PLUS a full set of training manuals for only $200 as my way of putting my money where my mouth is to sharpen the teeth of the Second Amendment and prepare every responsible American citizen to protect and defend their freedom. Get trained NOW <\/strong>http:\/\/www.frontsight.com\/patriot\/<\/a><\/p>\n
Sincerely,<\/p>\n
Dr. Ignatius Piazza
\nFounder and Director
\nFront Sight<\/a> Firearms Training Institute
\nhttp:\/\/www.frontsight.com<\/a>
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