Constitution - The Blind Pirate

A Critical Examination of Red Flag Laws

June 13, 2022

At this point in time – Monday morning, June 13th, 2022 – the only new gun control bill that’s progressed through at least one chamber of Congress is the “Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act”, House Resolution 2377. It would allow U.S. federal judges to order the confiscation of firearms and ammunition from someone deemed an imminent danger to themselves or others.

Some of you just lost your right to buy a firearm… no really – I mean it!

September 15, 2016

On Wednesday, August 31st 2016 millions and millions of Americans living in our nine western states lost their 2nd Amendment rights… perhaps permanently… and without any fanfare and almost no media coverage. In these states millions of Americans may now be added to a “list” which the federal government maintains without any oversight and very

The Scalia Controversy – To Bork or Not to Bork, That Is the Question

February 21, 2016

This morning in February of 2016 I find myself struggling a bit with the question of whether the Republican-controlled Senate should unilaterally prevent President Obama from installing a replacement Supreme Court Justice to replace recently deceased Justice Antonin Scalia simply by refusing to initiate the accepted practice of confirmation hearings and “up-or-down” votes as Senate

Your Computer Ate Your E-Mail?

June 18, 2014

Of all of the lies, cover-ups and misdirection that the Obama administration has been responsible for since the 20th of January 2009 perhaps the most egregious is the recent announcement by the IRS that due to a “server crash” they have “lost” all of the outgoing e-mail belonging not only Lois Learner but conveniently to

Rights? What Rights?

February 14, 2014

Can you imagine your friends telling you things like, “just go to your job, come home, watch the game on cable, spend time with your family, and don’t cause trouble”? How about “don’t speak out so much man, and you won’t attract so much attention from the government. Can’t you just accept your place in

Rifle Confiscation in NYC… Today!

January 10, 2014

If our government made firearms 100% illegal tomorrow and aggressively confiscated all known firearms there would still be literally millions of firearms secreted away by Americans – and American criminals – all over the country… enough to last for decades! The only difference would be that law-abiding citizens would no longer be able to defend themselves

Why Do Americans Need Guns?

December 13, 2013

The second sentence of the US Declaration of Independence reads; “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” “Unalienable rights” are rights which cannot be altered, suspended, changed,

Obama’s 923 Executive Orders (Not)

December 13, 2013

Some of you may have received an e-mail telling you about how President Obama is abusing his power through the overuse and overreach of Executive Orders. First the e-mail claims that he’s already issued more than 900 EOs in just 4+ years in office. Second the author further alleges that the President is laying the

27 Words – the 2nd Amendment Explained (Updated 8 Dec, 2013)

December 8, 2013

The 2nd Amendment of the Constitution of the United States reads; “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.” I have always struggled with the wording and logical sequence of the 2nd Amendment, even as I instinctively

Your “Right” to Health Care

November 30, 2013

A new survey finds that 80 percent of U.S. adults face unemployment and near-poverty; “Survey data exclusive to The Associated Press points to an increasingly globalized U.S. economy, the widening gap between rich and poor, and the loss of good-paying manufacturing jobs as reasons for the trend.” http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57595861/80-percent-of-u.s-adults-face-near-poverty-unemployment-survey-finds/ During his weekly address on August 17,

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