Thursday, October 05, 2017
Here Are The Actual Federal Laws Regulating Machine Guns In The U.S. - The Federalist
Here Are The Actual Federal Laws Regulating Machine Guns In The U.S. - The Federalist:
"While the desire to prevent atrocities like the one committed in Las Vegas is both understandable and good, it is impossible to have a reasoned discussion on the best ways to prevent mass attacks when emotions, rather than facts, are the foundation for debate. Here are the facts on federal regulation of machine guns and fully automatic weapons in the United States.
Federal law highly regulates the manufacture, sale, and ownership of fully automatic weapons in the United States. "
Federal law highly regulates the manufacture, sale, and ownership of fully automatic weapons in the United States. "
Happy Anniversary Tax Hikers [Michigan Capitol Confidential]
Happy Anniversary Tax Hikers [Michigan Capitol Confidential]:
"Mark Twain is alleged to have said, “I saw an unusual thing today; it was a politician with his hands in his own pockets.”
With the start of the new fiscal year this week, voters should pause and reflect on the umpteenth time Lansing politicians reached deeper into taxpayers’ pockets.
It is the 10th anniversary of the 11.5 percent personal income tax hike imposed on Michiganders.
It came with the promise that it was a temporary increase that would be rolled back when the economy got better.
It was not.
Taxpayers were betrayed.
The full reduction never came and we are still owed a rollback to 3.9 percent, the rate of a decade ago.
It is never easy to be Charlie Brown to anyone’s Lucy.
Having a football pulled away right before you kick it — despite assurances it would not be — is embarrassing..."
"Mark Twain is alleged to have said, “I saw an unusual thing today; it was a politician with his hands in his own pockets.”
It is the 10th anniversary of the 11.5 percent personal income tax hike imposed on Michiganders.
It came with the promise that it was a temporary increase that would be rolled back when the economy got better.
It was not.
Taxpayers were betrayed.
The full reduction never came and we are still owed a rollback to 3.9 percent, the rate of a decade ago.
It is never easy to be Charlie Brown to anyone’s Lucy.
Having a football pulled away right before you kick it — despite assurances it would not be — is embarrassing..."
40 percent of US cancers linked to excess weight | AFP.com
40 percent of US cancers linked to excess weight | AFP.com:
"About 40 percent of all cancers in the United States -- more than 630,000 in all -- are associated with excess weight, health officials said Tuesday, urging a renewed focus on prevention.
In a nation where 71 percent of adults are either overweight or obese, the findings by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention "are a cause for concern," said the agency's director Brenda Fitzgerald.
"A majority of American adults weigh more than recommended -– and being overweight or obese puts people at higher risk for a number of cancers," she said in a statement.
"By getting to and keeping a healthy weight, we all can play a role in cancer prevention."...
Women were particularly susceptible, with 55 percent of all cancers diagnosed in women associated with weight, compared to 24 percent of those diagnosed in men..."
"About 40 percent of all cancers in the United States -- more than 630,000 in all -- are associated with excess weight, health officials said Tuesday, urging a renewed focus on prevention.In a nation where 71 percent of adults are either overweight or obese, the findings by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention "are a cause for concern," said the agency's director Brenda Fitzgerald.
"A majority of American adults weigh more than recommended -– and being overweight or obese puts people at higher risk for a number of cancers," she said in a statement.
"By getting to and keeping a healthy weight, we all can play a role in cancer prevention."...
Women were particularly susceptible, with 55 percent of all cancers diagnosed in women associated with weight, compared to 24 percent of those diagnosed in men..."
NFL Ratings Are In — And They Aren't Pretty | Daily Wire
"The ratings for NFL Sunday are in, and they aren't pretty. Apparently taking a knee during the playing of our national anthem in "solidarity" with other anthem kneelers and as a way to "resist" President Donald Trump has rubbed some red-blooded Americans the wrong way."
No Names in State Budget, But 36 Recipients Getting $38 Million [Michigan Capitol Confidential]
No Names in State Budget, But 36 Recipients Getting $38 Million [Michigan Capitol Confidential]: "'...Taxpayers cannot tell from reading the state budget that just went into effect which 36 organizations and municipalities are sharing $38.6 million worth of state tax revenue under a special one-time line item.
That’s because legislators have a way of getting their pet projects paid for without naming names — or running afoul of the Michigan Constitution.
Rather than name the cities or counties that get the state tax revenue, beneficiaries are described by census data.
One recipient, for example, is the Sanilac County Fairgrounds in Sandusky.
It is getting $35,000 for a “Miracle of Life” birthing barn, but the name of the fairground is nowhere to be found.
Here’s how the payment is described in the Michigan Enhancement Grants section of this year’s budget bill:
“From the one-time fund appropriated in part 1 for Michigan enhancement grants, $35,000 shall be awarded for a birthing barn at a county fairgrounds located in a county with a population of between 43,000 and 43,300, according to the most recent federal decennial census.”
That lengthy description does not name the county.
If it did, it would be considered a “local act” under the state constitution — and local acts need a two-thirds vote to pass.
The same device is used to designate the Grand Rapids Civic Theater for a payment of $1 million..."
Read on!
That’s because legislators have a way of getting their pet projects paid for without naming names — or running afoul of the Michigan Constitution.
Rather than name the cities or counties that get the state tax revenue, beneficiaries are described by census data.One recipient, for example, is the Sanilac County Fairgrounds in Sandusky.
It is getting $35,000 for a “Miracle of Life” birthing barn, but the name of the fairground is nowhere to be found.
Here’s how the payment is described in the Michigan Enhancement Grants section of this year’s budget bill:
“From the one-time fund appropriated in part 1 for Michigan enhancement grants, $35,000 shall be awarded for a birthing barn at a county fairgrounds located in a county with a population of between 43,000 and 43,300, according to the most recent federal decennial census.”
That lengthy description does not name the county.
If it did, it would be considered a “local act” under the state constitution — and local acts need a two-thirds vote to pass.
The same device is used to designate the Grand Rapids Civic Theater for a payment of $1 million..."
Read on!
History for October 5
History for October 5 - On-This-Day.com
Chester A. Arthur (U.S.) 1830, Robert H. Goddard 1882 - Known as the "Father of the Space Age", Ray Kroc 1902 - Businessman (McDonalds)
Larry Fine 1902, Bill Dana 1924, Vaclav Havel (Czechoslovakia) 1936
1813 - Chief Tecumseh of the Shawnee Indians was killed at the Battle of Thames when American forced defeated the British and the allied Indian warriors.
1919 - Enzo Ferrari debuted in his first race. He later founded the Auto Avio Construzioni Ferrari, an independent manufacturing company.
1937 - U.S. President Roosevelt called for a "quarantine" of aggressor nations.
1947 - U.S. President Harry S Truman held the first televised presidential address from the White House. The subject was the current international food crisis.
1955 - The play "The Diary of Anne Frank" opened at the Cort Theatre in New York.
1969 - A Cuban defector landed a Soviet-made MiG-17 at Homestead Air Force Base in Florida. The plane entered U.S. air space and landed without being detected.
1969 - "Monty Python's Flying Circus" debuted on BBC television.
2006 - Walmart rolled out its $4 generic drug program to the entire state of Florida after a successful test in the Tampa area.
Wednesday, October 04, 2017
LIBERTY REVIEW
LIBERTY REVIEW:
https://libertyreview76.blogspot.com/2017/10/utopian-bandwagon-by-tammy-derouin-dont.html
As an American citizen, your God-given
rights are acknowledged in the Bill of Rights and they are protected
by the U.S. Constitution. Our freedom was secured by the bloodshed
and sacrifices of those who came before us. Because of the
continuing sacrifices of the American people to preserve and protect
our freedoms, we have the right to believe and live as we desire, as
long as it doesn't infringe on the rights of others. When it becomes
acceptable to trample on the rights of others, those who do not agree
with a popular point of view, theory or agenda, everyone's rights
become endangered.
If you understand that freedom isn't
free, that it isn't something that can be taken for granted or passed
on to the next generation without vigilance and sacrifices, you
understand why you respect the symbols of our freedom and honor that
which keeps you free. The United States is not perfect. A perfect
land does not exist in this world. The U.S. Constitution states, “We
the people.” It is important to remember that it is the people of
our nation who are supposed to be in control of the government, not
the government in control of the people. If more people understood
that, they wouldn't be so willing to hand over their freedom for
false security and false rights.......
https://libertyreview76.blogspot.com/2017/10/utopian-bandwagon-by-tammy-derouin-dont.html
Utopian Bandwagon
By Tammy Derouin
Don't bite the hand that feeds you and
don't look a gift horse in the mouth. These are humorous was of
making two very good points. However, when it comes to our freedoms,
and the lack of basic knowledge about American history along with the
lack of understanding that with freedom comes responsibility, my
sense of humor goes right out the window.
Automatic Weapons Are Already Heavily Regulated and Gun Control Laws Don’t Work - Reason.com
Automatic Weapons Are Already Heavily Regulated and Gun Control Laws Don’t Work - Reason.com
"Stephen Paddock "appears to have used at least one fully automatic rifle" during his murderous rampage in Las Vegas, according to the Wall Street Journal.
...If true, though, it demonstrates the pointlessness of the predictable calls for tighter gun restrictions issued by the usual suspects.
That's because automatic rifles—machine guns—have been tightly regulated at the federal level since 1934, and subjected to further restrictions since then.
...short of outright prohibition, automatic rifles are subject to just about every rule and restriction that has been proposed by opponents of easy civilian possession.
...But what if Paddock's weapons were illegally acquired, or illegally converted to automatic, or were semiautomatic weapons mistakenly identified as machine guns?
Black markets and illegal acts exist everywhere, under every legal regime.
I've written at length about the long history, not just in the United States, but around the world, of overwhelming defiance of gun laws.
...Banning private sales of firearms has also been proposed in certain quarters, but without any suggestion of how such a prohibition would be enforced..."
"Stephen Paddock "appears to have used at least one fully automatic rifle" during his murderous rampage in Las Vegas, according to the Wall Street Journal.
...If true, though, it demonstrates the pointlessness of the predictable calls for tighter gun restrictions issued by the usual suspects.That's because automatic rifles—machine guns—have been tightly regulated at the federal level since 1934, and subjected to further restrictions since then.
...short of outright prohibition, automatic rifles are subject to just about every rule and restriction that has been proposed by opponents of easy civilian possession.
...But what if Paddock's weapons were illegally acquired, or illegally converted to automatic, or were semiautomatic weapons mistakenly identified as machine guns?
Black markets and illegal acts exist everywhere, under every legal regime.
I've written at length about the long history, not just in the United States, but around the world, of overwhelming defiance of gun laws.
...Banning private sales of firearms has also been proposed in certain quarters, but without any suggestion of how such a prohibition would be enforced..."
The Tragic Incoherence of the NFL Protests – American Greatness
"It has become a sort of reflex to object to the National Football League’s players’ bended knee/sitting through the National Anthem—while also conceding that their complaints have merit.
But do they?
To answer that question, one would have to know precisely what the protests are about.
But so far the various reasons advanced are both confused and without much merit...
- Inordinate Police Brutality Against the African-American Community?
While there certainly have been a large number of well-publicized shootings of African-American suspects, statistics do not bear out, as alleged, a supposed wave of police violence against black unarmed suspects.
Is the anger then directed at regrettable though isolated iconic incidents but not at prevailing trends?
White police officers are more than 18 times more likely to be shot by African-Americans than white police officers are to shoot unarmed black suspects.
Does anyone care?In absolute numbers, more white suspects were shot yearly by police than were black suspects.
Given respective crime rates and the frequency of relative encounters with police, black suspects were not statistically more likely to be victims of police violence than were whites...
Roughly 40-50 percent of all reported U.S. arrests for various violent crime involve teen or adult African-American males, who make up about 4-5 percent of the population.
Blacks are well over 20 times more likely to be shot and killed by other blacks than by police officers.
The Left often does not pay much attention to such facts—though it grows angry when others do..."
Read on!!!
WATCH: Shapiro Testifies Before California Legislature, Blasts Them For Trying To Limit Free Speech | Daily Wire
WATCH: Shapiro Testifies Before California Legislature, Blasts Them For Trying To Limit Free Speech | Daily Wire:
"On Tuesday, the Democrat-dominated California legislature, conducting a hearing with the title, “Combatting Hate While Protecting the Constitution,” limited Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief Ben Shapiro to two minutes to give a rarely-heard conservative viewpoint on free speech, but they still got an earful, as Shapiro admonished the legislature to do their jobs, ensure that all citizens’ First Amendment rights should be protected and the “heckler’s veto” should be stopped. Shapiro was invited to speak by GOP state senator John Moorlach."
Catalan referendum: Region's independence 'in matter of days' - BBC News
Catalan referendum: Region's independence 'in matter of days' - BBC News:
"Catalonia will declare independence from Spain in a matter of days, the leader of the autonomous region has told the BBC.
In his first interview since a disputed vote on Sunday, Carles Puigdemont said his government would "act at the end of this week or the beginning of next".
Meanwhile, Spain's King Felipe VI said the vote's organisers had put themselves "outside the law".
He said the situation in Spain was "extremely serious", calling for unity.
Tensions between Spain and the north-eastern Catalonia region continue to mount, days after the vote was marred by violence involving national police.
The Spanish High Court said it had begun an investigation into key Catalan figures on Wednesday on suspicion of sedition - inciting rebellion against the state - including the head of Catalonia's regional police..."
Read on!
"Catalonia will declare independence from Spain in a matter of days, the leader of the autonomous region has told the BBC.
In his first interview since a disputed vote on Sunday, Carles Puigdemont said his government would "act at the end of this week or the beginning of next".Meanwhile, Spain's King Felipe VI said the vote's organisers had put themselves "outside the law".
He said the situation in Spain was "extremely serious", calling for unity.
Tensions between Spain and the north-eastern Catalonia region continue to mount, days after the vote was marred by violence involving national police.
The Spanish High Court said it had begun an investigation into key Catalan figures on Wednesday on suspicion of sedition - inciting rebellion against the state - including the head of Catalonia's regional police..."
Read on!
Exclusive: Russian-linked Facebook ads targeted Michigan and Wisconsin
Exclusive: Russian-linked Facebook ads targeted Michigan and Wisconsin
"A number of Russian-linked Facebook ads specifically targeted Michigan and Wisconsin, two states crucial to Donald Trump's victory last November, according to four sources with direct knowledge of the situation.
Some of the Russian ads appeared highly sophisticated in their targeting of key demographic groups in areas of the states that turned out to be pivotal, two of the sources said.
The ads employed a series of divisive messages aimed at breaking through the clutter of campaign ads online, including promoting anti-Muslim messages, sources said.
It has been unclear until now exactly which regions of the country were targeted by the ads.
And while one source said that a large number of ads appeared in areas of the country that were not heavily contested in the elections, some clearly were geared at swaying public opinion in the most heavily contested battlegrounds.
...One person with direct knowledge of the matter said that some of the ads were aimed at reaching voters who may be susceptible to anti-Muslim messages, even suggesting that Muslims were a threat to the American way of life.
Such messaging could presumably appeal to voters attracted to Trump's hard-line stance against immigration and calls to ban Muslims from entering the United States.
...CNN reported last week that at least one of the Facebook ads bought by Russians during the 2016 presidential campaign referenced Black Lives Matter and was specifically targeted to reach audiences in Ferguson, Missouri and Baltimore, according to sources with knowledge of the ads..."
"A number of Russian-linked Facebook ads specifically targeted Michigan and Wisconsin, two states crucial to Donald Trump's victory last November, according to four sources with direct knowledge of the situation.Some of the Russian ads appeared highly sophisticated in their targeting of key demographic groups in areas of the states that turned out to be pivotal, two of the sources said.
The ads employed a series of divisive messages aimed at breaking through the clutter of campaign ads online, including promoting anti-Muslim messages, sources said.
It has been unclear until now exactly which regions of the country were targeted by the ads.
And while one source said that a large number of ads appeared in areas of the country that were not heavily contested in the elections, some clearly were geared at swaying public opinion in the most heavily contested battlegrounds.
...One person with direct knowledge of the matter said that some of the ads were aimed at reaching voters who may be susceptible to anti-Muslim messages, even suggesting that Muslims were a threat to the American way of life. Such messaging could presumably appeal to voters attracted to Trump's hard-line stance against immigration and calls to ban Muslims from entering the United States.
...CNN reported last week that at least one of the Facebook ads bought by Russians during the 2016 presidential campaign referenced Black Lives Matter and was specifically targeted to reach audiences in Ferguson, Missouri and Baltimore, according to sources with knowledge of the ads..."
Flight Crew Takes A Knee And Walks Off, Leaving New Orleans Saints Stranded On Runway – Freedum Junkshun
Flight Crew Takes A Knee And Walks Off, Leaving New Orleans Saints Stranded On Runway – Freedum Junkshun:
"The New Orleans Saints made the mistake of once again disrespecting our veterans, our country and our flag. After an embarrassing opening to a game with the worst ratings in Saints’ history, the players and coaches learned that their actions have consequences."
"The New Orleans Saints made the mistake of once again disrespecting our veterans, our country and our flag. After an embarrassing opening to a game with the worst ratings in Saints’ history, the players and coaches learned that their actions have consequences."
How Gun Control Made England The 'Most Violent Country In Europe' - Breitbart
How Gun Control Made England The 'Most Violent Country In Europe' - Breitbart"...In 2009, twelve years after the Firearms Act of 1997 was passed, Daily Mail Online reported that Britain was “the most violent country in Europe.”
They also reported that Britain’s home figures showed “the UK [had] a worse rate for all types of violence than the U.S. and South Africa.”
I used to think gun control was the answer. My research told me otherwise. - The Washington Post
I used to think gun control was the answer. My research told me otherwise. - The Washington Post
"Before I started researching gun deaths, gun-control policy used to frustrate me.
I wished the National Rifle Association would stop blocking common-sense gun-control reforms such as banning assault weapons, restricting silencers, shrinking magazine sizes and all the other measures that could make guns less deadly.
Then, my colleagues and I at FiveThirtyEight spent three months analyzing all 33,000 lives ended by guns each year in the United States, and I wound up frustrated in a whole new way.
...I researched the strictly tightened gun laws in Britain and Australia and concluded that they didn’t prove much about what America’s policy should be.
...When I looked at the other oft-praised policies, I found out that no gun owner walks into the store to buy an “assault weapon.”
It’s an invented classification that includes any semi-automatic that has two or more features, such as a bayonet mount, a rocket-propelled grenade-launcher mount, a folding stock or a pistol grip.
But guns are modular, and any hobbyist can easily add these features at home, just as if they were snapping together Legos.
As for silencers — they deserve that name only in movies, where they reduce gunfire to a soft puick puick.
In real life, silencers limit hearing damage for shooters but don’t make gunfire dangerously quiet.
An AR-15 with a silencer is about as loud as a jackhammer.
Magazine limits were a little more promising, but a practiced shooter could still change magazines so fast as to make the limit meaningless..."
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"Before I started researching gun deaths, gun-control policy used to frustrate me.
I wished the National Rifle Association would stop blocking common-sense gun-control reforms such as banning assault weapons, restricting silencers, shrinking magazine sizes and all the other measures that could make guns less deadly.
Then, my colleagues and I at FiveThirtyEight spent three months analyzing all 33,000 lives ended by guns each year in the United States, and I wound up frustrated in a whole new way....I researched the strictly tightened gun laws in Britain and Australia and concluded that they didn’t prove much about what America’s policy should be.
...When I looked at the other oft-praised policies, I found out that no gun owner walks into the store to buy an “assault weapon.”
It’s an invented classification that includes any semi-automatic that has two or more features, such as a bayonet mount, a rocket-propelled grenade-launcher mount, a folding stock or a pistol grip.
But guns are modular, and any hobbyist can easily add these features at home, just as if they were snapping together Legos.
As for silencers — they deserve that name only in movies, where they reduce gunfire to a soft puick puick.
In real life, silencers limit hearing damage for shooters but don’t make gunfire dangerously quiet.
An AR-15 with a silencer is about as loud as a jackhammer.
Magazine limits were a little more promising, but a practiced shooter could still change magazines so fast as to make the limit meaningless..."
Read on!
Montage: Media, Dems Race to Politicize Attack, Blame GOP :: Grabien News
Montage: Media, Dems Race to Politicize Attack, Blame GOP :: Grabien News
‘They should be praying for God to forgive them for letting the gun lobby run this country’
"Before the final death toll had even been announced, the blame game began — with members of the media and elected Democratic officials accusing conservatives’ support for the Second Amendment for leading to Sunday night’s tragic massacre in Las Vegas.
...On the late night comedy shows, attacks on Republicans came fast and furious..."
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...On the late night comedy shows, attacks on Republicans came fast and furious..."
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Trump won't start gun-control debate after Las Vegas massacre, says White House. - Washington Times
Trump won't start gun-control debate after Las Vegas massacre, says White House. - Washington Times:
"President Trump is not reopening a political debate on gun control in the immediate aftermath of the shooting massacre in Las Vegas, the White House said Monday.
“There is a time and place for a political debate but now is the time to unite as a country,” said White House press secretary Sarah Sanders."
“There is a time and place for a political debate but now is the time to unite as a country,” said White House press secretary Sarah Sanders."
ESPN's Coverage Of MNF Game Following Vegas Massacre Was At First Disastrous, Then Desperate | Daily Wire
ESPN's Coverage Of MNF Game Following Vegas Massacre Was At First Disastrous, Then Desperate | Daily Wire:
"...Monday was a time for unity and healing, something ESPN made clear when it reversed its previous decision not to air the performance of the national anthem.
On Monday, the sports network decided to air the anthem as a way of showing national solidarity in a time of tragedy.
But things went south for ESPN even before the anthem began to play.
With about 15 minutes left, ESPN's pre-game show, Monday Night Countdown, suddenly went dark, experiencing what the ticker repeatedly told the viewers were technical difficulties.
A few minutes after 8 p.m. EST, the coverage of the game finally began, the hosts apologizing briefly for the lengthy "difficulties" and then doing their best to act like everything was going as planned.
But when the now utterly politicized performance of The Star-Spangled Banner began, ESPN provided for the audience a look inside the mind of a network panicking (like the NFL) over how to handle the anthem protests, particularly following a national tragedy.
After a moment of silence for those impacted by the horrific actions of the shooter in Vegas, the anthem played.
During its performance, the cameras mainly stayed focused on players and the crowd, all standing united during a time of so much pain, outrage, and shock.
However, the camera did focus for a few moments on one particular player: the Chief's cornerback Marcus Peters, who sat all alone on the bench while everyone else in the stadium (except reportedly fellow teammate Ukeme Uligwe, who was not featured on camera) stood united."
"...Monday was a time for unity and healing, something ESPN made clear when it reversed its previous decision not to air the performance of the national anthem.
On Monday, the sports network decided to air the anthem as a way of showing national solidarity in a time of tragedy.
But things went south for ESPN even before the anthem began to play.
With about 15 minutes left, ESPN's pre-game show, Monday Night Countdown, suddenly went dark, experiencing what the ticker repeatedly told the viewers were technical difficulties.A few minutes after 8 p.m. EST, the coverage of the game finally began, the hosts apologizing briefly for the lengthy "difficulties" and then doing their best to act like everything was going as planned.
But when the now utterly politicized performance of The Star-Spangled Banner began, ESPN provided for the audience a look inside the mind of a network panicking (like the NFL) over how to handle the anthem protests, particularly following a national tragedy.
After a moment of silence for those impacted by the horrific actions of the shooter in Vegas, the anthem played.
During its performance, the cameras mainly stayed focused on players and the crowd, all standing united during a time of so much pain, outrage, and shock.
However, the camera did focus for a few moments on one particular player: the Chief's cornerback Marcus Peters, who sat all alone on the bench while everyone else in the stadium (except reportedly fellow teammate Ukeme Uligwe, who was not featured on camera) stood united."
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