There are so many good things that have happened as a result of the election. Rolling back the EPA is up there. But whether it’s the Department of the Interior or the ATF, the changes about firearms signals withering oppression.
Firearms regulation is a bellwether of how government sees the citizens it is supposed to serve. A government that fears an armed citizenry does not trust the people and arrogates to itself the role of parent, or worse, overlord.
This is why President Trump’s nomination for the United States Supreme Court has also been so important. A government and court that limits itself and sees the people as the source of legitimacy and power is one that will not oppress the people with laws and philosophies that curtail liberty, but more importantly, is one that recognizes the people as controlling government.
I increasingly see the Second Amendment and firearm regulation as the barometer of freedom. We on a forum like this are, in many ways, the very measure of freedom in our country. That we may defend ourselves, our nation and our liberties with a firearm sets us apart from many people in other nations.
As the onslaught of unbridled hordes corrode their way through Europe, people there have renewed clamoring for firearms only to learn that they are only cogs of states with a different agenda. May it never be so here.
We know that the effort to disarm must be resisted and we have seen President Trump’s support for freedom in his picks affecting Second Amendment issues from silencers to social security recipients. Trusting the people but making them accountable has been sorely missed for many years but it is making a come back before our eyes.
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Al Qaeda #2 in command killed by drone strike in Syria
The report claims the strike was a non-explosive projectile that went through the roof of the car. Video of car at bottom of the link.
Kinetic projectile by drone ? sounds odd.
President Trump has given Mattis a faster approval cycle for strikes and more authority to attack when the opportunity presents.
"President Donald Trump has signaled that he wants his defense secretary, retired Marine Gen. Jim Mattis, to have a freer hand to launch time-sensitive missions quickly, ending what U.S. officials say could be a long approval process under President Barack Obama that critics claimed stalled some missions by hours or days."
March 03, 2017, 05:09 PM
mbinky
Hell yea, give the General the commander's intent and let him decide how to carry it out. Gen. Mattis is no fool, he knows when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em (into a smoldering heap).
March 03, 2017, 05:25 PM
Andyb
Lol
"Now Trump demands an 'investigation' of Pelosi for 'lying' after photo reveals she met the Russian ambassador too - after saying she hadn't hours before"
"Pickin' stones and pullin' teats is a hard way to make a living. But, sure as God's got sandals, it beats fightin' dudes with treasure trails."
"We've been tricked, we've been backstabbed, and we've been quite possibly, bamboozled."
March 03, 2017, 05:25 PM
stoic-one
quote:
"President Donald Trump has signaled that he wants his defense secretary, retired Marine Gen. Jim Mattis, to have a freer hand to launch time-sensitive missions quickly, ending what U.S. officials say could be a long approval process under President Barack Obama that critics claimed stalled some missions by hours or days."
It's a freaking miracle we got OBL under that twatwaffle, glad to hear things are changing!
"Now Trump demands an 'investigation' of Pelosi for 'lying' after photo reveals she met the Russian ambassador too - after saying she hadn't hours before"
"Now Trump demands an 'investigation' of Pelosi for 'lying' after photo reveals she met the Russian ambassador too - after saying she hadn't hours before"
She's funny.
"I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965
March 03, 2017, 05:52 PM
parabellum
quote:
Originally posted by sdy: The report claims the strike was a non-explosive projectile that went through the roof of the car.
Cool, they iced him with a big-ass lawn dart.
They seem to be having trouble getting whatever is left of the psychopath out of the car.
"I am your retribution." - Donald Trump, speech at CPAC, March 4, 2023
March 03, 2017, 05:57 PM
lkdr1989
Make Jarts Great Again
quote:
Originally posted by parabellum:
quote:
Originally posted by sdy: The report claims the strike was a non-explosive projectile that went through the roof of the car.
Cool, they iced him with a big-ass lawn dart.
They seem to be having trouble getting whatever is left of the psychopath out of the car.
...let him who has no sword sell his robe and buy one. Luke 22:35-36 NAV
"Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves." Matthew 10:16 NASV
March 03, 2017, 06:18 PM
mbinky
quote:
Cool, they iced him with a big-ass lawn dart.
Uh-oh. Thought the libs banned those years ago. Nothing said "summer night in July" like dodging lawn darts as the sun went down and then shooting whistlers at each other from PVC pipes...(and cracking that Miller High Life just before you handed it to your uncle so you could sip off the foam... . )
Maybe hadji just didn't have the training we all got in our youth?
