Ruby Ridge, Waco, I see the similarities

Reflecting on Dorner

What will happen if and when this nation has to face not a whack job, but millions of constitutionalists who at their core believe the Bill of Rights and the 2nd Amendment that flows from that sacred document have been attacked. Those who will and do believe the 2nd Amendment is anchored in religious freedom, free speech, and the right to protect themselves from the tyranny of government and lawless elements. Those who are prepared to defend themselves, their neighbors from the lawless intrusions of government trying to limit their constitutional right to keep and bear arms.

I speculated as I watched a little "news" yesterday. The massive enforcement turn out, the probable death of that Dorner nut job. The fire. I could not think my way through the musings. So many people for 1 wacko who had no meaningful support.

Friends at Ruby Ridge called me with firsthand accounts not seen through the eyes of the media, calls from people wanting to know what their legal rights were. Government at Ruby Ridge were outnumbered more than 10 to 1 by people calling themselves patriots. Guns ready for the defense of the Weavers, trunks full of both guns and ammunition.

I speculate. If there are those who also speculate on possible outcomes of a people united in the defense of their nation, and have some thoughts they can share, I am sure I could learn from the discussion.

Is the State of the Union a civil war? Or, a revolution?

As we approach the abyss of civil war driven by the outrageous conduct of factions of the federal and various state governments, we are well guided by our founding fathers and their then declared terrorists actions to wrench with bloody hands the foundations of true freedom. Today they are called the patriots. 

Core to that freedom upon which this country was made great was the ability of the individual in defense of self, family, community, and the state to keep and bear arms. It is noted that when King George III attempted to disarm the colonies they rose up in defiance leading to the Revolutionary War.

The broad understanding of the Federal 2nd amendment in its day was correctly declared in the United States Supreme Court cases of the Heller and McDonald rulings to provide the people not only the ability to defend themselves from the tyranny of governments, but to be able to personally defend themselves by the right and force of arms.

For the state of Oregon to be admitted to the union of states comprising the Republic of the United States of America it had to submit a constitution that was not only ratified by the people of Oregon but then in turn it had to be accepted by that said Republic, which it was without reservation from the Republic. The State of Oregon reserved to its citizenry certain state constitutional fundamental guaranteed rights. One of those fundamental guaranteed rights accepted by the Republic is: "The people [of Oregon] shall have the right to bear arms for the defence [sic] of themselves, and the State, but the Military shall be kept in strict subordination to the civil power[.]" Oregon Constitution, Article 1, Section 27.

Not only is this reserved right guaranteed by the state of Oregon, it is guaranteed by the Federal government, not through the Heller and McDonald cases mentioned above, but even more directly by acceptance of these peoples declared rights through their constitution protecting them and me. See the Federal Constitution, 10th Amendment: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."

It is not a federal right, but a right guaranteed to the people through the state to bear arms for our personal defense. Because the state reserved this to us with no further commentary it is not up to the Oregon State Legislature to determine limitations (gun controls) on this fundamental guaranteed right. It follows we should not have to obtain a license to carry a concealed firearms. We should not be restricted on the highways and byways in our travels with arms. We should not stand for limitations on the arms we choose to bear, whether single shot, semi automatic, or fully automatic. We should reject limitations on the magazine sizes of those arms.

There is a principal announced in all of the federal courts and state courts. That which government can regulate it can regulate to extinction. Each and every such arms regulation flies in the face of our guaranteed fundamental constitutional rights. It not only diminishes that right but can diminish that right to the point of extinction of any such rights we allow to be regulated.

Today we are challenged by the prostitutes and whores of government, those who attack the very foundations of freedom among which is the ability to stay free. They are those who would bend our will by force of unconstitutional laws such that we become political slaves, and even worse, actual slaves. As a necessary part of that process, to be successful they have to disarm us. They color those actions under the broad brushed tyranny of good intentions, and like the proverbial frog swimming in the pot, as they slowly turn up the heat of restrictions we will languish, and we will perish if we do nothing about it.

Our state, the state of Oregon, has declared that, "[A]ll men, when they form a social compact are equal in right: that all power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority, and instituted for their peace, safety, and happiness; and they have at all times a right to alter, reform, or abolish the government in such manner as they may thing proper." Oregon Constitution Article 1, Section 1.

As I go to bed tonight I shall pray for understanding of what 1:1 means and how to implement it in the face of the political whores and prostitutes who would deny me my fundamental God given constitutional rights. I give thanks my 1st Amendment Right has yet to be so burdened I cannot freely engage political free speech.

2nd Amendment, Bill Of Rights, Constitution, Where are we headed?

  As I sit on FaceBook and read the uneducated comments and backlash from the right to the left, from the left to the right, I do not engage. If I want to talk politics I will do so with someone slightly  educated on the subject whether they agree with me or not.
  In our concealed handgun classes we preach (teach) "Read, Study, Learn". Do that. We have all been told history is doomed to repeat itself. And, history has proved that.
  Read, study, learn.
  There was a reason for the second amendment. There are those who say it is outdated. Those are wrong.
 Why was it worded the way that it was?
 Why did our founding fathers think it was necessary to protect these rights?
 Can it happen to us again?
Read the constitution. What led to the Declaration of Independence? Why did some of our forefathers refuse to roll over to the tyranny of our government?

There are several versions of the text of the Second Amendment, each with slight capitalization and punctuation differences, found in the official documents surrounding the adoption of the Bill of Rights.^[5] One version was passed by the Congress,^[6] while another is found in the copies distributed to the States^[7] and then ratified by them.

As passed by the Congress:

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.

As ratified by the States and authenticated by Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State:

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.^[8]

I have seen nothing in recent history that negates the need for our protection and freedom.

Emergency Preparedness in the North West Part 2

 I get asked....

    "Are you a Mormon?"
       "Conspiracy theorist?"
           "Are you some kind of Hippie or something?"

   Without sounding too radical, I am a little bit of all of these (kind of), and you should be too if you really want to be prepared. I am not saying that you need to really subscribe wholeheartedly to these practices but they all have areas that they prepare more than others.

Be a BoyScout, Be prepared.

  Hippies (not all of them of course) believe in the end of the world/society and plan on living off the land. Some of them are getting ready for that.
  Conspiracy theorists are getting ready for a revolution or civil war. Some of them are getting ready for that.
   Mormons (and a lot of others), believe in being ready for something. Listen to them. Whether they share your belief system or not, they are more ready than most. You can go to a lot of different sites and blogs where they tell you how to get ready. My brother (talk about Mormon) is starting a preparedness website to order ALL the things you might need.
.  Food
   Water
   Supplies.....   Tip of the iceburg.

 I think I will put an (Occasional) blog out about how and what to prepare, but for the most part this blog in general is about conceal carry, handguns, practice, and safety. How does that go along with emergency preparedness?

Guns. And lots of AMMO.

 You can prepare your whole life. Have all the food storage you need. If you think everyone is gonna group hug and share everything you are crazy. People will have guns. People will be mean. Those who have not prepared themselves will do what they feel they need to survive. People will steal and kill for food for themselves and their families.
  Prepare for your family and prepare to defend your family.
  Do you have somewhere to go that you can protect?


 I will touch on this subject every once and a while. But for now, Buy ammo for the guns you have. Store it in a cool dry place. Add to it when you can.

  Add this blog to your reading list.