Right Truth

Modified verbiage please!

CBPO Jon A. Underwood, CBP, (Ret.)

Monday,  January 14^th, 2013

 

Everyone! 

Please stop using the terms as follows: 

"Semi Automatic Pistols" and "Semi Automatic Rifles" 

Use the following terms: 

"Self Loading Pistols" and “Self Loading Rifles" 

Every single time the term "Semi Automatic rifle or Pistol" is used, we, the supporters of the 2A, republicans, conservatives, TEA Party types, fall into the Liberals trap of using the word "Automatic" when talking about weapons.

The Liberal left has dominated the media for so long, the uninformed public, have been "sensitized" to listening to the term "...Automatic..." and they also use the visual with audio of automatic weapons fire, to make the visual and auditory brain connection. This supports the liberal media's contention that AR's and AK's are all automatic weapons, and that just is not true! 

Never allow the lib's the opportunity to use the term "...automatic..." and then flash in their news reports, videos showing automatic weapons firing. No automatic weapons were used in any of these mass shooting crimes. If we use the old terms, we support their black lies, making their propaganda for them! 

Please pass this on to everyone, manufacturers, pundits, citizens, everyone in every instance: 

"Self Loading Rifles" (SLR) or "Self Loading Pistols" (SLP)

Whenever they talk about "Assault Weapons", push the issue that Assault Weapons are already regulated by the National Firearms Act (NFA). 

When they want to explain that the weapons they are talking about are the ones that were used in these crimes, tell them: 

“Oh, those weapons were "Self Loading Rifles" not assault weapons, Assault Weapons are controlled by the NFA, they were not automatic weapons, so they can’t possibly be Assault Weapons!

The Libs play games with words all the time, now it’s time to turn the words in our favor!

 

JON A. UNDERWOOD

CBPO, CBP, (RET.)

YUMA, ARIZONA

A hard thing to say, most truth is…..

CBPO Jon A. Underwood, CBP, (Ret.) 

“It is a hard thing to say, but regarding the Second Amendment (2A), an amendment to the US constitution, a long standing right of the People to keep and bear arms, Person’s who use  the emotion packed term

 

"....If it saves even one child’s life it’s worth it”

 

Don’t comprehend that, even the death of children, is not reason enough to restrict the rights of hundreds of millions of law abiding Americans from owning "Self Loading pistols and Rifles", ammunition and high capacity magazines!”

 

JON A. UNDERWOOD

CBPO, CBP, (RET.)

YUMA, ARIZONA

 

We are facing the Sword of Damocles, “Now”

CBPO Jon A. Underwood, CBP, (Ret.) 

 

Senator Diane Feinstein has released a summary of her desires to basically cut the 2A as we know it now…

 

This is not the first time that government has “infringed” on the Second Amendment (2A).

 

            Strike 1 occurred in 1934, The National Firearms Act (NFA) enacted on June 26, 1934 was passed just after the end of prohibition and heavily control’s Machine Guns, (Real Assault Rifles) Short Barreled Rifles (SBR), Short Barreled Shotguns (SBS), Silencers and destructive devices.

 

            If you want a Machine gun, a short barreled rifle or shotgun, you have to complete a form, provide photos, your finger prints and a determined amount of money. Once this is done, then a background check is done and if you are approved, then you get a stamp and you can order the weapons authorized, from an authorized manufacturer or dealer. After that, you have to be ready for announced and unannounced checks by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (commonly known as the ATF!).

 

            Strike 2 occurred on October 22, 1968 with the Gun Control Act (GCA or GCA68). This bill was actually a reaction to the Murder of several public figures, to include: President John F. Kennedy and Malcolm X, a Nation of Islam leader. After the bill was presented and before it was passed into law, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. were murdered as well.

 

            Among the major effects, was the initiation of the Federal Firearms Licensing requirement.  Previously, a weapon that was not controlled under the NFA could simply be ordered from a catalog. The weapon used by Lee Harvey Oswald, (The individual charged with the Murder of President John F. Kennedy, a 6.5 mm Italian Carcano rifle) was such a weapon.

 

            A later adjustment to the act was an amendment, commonly known as the “Lautenberg amendment” that turned every person that has ever been convicted of a “domestic violence” crime in to a person that was being punished twice. Once by the court for the crime itself, convicted or settled to make it “go away”. The person is punished again, by this amendment’s denial of the right to possess firearms. This “Ex Post Facto” law, effectively removed the right to keep and bear arms, from those with a domestic violence conviction, technically, even back to the start of our beloved Country!  

 

            Now, if the Amendment to the 1968 GCA had stated that anyone with a conviction of a domestic violence charge, from the effective date of this amendment,   was barred from possessing firearms, I would have no problem with that, and that is in fact the normal manner of writing bills, but not in this case, and challenges in court were overturned, by liberal judges, what a coinkadink! 

 

 

            Strike 3,  Almost happened with the first “Assault Weapons Ban”. The Ban started on September 13, 1994, which expired in 2004 under President Bush, (43). This ban, principally dealt with High Capacity Magazines (HCM), termed at that point as anything over 10 rounds and certain “militaristic” looking items on the AR 15 and other military based firearms design’s, and other actions as well.

 

            As for Senator Feinstein and her most recent overreach, among many other things, she is saying that weapons that are in a gun owner’s possession now, they can be “grandfathered”, meaning they are ok to possess, even the much maligned “Evil Black Rifle” of EBR! But, to keep them legally, every American must have their photo and their fingerprints taken and a background investigation completed.

 

            Guess what… If they say no, then you have to turn them in… Of course, that would mean approximately 300 million weapons would have to be registered. Currently less than 25 people deal with weapons in the National Firearms Act Branch Office of the ATF! If the truth be known, Senator Feinstein knows that 300 million weapons in the US cannot be registered, like a machine gun is, under the NFA. Senator Feinstein also wants some sort of “Mental Health Evaluation” as part of the firearms purchase and transfer procedure… High Capacity Magazines are directly in her sights for elimination, collection and destruction…

 

            What she really wants is to close the “Gun Show Loophole”. This “loophole” (as Liberals call it) is about weapons that are sold at a “Gun Show” by private individuals to other private individuals. These transactions are not documented and no background check is completed. 

 

            Any transaction that is completed on weapons owned by a firearms company, MUST, involve the completion of an ATF Form 4473 and a background check, completed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation or FBI. This check is called the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, commonly known as a “NICS Check”. Once the check is completed, the purchaser either gets a “Proceed”, “Denied” or “Delayed” response from the FBI. Automatic Weapons may be at gun shows, but Automatic weapons are not sold and transferred at guns shows, as to complete the sale, the purchaser must have a NFA tax stamp authorization, after the completion of the background investigation, to purchase the weapon in question. Paperwork is paperwork!

 

            What a lot of people don’t know, is when a NICS Check is done, a check to see if the weapon is reported stolen is part of the check system actions that are done automatically. Of course, Senator Feinstein is not happy with that, she also wants a NICS check done on any person buying a gun anywhere in the Nation. She also wants to stop the transfer of weapons of any kind to anyone after the owner dies! No passing any firearm on to Children, Grand Children or friends anymore!

 

            What all this means is that the 2A situation we are facing is much like a normal business negotiation for the sale of a product or company. The Buyer, (That’s Feinstein!) Say’s she wants this and that to make the deal! The Owner, (That’s the American People) tells her either, we won’t do what you want, or, we will do this or that, and the BS keeps going until someone blinks or someone caves, simple as that! We, the American people cannot afford to “cave” on this one, not now, not with two strikes hanging over our freedom to keep and bear arms, like the Sword of Damocles!

 

            The only difference is that when Senator Feinstein blinks, the American People will still have their 2A and will give only a little. If the American people cave, we lose a cherished Right, become a disarmed populace and our Republic dies just a little bit more, inch… by inch… by inch….

 

            The 2A received Strike 1 with the National Firearms Act in 1934, and it’s still in effect. The 2A received Strike 2 with the Gun Control Act in 1968, and it’s still in effect. The 2A lucked out with the 1994-2004 assault weapons ban that expired in 2004.

 

            We have one strike left to us to defend our most precious right, the right to have the firearms capability to defend our freedoms from criminals, an aggressor army, internal or external insurgency and a non-responsive, aggressive government that prevents the American People from exercising their rights under the US Constitution.  

 

            We can’t wait… We must stand up now and yell, “Hell NO! COME AND TAKE THEM!”

 

            We cannot allow this to happen, because once the weapons are banned or registered, they will sooner or later be confiscated! Once the weapons are gone, they are gone and they will not return short of a bloody civil war that will be lamented, on both sides, for years to come!

 

 

JON A. UNDERWOOD

CBPO, CBP, (RET.)

YUMA, ARIZONA

 

Do we need to change the Second Amendment (2a)?

CBPO Jon A. Underwood, CBP, (Ret.) 

 

I believe, the Second Amendment (2A) needs to read:

“Any Citizen of the United States of America, by birth or naturalization, may keep and bear arms, ammunition and associated accessories, for their personal use, protection, as well as, the defense of the individual states or the Nation as a whole.”

"NBC News anchor David Gregory, violated the law in the District of Columbia.

He is no different than a drug pusher that is caught in possession of the most evil item ever conceived and produced by Man, not the "bomb", not chemical weapons, not mustard gas, but a "high capacity magazine"!

He should be charged no less than any other criminal.... But I know what will happen:

"For the purposes of this subsection, the term “large capacity ammunition feeding device” means a magazine, belt, drum, feed strip, or similar device that has a capacity of, or that can be readily restored or converted to accept, more than 10 rounds of ammunition."

The investigation will determine that the person in question, NBC News anchor David Gregory, did not possess or transport an illegal 30 round, high capacity magazine into the District of Columbia, but he had only the outer shell of the magazine that, at the time of the interview, did not have the follower, the spring or the base plate, which was not in the possession of the person in question and as such, does not meet the elements of the crime. Case closed."

This is what the Liberals are driving for without hesitation: 

With a very liberal 2^nd Term President and the recent murders of 20 children, 6 female teachers and 2 fireman in another incident with a Bushmaster Semi Automatic Rifle: 

The Liberals, want the following: 

“1.      The second amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed”

“2.      The manufacture, sale and possession of any firearm, ammunition and associated accessories thereof, for those not authorized by the government of the United States of America, or the individual states themselves, is prohibited” 

“3.      All weapons, ammunition and associated items, shall be surrendered by those currently possessing them, with exception of those organizations and entities under the direct control of the federal and state governments. 

“4.      Only firearms, ammunition and associated accessories thereof, specifically authorized by the Federal and State Governments, may be manufactured. 

“5.      Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.” 

OMG! What a nightmare that would be!

 

JON A. UNDERWOOD

CBPO, CBP, (RET.)

YUMA, ARIZONA

 

Which one will you post on your door?

By CBPO Jon A. Underwood, CBP, (Ret.)

Which one will a liberal post on their front door? I bet I know which one!

Or:

The gun violence panel

CBPO Jon A. Underwood, CBP, (Ret.)

It is not amazing to me that we have a panel already in place to take full advantage of the massacre in Newtown at Sandy Hook Elementary. The Liberals never miss a chance to take advantage of a tragedy, especially when it involves the Second Amendment (2A).

According to the web site Planet Washington:

“Vice President Joe Biden convened the first meeting a working group to explore solutions to gun violence -- a day after President Obama called for its creation. Among those in attendance: Thomas Nee, president of the National Association of Police Organizations, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey, Attorney General Eric Holder, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.”

What a collection of liberals! What about Gun rights organizations? The National Rifle Association (NRA) and Gun Owners of America (GOA) and others, for their input? What about Religious leaders, Hollywood producers of these violent movies and video games and simple Americans? This Commission will lead nowhere but disarmament of the Populace. 

Of course, the primary reason for the violence will be determined to be the mere existence of any semi automatic rifles, pistols and auto loading shotguns and of course the most devilish device ever invented in the history of Man: High Capacity Magazines! 

If you’re determined free of mental instability, why limit magazine size in semi-automatic weapons?

CBPO Jon A. Underwood, CBP, (Ret.) 

Let me get this straight in my mind

 Using the tragedy of Sandy Hook Elementary as a tool to pry at the Hearts of millions of Americans, (an old tactic of the Liberal Left) if The Liberals get their way, there will be some sort of required “clearance” granted by a mental health professional (MHP) for a person to exercise their Second Amendment (2A) right to purchase/possess a weapon, ammunition and other accessories, such as high capacity magazines. Let’s discuss this just a bit further.

There is so much misinformation and abuse of terms out there, Lets discuss the basic terms being used:

Automatic Weapon: A firearm that is magazine or belt fed with ammunition that has the designed mechanical capability to fire more than one (1) round with a single depression of the firearms triggering device. This weapon may or may not have the capability to switch mechanically from Automatic to Semi-Automatic operation.  This weapon is a true “Assault Rifle”.

(For Civilians, these weapons must be authorized to be possessed by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATF&E), National Firearms Act Branch, (NFA) through a process that includes, finger prints, a photo and a completed form to facilitate a background investigation of the person requesting possession or ownership. Only after an approved completion of the investigation may the person transfer to their possession the weapon in question)

Semi-Automatic weapon: A firearm that is magazine or belt fed with ammunition that does not have the designed capability to fire more than one (1) round of ammunition, with a single depression of the firearms triggering device. This weapon does not have the capability to switch mechanically from Semi-automatic to Automatic operation.  Even though it may appear physically to be similar as an automatic weapon, this weapon is not a true “Assault rifle”.

(Weapons purchased through a firearms dealer, may only be transferred to the purchaser after the completion of an ATF Form 4473, and an approved FBI National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) check performed by the firearms dealer. Normally, without an approved NICS check, the transfer of the weapon can’t be completed, except if the purchaser’s has a valid, state issued, concealed weapons permit (CWP), Purchases from one individual to another does not currently require a NICS check to be completed prior to the transfer of the weapon between seller and buyer)

When a purchaser goes to a MHP, with the intention of obtaining the permission to own a weapon and its needed accessories, “their US Constitutional rights are in the hands of someone that not only, by Education and Training, may be diametrically opposed to weapons and the use of force in anyway, but they can also deny said rights in one lone action, without review, appeal or redress. The intention of the Founding Fathers has always been to insure that personal freedoms are paramount and any action that limits them must be done so in a court of law or by Constitutional means.”

Considering the mass shootings that happen in the US in the past 30 years, there have been about the same amount of these incidents in each decade. For a ten year period, between 1994-2004, these shootings still happened, regardless of the “Assault Weapons Ban”, (that included a ban on High Capacity Magazines) being in effect. There were more killings with Pistols than with Rifles in these shootings. Why not ban pistols? I will answer that later.

Say the Obama administration forces through a New Assault Weapons ban, like the last one, but with some very important differences:

The entire line of “AR” and “AK” military derived semi-automatic rifles may be banned for civilian manufacture and ownership.   Of course, the democrats will insure that the ban will never sunset. This in and of itself is illegal because it puts a restriction on future congresses and administrations, which is illegal.

This serious adjustment to the 2A right of the “People”, can only be done by a Constitutional Amendment and that’s not going to happen, because the American people won’t stand for that, and the Liberals know this, they won’t take the chance to have the American people actually voice their say in this manner, because they know they will lose! That is why the liberals are trying to “infringe” further on the “People’s” right to keep and bear arms in the legislative manner they are.

Let’s consider the question that if there is a MHP visit and certification as part of the purchase of weapon’s, and a person is “cleared” to purchase a weapon and also the ammunition, why would you need to limit the size of magazines?

A MHP has cleared you right? You are not a foaming at the mouth raving lunatic and you are certified as not a threat to the public, why can’t you have a magazine as large as you want?

The Liberal’s can’t have it both ways, it’s either a “Mental Health Issue” or it’s a step in restricting the “People’s” right to purchase property with their own money!

The real reason for each and every restriction they are going after is the following:

The Liberal’s want the military and police, (and their personal security of course) to be the only ones with firearms! By Definition, that’s a “Police State”. Limiting the “People’s” capability to confront the Military and Police that will be the front line in restricting the “people” from exercising their US Constitution based rights and personal freedoms.

This will be the very first step in the change from the US being a “Representative Republic” to a “Dictator based, oppressive regime”, with no respect or consideration for the US Constitution which is the basis of all Law in the United States. Consider the Chaos that is now occurring in Europe and other parts of the world because of austerity measures from decades of Socialist financial decisions. How far is the US from these same problems caused by the “Fiscal Cliff” and other nonsensical financial policies that the Obama Administration has? What incident needs to happen for this administration to completely disregard the US Constitution and force the issue?

What is better for an oppressive government when the decision is made, having to face down 100 Million Americans that own and possess 300 million weapons and ammunition for every one of them, or, a disarmed populace with no way to defend themselves? Why not ban Pistols? Because pistols are defensive in nature, “close” weapons, with limited ammunition capacity and rifles can be defensive or offensive in employment and can inflict wounds from further distances, with ammunition that is usually far more injurious and with higher velocities than pistol rounds.

Every single American needs to consider: Is it better to have the ability to have a weapon and not need it, than to need a weapon and not be allowed to have it!

We need to think through this point clearly and dispassionately before making any decision regarding limiting our own Constitutional right to keep and bear arms under the Second Amendment.

 

JON A. UNDERWOOD

CBPO, CBP, (RET.)

YUMA, ARIZONA

The Second Amendment (2A) and Psychiatric approval to purchase

CBPO Jon A. Underwood, CBP, (Ret.)

 

The right to keep and bear arms is Law. It is the Second Amendment (2A).

 It is part of the Bill of Rights within the US Constitution as envisioned by the Founding Fathers.

 Any change of that status must be accomplished as any other amendment of the US Constitution has been in the past. It must be done in a Constitutional Congress with a vote for or against the amendment by the American People in each state. The American people, so blessed by our creator with common sense, can decide via the Constitutional process, better than any pundit, or political hack on either side of the gun rights/gun control issue.

 The liberal left has for a long time wanted to insert itself into the purchase process of the gun issue and create as part of the ownership process some Psychiatric approval step that “should” be placed into effect. I have no reason to disagree with stopping anyone that is mentally ill from having weapons and it does seem proper to stop those that are a danger to others from having such weapons. I think everyone agrees with this single point. But that is where that agreement ends and dramatically so.

Here is the danger: The unspoken and often denied desire of the left to prevent ANYONE from having weapons except the Military and Police. The left does not see that as a Police State, yet the right and I dare say, most citizens would!

 The big question of course is should the country create a system that includes, along with the present system of FBI criminal checks, a Psychiatric or mental health step, to receive governmental approval to purchase and possess weapons, ammunition and other accessories?  

 On the face of it, that seems a reasonable step, but of course, the Devil is in the details. Such as high capacity magazines and other items that have come into vogue. Every step that is placed into effect by the government is one more violation of the concept of “…. Shall not be infringed.”

 It is widely known that liberal governments have installed long and laborious requirements for a person to purchase and possess firearms, Washington DC and Chicago are two cities where their policy has been struck down by the US Supreme court (SCOTUS) as intended to prevent a law abiding person from obtaining a weapons permit. These two cities are of course, heavily dominated by the liberal left.

 Also, one should not consider the SCOTUS ruling a final word on the subject. I am sure that it be brought up for future consideration. Just consider the placement of one more liberal Justice on the court,) which is a real possibility under the Obama administration) and the most recent ruling, 5 to 4 in support of the 2A would vanish like dust into history.

 Who determines the standard that a prospective gun owner must meet or exceed to be granted the ability to own and possess firearms? The Psychiatric field is inundated, dominated, if you will, by those Educated in liberal institutions and those instructors or Professor’s are overwhelmingly liberal in nature and belief. When a person places his entire life into the hands of such a person for treatment, which “can be” quite therapeutic when truly needed, it is fine and Millions of persons have done so.

 But, when a purchaser does so, with the intention of obtaining the permission to own a weapon and its needed accessories, their US Constitutional rights are in the hands of someone that not only, by Education and Training, may be diametrically opposed to weapons and the use of force in anyway, but also can deny said rights in one lone action, without redress. The intention of the Founding Fathers has always been to insure that personal freedoms be paramount and any action that limits them be done so in a court of law or by Constitutional means.

 There is a place for Psychiatric intervention, but not as a pre-emptive action, prior to any misconduct on the part of the person in question. The protection of personal rights, should take priority in support of the hundreds of millions of Americans that have no history of criminal activity or mental disability. The left does not want an actual, by number of weapons in ownership VS illegal use of force comparison made, because it will, by a huge number, indicate an armed society Such as the United States, is a polite and law abiding society.

 No other right in the US Constitution must be so qualified for and smacks of the now discredited and illegal practice of land ownership to vote.

 When you install a qualifying step to speak your opinion, or a qualifying step to not incriminate yourself when questioned by authorities, (two ludicrous examples to be sure) then the 2A and the rights of the American people to keep and bear arms would be just one more lamentable example of the loss of our freedoms envisioned and enjoyed by our Founding Fathers, as well as, generations of Americans.

 By banning weapons, we wound be cutting off our nose to spite our face and allowing ourselves to be a disarmed populace, rife for external invasion by an aggressor nation and the control, oppression and manipulation of the American people for years to come.

 

JON A. UNDERWOOD

CBPO, CBP, (RET.)

YUMA, ARIZONA

Violence and The Second Amendment (2A)

CBPO Jon A. Underwood, CBP, (Ret.) 

In the middle of Chanukah, the lighting of the Menorah with all the happiness that entails, and just a few days from Christmas, the celebration of the birth of Jesus, the Savior to so many worldwide, we are shocked and exposed to this:

The murder of a Mother, the theft of her lawful weapons, the murder of other Adults who had willingly accepted the responsibility of the education and guidance of children and then, the most shocking of all, the murder of 20 innocent Kindergarten class children, who did nothing wrong except they went to school to learn how to learn, to grow into members of our great society. How can any person explain this? To be sure, there have been and will continue to be pundits who will opine about the whys, wherefores and possible reasons for this crime.

Currently the investigation in ongoing and a lot of questions will have to be answered, Data is still in flux, but the main question, “Why?” will never be answered. We will never truly know why, was it because the subject was mentally ill, I would venture a SWAG and say “Yes!”, Did he feel himself a victim, by design or otherwise, as so many of our society have began to feel? Did he feel slighted by his Mother, the Teachers and Staff at Sandy Hook Elementary or was it something else? WE WILL NEVER KNOW!

Let us attempt, with the limited information available at this time to be somewhat analytical in our considerations of this terrible situation.

 

The Weapons:

Based upon a new report by medical authorities, the wounds were caused by the use of the Long Arm, reportedly an “AR” type rifle. The make, model and caliber are unknown at this time.

Other weapons stolen by the subject were a semi-automatic Glock pistol, a semi-automatic Sig pistol with associated magazines. I observed a video feed of a long arm being unloaded and cleared in the back of a vehicle, with the action on the right side of the weapon, that is most likely not a AR design but possible a long stroke rifle or auto loading shotgun? A timeline of the crime has not been determined yet.

 

The Law:

In Connecticut, for those persons not forbidden to possess firearms, a person 21 years of age or older, requires a permit to purchase and carry a concealed handgun, There is no licensing of owners and no registration of handguns.  Rifles and shotguns have no restrictions.

Connecticut and many other states have “Gun Free Zone” laws. These zones do not protect anyone. They endanger the lives, safety and well being of our children. Where do these mass shootings happen? They happen where these “gun free zone” laws exist! Where businesses, based upon the liberal “guns are evil” mentality, prohibit Americans from having firearms to defend themselves and others. This mentality is politically based, not a common sense, safety related decision.

“Gun Free Zones” need to be revoked along with the dismantling of the mentality that guns are evil and anyone that uses or possesses them are evil as well.

I suggest armed security at schools, either Police resource Officers, trained teachers, staff or armed security. I suggest after this is done, we post a sign, in large, bold letters at all entrances:

“This School has security present and they are armed for the protection of Students and Staff”

See how many incidents happen at schools from then on… Just like states with concealed weapons laws, crime incidents drop.

 

The Subject:

Adam LANZA, 20 years old, lived with his Mother, the same woman he murdered by shooting her in the face. I am sure in the coming days and weeks, more information will come out, possibly not flattering for her or other victims in this crime spree. The investigation by Police is intended to determine the facts, not the truth, as truth varies from person, place, time and perception.

 

The School:

 The in place policy seems to have been followed a secure door system with entrance granted by electronic lock with visual verification. We don’t know for sure did he “tailgate” with another authorized user? Did he simply force the door with physicality or by use of the weapons that he had stolen? A determined person will get in, regardless of measures designed to stop or delay their attack.

The policy of locking all the doors and then hiding seems to me to be “victim” based and not “protection” based in nature. Israel has schools as well, this does not happen there as most adults have been members of the IDF and have weapons knowledge. Some teachers are armed in Israeli schools and the access process is far more secure than in the United States.

I feel that the training and arming of certain teachers or permanent Security Officers is a reasonable step to protect our children. Unarmed Security is no security. Design of structures with Physical security of   classrooms and the complex itself in mind, to include reinforced doors and windows, should also be considered in all future construction nationwide.

 

Overall:

An initial crime was committed, Matricide (Murder of the subjects Mother).

A follow-on crime occurred with the theft of the Mother’s lawful weapons and ammunition and other items.

The subject stole the privately owned vehicle of his first victim, his mother, went to the school in question and killed 5 Adults, identities still unknown. He then killed 20 young, unidentified as of yet, children with the weapons that he had stolen, that he was too young to legally possess. The exact weapons that were used, the calibers and technical data, and any other “aftermarket” information still has not been determined, verified and released to the public by investigators.

There will be all sorts of conversations about the tools involved in the murders, the weapons. There will be all sorts of questions about the motives of the subject, and since he took the coward’s way out, we will never know, we will speculate, we will ponder the reasoning, but we will never know for sure.

We are a nation of Laws. We have a foundation of all laws in our country, the Constitution of the United States of America. Within this Constitution, signed and ratified as a nearly perfect document, based upon the time, by our Great founding fathers, exists the “Bill of Rights”, the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution.

Among these amendments, is the Second, some say the most important of the amendments, the 2A, and is easy to understand in its simplicity:

"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."

Within the last 20 years, its necessity and the intent of our Founding Fathers has been hotly debated, contested in court, the 2A has been upheld by a US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) decision, 5 for/4 against.

 

Reason for the 2^nd Amendment:

Without getting into a huge discussion, lets understand that the Founding Fathers (FF) had just fought a war of independence, the revolutionary War against Great Britain with huge loses and much suffering. They were all in full knowledge of the sacrifice of those who fought and the reasons behind the War. They not only could read about the abuses of the King at the time, his government, its then “colonial” leadership, but they could see it with their vary eyes!

These great Men knew that it was not prudent to start a new form of government, a representative republic, without safeguards for the now American people to defend themselves from further abuse, by any government, including the newly established and free United States of America.

In no other government in the history of the world, did the originators of that form of government, within the framework of the government itself, allow the citizens of the Nation the capability to possess weapons and bring down if need be, that vary same government!

That one alone idea shows the Greatness of the United States of America. The 2A is a check and balance against a tyrannical, non-responsive and dictatorial government that does not follow the desires of its Citizens.

Without the 2A, there is nothing stopping any government, especially our current administration, so inclined to not meet the people’s desires, from disregarding the freedoms guaranteed by the US Constitution itself.

The history of our nation has always been that of the rifleman. The armed citizen: ready to defend against any threat. Criminals, brigands, insurgents and even the government should they not heed the US Constitution and the desires and intentions of the American People.

 

In Conclusion:

This incident in Connecticut is tragic, it is unimaginable for most people to even come close to understanding the pain and suffering of the Parents, the loved ones and friends of the victims, to include the surviving family of the subject of this crime.

It would be so easy to over react and create a string of laws aimed at the only items that we can be sure of, the only items we can feel and touch, the existence and availability of firearms.

These same firearms, guaranteed by the 2A, even though inconceivable to most Americans, are the very tools that the American people can insure their very freedom from any threat, as intended by our Founding Fathers, including our own Government.

If we were to take away the availability and access to these weapons, we would be taking away our capability to defend ourselves from “anyone that threatens our safety, our national sovereignty and our very way of life”.

If new laws are made to remove the availability of rifles, with their root design in military use, handguns, with high capacity magazines, or other firearms, ammunition and accessories, the American people will no longer have a capability to defend themselves. We will, in effect, be a disarmed populace, rife for oppression, control and manipulation.

The Average citizen will no longer have access to the weapons and required accessories for those weapons, (Magazines, ammunition, aiming devices) that will allow them roughly the same level or capability that the Military or Police have. That will signal the time where the American people no longer have the capability of self protection as guaranteed by the founding fathers and the US Constitution. That will be the time that the American People will live under a Police state and will no longer be a free people. We won’t be able to defend ourselves against the most dangerous and oppressive entity known to Man:

A Government that was of the people, but has changed from following the will of the people and doing the people’s daily business, to an entity, no longer of the People, but of persons no longer following the Constitution of the United States and the vision of our Founding Fathers.

Any changes that do not follow the US Constitution and its modification process, a Constitutional Congress and an Amendment to the Constitution, as voiced by the American People, is unconstitutional and therefore, unlawful.

If the American people, through Constitutional means, state they do not wish to have access to firearms, (I can’t imagine the American people doing that and allowing themselves to live in a Police State) then so be it! That is the only way to lawfully change the second or any portion of the US Constitution.

Unlawful enforcement of an illegal change will result in pain, suffering and much bloodshed!

 

JON A. UNDERWOOD

CBPO, CBP, (RET.)

YUMA, ARIZONA

 

Costas is a POS Coward!

CBPO Jon A. Underwood, CBP, (Ret.)

 

His words:

 “‘Our current gun culture,’ Whitlock wrote, ‘ensures that more and more domestic disputes will end in the ultimate tragedy. And more convenience store confrontations over loud music coming from a car will leave more teenage boys bloodied and dead. Handguns do not enhance our safety. They exacerbate our flaws, tempt us to escalate arguments and bait us into embracing confrontation rather than avoiding it.

In the coming days, Jovan Belcher’s actions and their possible connection to football will be analyzed. Who knows?  But here,’ wrote Jason Whitlock, ‘is what I believe — if Jovan Belcher didn’t possess a gun, he and Cassandra Perkins would both be alive today.’”

Costas is such a coward and a NBC Hack that he did not even use his own words. Coward!

He allowed some jerk to voice his opinion, through him (Costas) and he should be forced off the air until he apologizes to everyone about turning a tragedy, the “Murder” of this woman into a Legal and a political situation. Included is the media’s refusal to use the word “Murder”.

This scum, did murder her and to use any other word to describe it makes me think the refusal to use the word murder is racially based. Sports should never be political, it should be sports related only and Costas ruined that barrier. Shame on Costas!

As to firearms: The 2A is LAW! The Constitution is the basis of all law in this country, no matter how much the liberals and supporters of an Obama Police State want.

If Obama and others of his ilk think that the 2A will go quietly into that good night, they are desperately and painfully wrong. 5 million weapons each month since 2010 should tell him something, “should” tell him something!

If the 2A is blocked, by UN Treaty or by executive order, by any other means other than a constitutional congress, an Amendment of the US Constitution, by the will of the people, there will be blood, pain and misery.

 

JON A. UNDERWOOD

CBPO, CBP, (RET.)

YUMA, ARIZONA