What you’re about to read I didn’t write, a friend of mine did. Ken is a proud American who’s taught me a great deal about American politics and he’s VERY opinionated and passionate about his views. I think that’s great! I have a great deal of respect for him and what he has to say. Here’s why:
Honor: What does it matter now?
It has become painfully obvious to me that "Honor" is a concept all but lost on our nation's "leadership" and equally amiss amongst at least half of our nation's general population. When the Secretary of State, in an investigation involving the needless death of four good men and asks "What does it matter now?" we can be sure that honor has become nothing but an empty word.
So I thought I would take a moment to try and explain what honor is. Pardon my impertinence.
In the movie "Rob Roy" there is a scene where Rob is explaining to his son what honor is and he says "Honor is the gift a man gives himself." For a long time, I thought this was a very apt and poetic way of describing it. Poetic it is, but it is a flawed statement.
Self Respect is the gift a man gives himself. Honor is how he earns it.
Honor is doing right even when no one will ever know.
Honor is doing right even when it will hurt you to do it.
Honor is doing right even when doing otherwise would be more profitable or pleasing.
Honor is not a garment to be donned and discarded when you find it expedient to do so. Honor must be served with every breath you take.
Honor is not a "secret password" to be bandied about in order to gain entrance to the company of those who truly hold honor as their highest virtue.
Occasionally, because none of us are as perfect as Jesus Christ, we will err. We will do the less than honorable thing. Perhaps even the dishonorable thing. Those without honor will try at that time, to convince you that honor is lost, that you should abandon your high and mighty principles and admit you are as shiftless and double-dealing as they are. This is a lie, never believe it.
Honor is sometimes doing the wrong thing and then, when you realize your error, paying the price without flinching. Accepting the shame you have earned, realizing it is your debt to carry that shame for the rest of your life, and then going forth and making every effort in your power to undo the damage of your ill-conceived actions.
In short, admitting you have failed and beginning anew, with greater determination than ever before, to work and attempt to regain enough of that honor that one day, you may look in the mirror and view the one you see there with some quantity of Self Respect, even if that respect is somewhat dimmed. As long as you are willing to pay the price though
The one thing Honor will never allow you to do, is to give up. Honor requires your lifetime commitment. Honor requires your unflinching and steadfast effort. Honor offers the reward of Self Respect, but it also offers the punishment of great shame.
Sadly, our "leaders" have lost the capacity for shame. They have so muddied their souls they are beyond redemption. There is no honor within them and they know it well. Their failure burns within their heart forever and they will hate and despise any who possess the slightest shred of honor or self respect.
This is why you are their prey.
Do not abandon that which makes you their better. Regardless of what degradations they heap upon you, never, ever, let them take your honor from you. For if you do, you will be no better than they.
And that is truly, a fate worse than death.
Barack Obama, Hilary Clinton, Eric Holder, Bill Ayers, and all your cronies and sycophants, I am your better. I always will be. And you know it.
Death before Dishonor.
Semper Fidelis
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Friday, January 25, 2013
Saturday, April 7, 2012
The Battle is Won but the War is Just Begun
April 5, 2012 was a great day as tonight the long gun registry was done away with. It's no longer available to authorities and we don't need to go through this useless process for buying and selling non-restricted rifles and shotguns anymore! Well, everyone EXCEPT gun owners in Quebec which is unfortunate. I'm seriously hoping they win with the rest of us.
This is a big deal because I'm currently helping out at the Calgary Gun Show. It was a very different show from last year. I've been seeing many more people buying, trading, and selling rifles because the process is that much easier. It's nice. Everyone who has a gun, has a license. It's a room full of lawful people doing lawful things lawfully and NOT being punished for simply wanting to own a firearm.
As much as I would like to say the fight is over, it really isn't. This is just a step in the right direction. So many other things about the Firearms Act must change. How lawful firearms owners are viewed needs to change. Gun control advocates have to stop vilifying law abiding citizens and realize it is the actual criminals that require punishment, not us.
There are changes that need to happen in the criminal code. For example, there needs to be a repeal of Section 91 and 92 of the criminal code. These two sections are:
If the person leaves their home, with their restricted firearm but forgets the registration certificate at home, they are deemed a criminal. Again, this person could be jailed for up to four years. What bothers me about this is, if actual criminals are caught with unregistered or stolen firearms, the first thing they try to have removed from their case is the firearms offence and they are successful a good deal of the time. Not only that, actual criminals have lesser sentences for actual crimes. Law abiding citizens, who have never done anything wrong in their lives however are raked over the coals for paper crimes. How can anyone think this is okay?
What I have JUST learned is the firearms license is the ONLY document that keeps law abiding citizens from being convicted under the section 91. This is scary for so many reasons. There is this person called Governor in Council that can revoke any and all licenses under section 119 as long as a letter of explanation is presented to Parliament. So in one fell swoop, all law abiding Canadian gun owners could be made criminals because this person decides it. The best part, the Governor in Council is another name for the Minister in Charge of the Firearms Act.
There are a number of worries with section 91 and 92 but what everyone should concern themselves with is this: if/when there is a conviction under these sections, there was never a threat, intimidation, robbery, injury, violence, murder, or a victim. The once law abiding citizen can go to jail for up to 10 years for a paper crime and there is almost nothing they can do about it.
Something else that I've learned about is Clause 69 and Clause 70. A Chief Firearms Officer can refuse to issue a license, registration, or ATT as long as you are provided notification. The owner has a right to appeal but I don't actually know the process or why a CFO would refuse or revoke these for anyone. Then again, I don't know why anyone would write such spiteful laws against law abiding people. Personally, I would write laws to punish criminals, not honest people. But, that's just me.
The Federal Liberal Party put so many laws in to punish the law abiding so many years ago and over time it's gotten worse. Not only that, the police and the government have actually punished lawful people using the firearms act. The ONLY advantage that's come of this is to tighten up the laws and make them more understandable. They were written vaguely so that they could be interpreted any way authorities wished at the moment. This is not a good way to treat a population of any country, especially a group of people that should be the biggest advocates for police and safety of a country.
What I hope left wing gun control advocates realize is punishing lawful people will get them no where. Blaming us or blaming the tool for tragedies is never a good idea. If so, then cars should be blamed for crashes, fast food restaurants should be blamed for overweight people, knives should be blamed for stabbing, and bombs should be blamed for war.
Royal assent of Bill C-19 is merely a step in the right direction. We need to keep fighting for our rights and freedoms. As long as we keep at it, keep speaking with those in power and keep using due process, we will win. We can't stop, ever. If we're quiet for even a minute, they'll think we've gone away. The world is changed by those who show up.
This is a big deal because I'm currently helping out at the Calgary Gun Show. It was a very different show from last year. I've been seeing many more people buying, trading, and selling rifles because the process is that much easier. It's nice. Everyone who has a gun, has a license. It's a room full of lawful people doing lawful things lawfully and NOT being punished for simply wanting to own a firearm.
What I don't think the left wing liberal crowd realizes is we won this step through due process. Gun owners didn't protest in the street. We didn't scream and yell or get ourselves arrested and call that a win. We didn't damage public property and stop traffic or feel entitled and put upon when we didn't get our way. For 17 years, we fought to have the laws changed so that law abiding people didn't get punished for simply wanting to own a gun. We also didn't expect this change to happen overnight simply because we wanted it. We fought for this step tooth and nail.
There are changes that need to happen in the criminal code. For example, there needs to be a repeal of Section 91 and 92 of the criminal code. These two sections are:
- Section 91 – Unauthorized possession of firearm;
- Section 92 – Possession of firearm knowing its possession is unauthorized.
If the person leaves their home, with their restricted firearm but forgets the registration certificate at home, they are deemed a criminal. Again, this person could be jailed for up to four years. What bothers me about this is, if actual criminals are caught with unregistered or stolen firearms, the first thing they try to have removed from their case is the firearms offence and they are successful a good deal of the time. Not only that, actual criminals have lesser sentences for actual crimes. Law abiding citizens, who have never done anything wrong in their lives however are raked over the coals for paper crimes. How can anyone think this is okay?
What I have JUST learned is the firearms license is the ONLY document that keeps law abiding citizens from being convicted under the section 91. This is scary for so many reasons. There is this person called Governor in Council that can revoke any and all licenses under section 119 as long as a letter of explanation is presented to Parliament. So in one fell swoop, all law abiding Canadian gun owners could be made criminals because this person decides it. The best part, the Governor in Council is another name for the Minister in Charge of the Firearms Act.
There are a number of worries with section 91 and 92 but what everyone should concern themselves with is this: if/when there is a conviction under these sections, there was never a threat, intimidation, robbery, injury, violence, murder, or a victim. The once law abiding citizen can go to jail for up to 10 years for a paper crime and there is almost nothing they can do about it.
Something else that I've learned about is Clause 69 and Clause 70. A Chief Firearms Officer can refuse to issue a license, registration, or ATT as long as you are provided notification. The owner has a right to appeal but I don't actually know the process or why a CFO would refuse or revoke these for anyone. Then again, I don't know why anyone would write such spiteful laws against law abiding people. Personally, I would write laws to punish criminals, not honest people. But, that's just me.
The Federal Liberal Party put so many laws in to punish the law abiding so many years ago and over time it's gotten worse. Not only that, the police and the government have actually punished lawful people using the firearms act. The ONLY advantage that's come of this is to tighten up the laws and make them more understandable. They were written vaguely so that they could be interpreted any way authorities wished at the moment. This is not a good way to treat a population of any country, especially a group of people that should be the biggest advocates for police and safety of a country.
What I hope left wing gun control advocates realize is punishing lawful people will get them no where. Blaming us or blaming the tool for tragedies is never a good idea. If so, then cars should be blamed for crashes, fast food restaurants should be blamed for overweight people, knives should be blamed for stabbing, and bombs should be blamed for war.
Royal assent of Bill C-19 is merely a step in the right direction. We need to keep fighting for our rights and freedoms. As long as we keep at it, keep speaking with those in power and keep using due process, we will win. We can't stop, ever. If we're quiet for even a minute, they'll think we've gone away. The world is changed by those who show up.
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