It is certainly of the last Consequence to a free Country that the Militia, which is its natural Strength, should be kept upon the most advantageous Footing.

A standing Army, however necessary it may be at some times, is always dangerous to the Liberties of the People. The Militia is composed of free Citizens.

Soldiers are apt to consider themselves as a Body distinct from the rest of the Citizens. They have their Arms always in their hands. Their Rules and their Discipline is severe. They soon become attached to their officers and disposed to yield implicit Obedience to their Commands. Such a Power should be watch with a jealous Eye.

I have a good Opinion of the principal officers of our Army. I esteem them as Patriots as well as Soldiers. But if this War continues, as it may for years yet to come, we know not who may succeed them. Men who have been long subject to military Laws and inured to military Customs and Habits, may lose the Spirit and Feeling of Citizens.

And even Citizens, having been used to admire the Heroism which the Commanders of their own Army have displayed, and to look up to them as their Saviors may be prevailed upon to surrender to them those Rights for the protection of which against Invaders they had employed and paid them.

We have seen too much of this Disposition among some of our Countrymen. The Militia is composed of free Citizens. There is therefore no Danger of their making use of their Power to the destruction of their own Rights, or suffering others to invade them.

Samuel Adams, to James Warren,  January 7 1776

U.S. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has been ordered to return to Capitol Hill to provide fresh testimony on the Benghazi attacks.

The question is if military officers issued an order to U.S. armed forces personnel on the night of Sept. 11, when the U.S. consulate and a nearby annex came under terrorist attack, to “stand down” from providing assistance.

“I asked [Gen. Dempsey] directly,” Senator Graham said in an exclusive interview with Fox News. “Were there any military assets in motion, to help folks in Benghazi, [that were] told to stand down? 

State Department whistleblower Greg Hicks said under oath that Lt. Col. [Steve] Gibson -- a DOD employee, a member of the Army -- was in Tripoli, ready and willing to go to Benghazi, preparing to go to Benghazi, and was told to stand down.”

Hillary Clinton, if not a lie, apparently misled Congress in her statements earlier this year. The question there is, did she purposely give statements to mislead the congressional investigation.

Two scenarios emerge: 1) will she and others "duck and cover" by saying they were following orders from Obama and the Administration, and 2) will Democrats facing re-election next year will abandon the Obama Administration now that a massive cover-up is being unraveled?

Without a doubt, with ABC and CNN coverage on Benghazi, Obama's credibility is at issue. Was he running guns from Libya to Syria through Turkey? Fast and Furious 4?

Like Forest Gump might of said, stupid is as stupid does.

Over the weekend, the United States Senate voted on giving our Constitutional rights over to the United Nations. With a 53-46 vote, the senate passed a measure that will stop the United States from entering into the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty.

The Statement of Purpose from the bill read: To uphold Second Amendment rights and prevent the United States from entering into the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty.

The U.N. Small Arms Treaty, which has been championed by the Obama Administration, would have effectively placed a global ban on the import and export of small firearms. The ban would have affected all private gun owners in the U.S., and had language that would have implemented an international gun registry on ll private guns and ammo.

Astonishingly, 46 of our United States Senators were willing to give away our Constitutional rights to a foreign power. Here are the 46 senators that voted to give your rights to the U.N. Baldwin (D-WI) Baucus (D-MT) Bennet (D-CO) Blumenthal (D-CT) Boxer (D-CA) Brown (D-OH) Cantwell (D-WA) Cardin (D-MD) Carper (D-DE) Casey (D-PA) Coons (D-DE) Cowan (D-MA) Durbin (D-IL) Feinstein (D-CA) Franken (D-MN) Gillibrand (D-NY) Harkin (D-IA) Hirono (D-HI) Johnson (D-SD) Kaine (D-VA) King (I-ME) Klobuchar (D-MN) Landrieu (D-LA) Leahy (D-VT) Levin (D-MI) McCaskill (D-MO) Menendez (D-NJ) Merkley (D-OR) Mikulski (D-MD) Murphy (D-CT) Murray (D-WA) Nelson (D-FL) Reed (D-RI) Reid (D-NV) Rockefeller (D-WV) Sanders (I-VT) Schatz (D-HI) Schumer (D-NY) Shaheen (D-NH) Stabenow (D-MI) Udall (D-CO) Udall (D-NM) Warner (D-VA) Warren (D-MA) Whitehouse (D-RI) Wyden (D-OR) Hello All, here is the list of all the TRAITORS in the U. S. Senate - People, this needs to go viral. These Senators voted to let the UN take our guns. They need to lose their next election.

Amnesty bill threat to gun owners shows need for organized involvement
Submitted by: David Codrea
Website: http://www.davidcodrea.com

... "Activist Russ Howard welcomes GOA’s alert as a desperately needed sea-change adjustment to the single-issue model that prevails in the gun rights community, just in time for a chance to defeat the 'Gang of 10’s' comprehensive open-immigration bill. 'This could be like a call from the governor 10 minutes before execution. What would we do without GOA and the other steadfast groups like Grassroots North Carolina and Oregon Firearms Federation?'" ...  
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Obama’s 'hatred' of new media understandable but selective
Submitted by: David Codrea
Website: http://www.davidcodrea.com

"That said, Obama’s hatred for new media is one-sided, that is, he only hates that which does not promote or defend him, or that which he cannot control. ..."
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Putin agrees with anti-gun U.S. ‘monopoly of violence’ promoters
Submitted by: David Codrea
Website: http://www.davidcodrea.com

"... His opposition to an armed citizenry, in spite of the demonstrable failure of his own citizen disarmament edicts as an effective public safety policy, may be best explained by another motivation." ...  
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Illinois AG Madigan wants more time to decide how to keep citizens defenseless
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com

... "On Monday, [Illinois State Attorney General] Madigan pulled one more arrow from her quiver. With the May 23 deadline for her decision on whether or not to file a Supreme Court appeal fast approaching, and with no sign that a legislative solution is in the offing within that time frame, she is asking the Court to extend the deadline until June 24. From the Chicago Sun-Times:"

"Madigan would have until June 24 to file a petition for appeal with the high court if it grants her office the 30-day extension. ..."

"This seems a rather desperate move. For one thing, even if the Supreme Court grants her extension, the June 9 deadline for passing a law--or letting concealed carry go unregulated--is still in place. ..." .
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‘Our rights are not for sale’ say fired-up gun owners
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com

"Promises of a big bucks political campaign to force Washington lawmakers to adopt a 'universal background check' law, with threats of an initiative if they don’t, have fired up Evergreen State gun owners since Monday’s press conference by several Seattle religious activists."

"Bellevue’s Alan Gottlieb, chairman of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, intended no pun when he told the Seattle Times, 'The devil is always in the details.' What more pointed reaction could one make to an anti-gun political campaign launched by 'a coalition of religious leaders, elected officials and activists?'" ...  
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Politics, gun safety and separation of church and state
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com

"If it were any issue other than firearms, this morning’s press conference involving what a press release described as 'Dozens of interfaith and denominational faith leaders—under the banner of the Faith Action Network (FAN)' would be vilified for crossing the invisible line of separation of church and state."

"They gathered to threaten the State Legislature with an initiative to restrict the rights of gun owners with so-called “universal background checks” as a panacea to violent crime. ..."
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A tale of two rallies
Submitted by: John Pierce
Website: http://www.monachuslex.com

"This morning I was reading the press coverage of last week’s Stop The NRA 'rally' in DC."

"Despite the fact that it only attracted a whopping 60 attendees, it received quite a bit of positive attention from the mainstream media."

"Now … let’s compare that to another rally that took place last week with practically no media attention."

"On Tuesday April 23rd, I drove the 430 miles from Bristol Virginia to Harrisburg Pennsylvania for the 8th annual Right to Keep and Bear Arms Rally."

"This rally, which takes place every year, is a gathering of Pennsylvania gun owners who travel to the state capitol to let their voices be heard by those who represent them." So how did the two rallies compare?
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'Shills of the gun industry' trying to expand 'prohibited purchaser' list
Submitted by: Bruce W. Krafft
Website: http://www.keepandbeararms.com

"We hear a lot in anti-gun circles (which would include the President and most of the Democrat Party, and most of the mass media) these days about the evils of the 'gun lobby' (and by 'gun lobby,' they generally mean the NRA, despite the gun lobby being something else entirely). Furthermore, we are told that 'the gun lobby' (which, remember, is being used as just another term for the NRA) is motivated only by fealty to its gun industry masters, and the desire to protect industry profits." ...

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In 2008, the Supreme Court by a slim 5-to-4 vote ruled the Second Amendment was a “guarantee of the individual right to possess and carry weapons in case of confrontation,” (www.cga.ct.gov/2008/rpt/2008-R-0578.htm). The majority opinion written by Justice Antonin Scalia also said the Second Amendment does not grant the “right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever for whatever purpose.”

The manner of carrying the weapon and the purpose of the weapon for collective or self-defense is subject to the 10th Amendment (state's rights), and the 9th Amendment (The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people).

The Ninth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is somewhat of an enigma. It provides that the naming of certain rights in the Constitution does not take away from the people rights that are not named. This means, the powers of the government are listed in Articles 1, 2, and 3; the government cannot infringe on citizens' rights outside the scope of limited government. Of course, the statist's view is different.