Western Journalism – by William J. Olson P.C.
President Obama announced that his Administration would do all in its power to stop gun violence. By that, he seems to have meant reducing private ownership of firearms. Now, it turns out that he is not just doing things within his presidential power to achieve that objective – he is usurping legislative power to amend statutes unilaterally.
On January 7, 2014, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (“ATF”) issued Proposed Rules designed to vastly increase the number of Americans prohibited from owning firearms, including many U.S. Veterans, by changing the meaning of words contained in laws passed by Congress.
On behalf of Gun Owners of America, Inc. and Gun Owners Foundation, our firm filed comments opposing those proposed ATF rule changes.
Federal law prohibits persons who have been “adjudicated as a mental defective” from owning firearms. ATF claims that the terminology Congress used in the statute is “outdated”; purporting to “clarify” the term, ATF instead wants to rewrite the statute, greatly expanding its scope.
ATF alleges that Congress intended the law to apply “broadly” to “unstable” and “irresponsible” people, and has defined the term as including people who suffer from a “mental illness, incompetency, condition, or disease.” But that is not what the statute says. A “mental defective” is a person of “marked subnormal intelligence” or “gross ignorance or imbecility.” Congress never intended the law to apply to combat veterans suffering from PTSD, but that is one of the groups that have been targeted for disarmament.
Federal law also prohibits persons who have been “committed to a mental institution” from owning firearms. The ATF wants to change the meaning of that phrase to apply to “both inpatient and outpatient commitments.” Those are, of course, very different matters. Inpatient commitment is generally used when a person is unable to function in society and needs to be forcibly confined for treatment in order to protect him and/or the public. Outpatient treatment, however, is for less significant problems, and may require a person only to take medication or follow some other course of prescribed treatment.
Finally, our comments noted that the ATF never considered the Second Amendment when proposing its new definitions. After Heller, though, the government can no longer assume it may deprive people of their firearms rights at will. Instead of requiring a formal adjudication by a court before a person’s rights are taken from him, ATF has permitted unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats, such as those at the Veterans Administration, to decide willy-nilly who may and may not own guns.
This sort of lawless activity may be what Americans are accustomed to from this rogue agency, but it is not what they deserve. Government officials are the servants of the people, not their overlords.
Read more at http://www.westernjournalism.com/atf-regulations-designed-disqualify-many-gun-ownership/#tE8jFEiGCGO7PESR.99
““mental illness, incompetency, condition, or disease.” But that is not what the statute says. A “mental defective” is a person of “marked subnormal intelligence” or “gross ignorance or imbecility.””
Well in that case, the government might want to start looking in the mirror and those within their own department because that’s all I ever see these days with them. Both mental AND incompetent!
So are we ready to rock yet or are we still playing the waiting game?
im inclined to think that this is only one prong of a fork meant to stab the remains of the american republic to death with.
the other prongs, i would think, would be
– economic price-hiking of guns and ammo (and endless waves of cash-4-guns turn-in programs),
-militia sabotage (lots of rogue false flags designed to make the militia/prepper movements look bad, all while keeping real militias from functioning in any capacity needed to deploy.),
-continued seizing of assets such as food, Land, gas, guns, houses (in the form of induced foreclosures and increasing homelessness)
– dumping of the american dollar and implementation of either the Amero, or economic defection to the Yuan (or some other currency?), resulting in greenbacks (or whatever color paper money is, this month) being even more worthless than wet toilet paper.
Just stay away from doctors and the VA – stay off the radar.
Mexican’s have a ritual on one of their holidays. I think it’s Cinco De Mieo (spelling) or new year…whatever. They all shoot their guns into the air. From American witnesses I can tell you it’s rather frightening because every man in Mexico has a gun and they all shoot it off on New Years Eve. Anyway my point is this. Guns are completely illegal in Mexico! Yet everyone has a gun. So when it comes right down to it…no matter what the federal government does American men will always have their guns…period. At the present day our government is trying to “dry up” the ammo supply by having every swinging dick federal agency buy ammo whether they need it or not. They put their orders on “back order” too so no person has even a chance at buying ammo. Any ammo coming off the production line goes to government. Knowing this you should act accordingly. Site in all your weapons “perfectly” and then save your ammo if you can. Remember your gun is just a piece of metal junk without ammunition.
“Obama Might Have Just Figured Out How To Take Your Guns Away”
OUT OF MY COLD DEAD HAND
The hell with the President and the crooks in Washington
“Federal law prohibits persons who have been “adjudicated as a mental defective” from owning firearms. ATF claims that the terminology Congress used in the statute is “outdated”; purporting to “clarify” the term, ATF instead wants to rewrite the statute, greatly expanding its scope.”
Anyone who doesn’t love Big Brother will be deemed ‘mentally defective’.
Anyone who doesn’t love Big Brother will be deemed ‘mentally defective’.
that should probably read
Anyone who loves Big Brother will be deemed ‘mentally defective’.
Not by Big Brother they won’t.