Washington, DC (TLS). In the 2006 election cycle a number of Democrats were elected to the House and Senate on the basis of portraying themselves as 'conservative.' These so-called 'conservative' Democrats were tagged in the media as 'blue-dog Democrats' supposedly to designate their departure from accepted Party dogma.
Many of these candidates claimed to be 'pro-life,' 'pro-gun,' 'traditional family-friendly,' and the like, all in order to distance themselves from the liberal ideology of the Party elite. They promised the voters back home to be independent-minded, to vote their conscience, and to resist the pressure of Party leaders to 'tow the Party line' on issues.
So, how do these 'blue dog Democrats' score so far?
Not good at all.
In spite of the fact that all of these supposedly 'conservative' Democrats were elected to Congress, the House and Senate still managed to promote legislation aimed at limiting the free-speech rights of individual citizens, particularly bloggers who encourage readers to contact Congress concerning issues. In addition, Democrats have proposed the 'McCarthy bill,' H.R. 1022, that would broadly expand the definition of 'assault weapons,' thus posing the single biggest threat to 2nd Amendment rights since the last time Democrats controlled Congress. Rep. McCarthy proposed yet another bill, H.R. 1167, which would remove 2nd Amendment rights from any citizen who happens to show up on an airline's no-fly list or who is convicted of a crime in a FOREIGN court.
Thus, if you ever happen to get arrested and convicted of a crime in Saudi Arabia, where women can be beaten to death for failing to wear veils, you can forget about owning a gun in America.
Take a quick scan of these other stellar proposals that have come out of the Democrat-controlled Congress: expansion of 'hate crimes' laws, laws that protect against 'gay bias,' proposals for tax increases (as Hillary Clinton stated, 'We are going to have to take some things from you for the greater good'), proposals to reintroduce the so-called 'fairness doctrine' to silence conservative talk radio by demanding equal air time for liberals (in spite of the fact that liberals already get free air time each night on CBS, NBC, ABC, and CNN News), the Kennedy bill to ease immigration requirements and grant amnesty to illegal aliens, the Pelosi proposal to ease tuition fees for illegal aliens, and the goal of cutting off funding for our troops in Iraq...a proposal that has Connecticut Democrat Senator Joe Lieberman talking about becoming a Republican.
And this is only for starters.
Emboldened by the Liberal power in Washington, Democrats on the local level have proposed some outrageously extremist legislation, such as the suggestion by New York City Democrats that illegal aliens should be allowed to vote in municipal elections.
So, my question is, where are all of these 'blue dog conservative Democrats?'
It doesn't take much digging to see exactly where they are--marching in lockstep to the extremist, Leftist, ultra-Liberal agenda of Nancy Pelosi, Ted Kennedy, Harry Reid, John Conyers, Barny Frank, John Kerry, Barack Hussein Obama, and Hillary Rodham Clinton.
And thus, the blue-dogs lied. They deceived their constituents into voting for them on the basis of conservative principles.
So far, there are no conservative principles among the Democrats in Washington.
Showing posts with label H.R. 1167. Show all posts
Showing posts with label H.R. 1167. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Thursday, February 22, 2007
The McCarthy Vendetta Against Guns
Washington, DC (TLS). Who is Carolyn McCarthy? We know she is a Liberal Democrat who represents the 4th Congressional District of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives. We also know she relentlessly pursues restricting gun rights with a fervor that is unwavering.
Delving into the background of Rep. McCarthy lends insight into the rationale behind the Congresswoman's desire to rewrite the Constitution by essentially removing any practical right to keep and bear firearms by loading up the U.S. Code with laws that render the 2nd Amendment useless. McCarthy's ex-husband was murdered and her son injured by a gunman who randomly opened fire on passengers of a commuter train on Long Island in 1993. No doubt this is a heart-wrenching tragedy that is only understood by those who have suffered through it.
Yet McCarthy responded to the tragedy, not by introducing strict measures that target and punish criminals, but by unleashing an assault on law-abiding citizens. Rather than target perpetrators her strategy has been to target the general public in an attempt to thwart a few criminals in the process. This strategy is tantamount to outlawing automobiles for law-abiding citizens due to the fact that Muslim extremists use vehicles to murder infidels in the name of the Jihad.
Of course, Americans would never stand for such an assault on their freedom to drive autos, no matter how many deaths and injuries are caused by them each year. And yes, a significant number of these deaths are directly attributable to those who use vehicles as weapons of murder, as we have seen all too often recently in the news in Salt Lake City and Nashville, Tennessee.
McCarthy's misplaced desire to avenge the death of her ex-husband and the injury of her son by making law-abiding citizens pay is the height of irresponsibility. The vast majority of gun owners never use their weapons to fire at a human being. It is estimated that there are over 100 million gun owners in America. Many of these citizens own multiple weapons. We can assume that there are upwards of 200 million guns, at the very least, in America today. Only a small fraction of these are used in committing crimes.
Yet McCarthy has introduced legislation that will vastly expand the provisions of the assault weapons ban that was initially passed by Congress in the early 1990s. In addition, McCarthy has further introduced legislation that circumvents due process of law by denying gun ownership to certain groups of citizens, such as those who for one reason or another find themselves on lists used by airlines to prevent certain persons from boarding aircraft. This provision is part of a bill introduced by McCarthy, H.R. 1167, which also contains these words: 'To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to extend the firearm and ammunition prohibitions applicable to convicted felons to those convicted in a foreign court.'
Thus, not only would McCarthy remove your right to keep and bear arms if you happen to get on someone's 'no fly' list, but she would also deny you that right if you are ever convicted of a crime in Libya, or Saudi Arabia, or Somalia.
Liberals have screamed bloody murder for the past six years over the Bush Administration's supposed circumventing of due process of law. Those protests have always had a hollow ring to them, precisely because of proposed legislation such as McCarthy's H.R. 1167.
These people don't give a flying flip about due process of law, except when it can to used to whip one's political opponent.
The bottom line is that this bill is one more example of the attempt by the forces of anti-freedom to gradually remove Constitutional rights from the electorate by targeting specific groups, and then expanding that list of targeted groups to include more and more citizens, such as those convicted of crimes in kangaroo courts overseas.
The day will eventually arrive, therefore, when NO ONE will have the right to keep and bear arms because the list of targeted groups will include just about everyone in the country.
Make no mistake, this IS their ultimate goal.
Americans must not allow an ultra-extremist, rogue representative such as Carolyn McCarthy to dictate firearms laws to the rest of the country because of her inability to deal with grief in an appropriate fashion. Healthy grief involves anger, no doubt. But normally that anger is directed at perpetrators of mayhem and not at innocent, law-abiding citizens. So far, McCarthy has engaged in a haphazard, subtle blaming of innocent citizens by making them pay for what one crazed gunman does.
Delving into the background of Rep. McCarthy lends insight into the rationale behind the Congresswoman's desire to rewrite the Constitution by essentially removing any practical right to keep and bear firearms by loading up the U.S. Code with laws that render the 2nd Amendment useless. McCarthy's ex-husband was murdered and her son injured by a gunman who randomly opened fire on passengers of a commuter train on Long Island in 1993. No doubt this is a heart-wrenching tragedy that is only understood by those who have suffered through it.
Yet McCarthy responded to the tragedy, not by introducing strict measures that target and punish criminals, but by unleashing an assault on law-abiding citizens. Rather than target perpetrators her strategy has been to target the general public in an attempt to thwart a few criminals in the process. This strategy is tantamount to outlawing automobiles for law-abiding citizens due to the fact that Muslim extremists use vehicles to murder infidels in the name of the Jihad.
Of course, Americans would never stand for such an assault on their freedom to drive autos, no matter how many deaths and injuries are caused by them each year. And yes, a significant number of these deaths are directly attributable to those who use vehicles as weapons of murder, as we have seen all too often recently in the news in Salt Lake City and Nashville, Tennessee.
McCarthy's misplaced desire to avenge the death of her ex-husband and the injury of her son by making law-abiding citizens pay is the height of irresponsibility. The vast majority of gun owners never use their weapons to fire at a human being. It is estimated that there are over 100 million gun owners in America. Many of these citizens own multiple weapons. We can assume that there are upwards of 200 million guns, at the very least, in America today. Only a small fraction of these are used in committing crimes.
Yet McCarthy has introduced legislation that will vastly expand the provisions of the assault weapons ban that was initially passed by Congress in the early 1990s. In addition, McCarthy has further introduced legislation that circumvents due process of law by denying gun ownership to certain groups of citizens, such as those who for one reason or another find themselves on lists used by airlines to prevent certain persons from boarding aircraft. This provision is part of a bill introduced by McCarthy, H.R. 1167, which also contains these words: 'To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to extend the firearm and ammunition prohibitions applicable to convicted felons to those convicted in a foreign court.'
Thus, not only would McCarthy remove your right to keep and bear arms if you happen to get on someone's 'no fly' list, but she would also deny you that right if you are ever convicted of a crime in Libya, or Saudi Arabia, or Somalia.
Liberals have screamed bloody murder for the past six years over the Bush Administration's supposed circumventing of due process of law. Those protests have always had a hollow ring to them, precisely because of proposed legislation such as McCarthy's H.R. 1167.
These people don't give a flying flip about due process of law, except when it can to used to whip one's political opponent.
The bottom line is that this bill is one more example of the attempt by the forces of anti-freedom to gradually remove Constitutional rights from the electorate by targeting specific groups, and then expanding that list of targeted groups to include more and more citizens, such as those convicted of crimes in kangaroo courts overseas.
The day will eventually arrive, therefore, when NO ONE will have the right to keep and bear arms because the list of targeted groups will include just about everyone in the country.
Make no mistake, this IS their ultimate goal.
Americans must not allow an ultra-extremist, rogue representative such as Carolyn McCarthy to dictate firearms laws to the rest of the country because of her inability to deal with grief in an appropriate fashion. Healthy grief involves anger, no doubt. But normally that anger is directed at perpetrators of mayhem and not at innocent, law-abiding citizens. So far, McCarthy has engaged in a haphazard, subtle blaming of innocent citizens by making them pay for what one crazed gunman does.
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