Video - Stand Up Comedy Jim Jefferies - US Gun Control -

Some may consider putting this video as 'Bad taste', I've always considered and used humor as a way to get the message over.

A Must read!  The Chapel Hill Tragedy and American Muslims’ Mental Health.

When acts like this murder hit so close to home, it’s natural to fall in to a state of despair, helplessness, paranoia and depression. But that is not the only murder that is happening: we are slowly killing ourselves by denying the destruction that mental illness is causing in our communities.

How does one cope with such acts of hatred, knowing that people do not care if you live or die? This type of stress is not new in the society; any marginalized and oppressed population feel the same pain. Statistics of drug use, depression, anxiety, suicide, addictions, psychotic episodes in the American Muslim population are rapidly approaching (if it already has not in select areas) the norm of American society.

We have taken that away from ourselves as a society. We do not put the same weight of mental health as we do on physical health. This is the silent killer. 

The instability of people’s mental health goes unnoticed, and then when they do some unstable things, we are surprised and shocked.

Hatred is a mental health issue. 

Lack of value for life is a mental health issue. 

How many youth had to die in those schools before we took mental health seriously? 

How many people had to get shot on college campuses before we address our mental health? 

How many fatal hate crimes do we want to happen to anyone before we take this seriously? 

Mental Health is not a game anymore: it is life and death, literally. 

Our mental health takes us seriously, so we had better take it seriously. This begins with acknowledging that there is a problem, addressing it, and beginning the process of healing and some type of therapy, consultation, evaluation, and similar services from professionals.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Dr. Halim Naeem holds a degree in Counseling Psychology at Western Michigan University. He is a practicing psychotherapist and president of his own private practice, Naeem and Associates in Livonia, MI. He specializes in ADD/ADHD, psychological assessment, and behavioral issues among adolescents and young adults. He works with individuals, couples, and families. He is also the president of Muslim Mental Health (www.MuslimMentalHealth.com), the leading nationwide experts regarding mental health issues in the Muslim community.

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Navy Yard shooting: SWAT team ordered to stand down, leave scene.

Navy Yard shooting: SWAT team ordered to stand down, leave scene.(BBC)

Members of a Washington DC Swat team who the BBC has learned were ordered not to respond to Monday's Navy Yard shootings have yet to be contacted by the authorities.

The Capitol Police tactical response team was told by a supervisor to leave the scene instead of aiding municipal officers, sources told the BBC.
Meanwhile, the department has installed a new leader of the elite unit. No reason has been given for the decision.
...
Days after the shooting, none of the officers has been questioned by officials or investigators from a special panel that was convened on Wednesday.

Members of the Containment and Emergency Response Team (Cert) are typically debriefed "right away, at the very least the following day" after an incident, a Capitol Police source said.

"[They] haven't even been given the courtesy of a debrief… They have not even been given an answer as to why the decision was made that they should not respond," the source added.

Capitol Police sources suggest "lives may have been saved" if the Cert team had been allowed to intervene.Read the full story here.

"YES WE CAN" - Senate votes 53-46 to stop US from joining UN Arms Trade Treaty.

"YES WE CAN" - Senate votes 53-46 to stop US from joining UN Arms Trade Treaty.(TheHill).HT: InfidelBloggers.In the last batch of amendment votes to the budget, the Senate voted on several foreign policy proposals.

Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) introduced an amendment that would prevent the United States from entering into the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty in order to uphold the Second Amendment. His amendment passed on a 53-46 vote.

Republicans have been critical of President Obama’s decision to consider the treaty, although Obama has said he would not vote for anything that would violate the Second Amendment.

The U.N. Arms Trade Treaty would regulate international arms sales. Negotiations end on March 28.

“We’re negotiating a treaty that cedes our authority to have trade agreements with our allies in terms of trading arms,” Inhofe said. “This is probably the last time this year that you’ll be able to vote for your Second Amendment rights.”

Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) offered an alternative amendment that clarified that under current U.S. law, treaties don’t trump the Constitution and that the United States should not agree to any arms treaty that violates the Second Amendment rights. His amendment passed by voice vote.

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) said he thought it was irresponsible to be considering major foreign policy decisions at 3 a.m. on Saturday morning.Hmmmm......Obama Blames “Founding Fathers” For Making It Difficult For Him To “Bring Change”But..."I will keep plotting" Read the full story here.

The Arms Trade Treaty and the Second Amendment: Answering the American Bar Association.

The Arms Trade Treaty and the Second Amendment: Answering the American Bar Association.HT: Heritage.By Ted R. Bromund, Ph.D.

On February 26, the American Bar Association’s Center for Human Rights issued a white paper on the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), which concludes that “the proposed ATT is consistent with the Second Amendment.” 

This conclusion neglects important facts about the treaty and the processes surrounding it, which we will explore in this four-part blog series.
The white paper asserts that the Second Amendment does not apply to most weapons within the scope of the ATT (which covers, among other things, combat aircraft), and that the Second Amendment is “generally inapplicable to arms exports.” These contentions are sound, but the more important issue is how the ATT might affect the importation of firearms under the Second Amendment.
The white paper argues that “import restrictions are constitutionally valid,” and we agree: The federal government does have the power to control the entry of goods into the United States. But the draft ATT, in Article 7(2), requires nations signed on to the treaty to “adopt appropriate measures to prevent the diversion of imported conventional arms under the scope of this Treaty to the illicit market or for unauthorized end use.” The Treaty therefore goes beyond import restrictions by requiring signatories to prevent the domestic diversion of imports.
By ignoring this, the white paper also ignores a broad point about the U.S. Unlike most nations, the U.S. has both the Second Amendment and a federal system. The latter fact means that, in some policy areas, it is difficult to draft multilateral treaties that the U.S. can accept, because most nations do not have a federal system.
For example, the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child covers matters that in the U.S. are the responsibility of the states, localities, and families—not the national government, which is one reason no administration has transmitted it to the Senate.
The same is true for the ATT. The draft ATT is built on the assumption that all nations have the same structure, and can therefore implement the treaty in the same way. But in the U.S., the federal government shares responsibility for regulating firearms with the states, in both cases as controlled by the Second Amendment. Thus, the states are partly responsible for preventing firearms from reaching “the illicit market” or “unauthorized end use.”
Further, unlike other countries, our Constitution limits the authority of the federal government to insist that state officials act as its agent for purposes of carrying out federal policy. Thus, the ATT is about more than the control of imports. Worse, it is based on an assumption about the role and powers of national governments that is not true of the federal and Constitutionally limited U.S. system.Read the full story here.

Video - Best 7 minutes on gun control you have ever seen!

Lawmakers “Accidentally” Legalize Warrantless Invasion Of Gun Owners’ Homes.

Lawmakers “Accidentally” Legalize Warrantless Invasion Of Gun Owners’ Homes.
(WesternJournalism).

Lawmakers in Washington State have accidentally written a bill permitting police to invade private homes for the purpose of confiscating “illegal” guns and accessories, such as magazines that hold over 10 rounds.

According to Senate Bill 5737, introduced on February 13th by Democrat State Senators Murray, Kohl-Welles, and Kline, no one may possess an “assault weapon” or the combination of a semi-automatic pistol or rifle capable of using a detachable magazine AND any magazine that can hold more than 10 rounds of ammo.

Happily, however, you ARE allowed to possess an UNLOADED assault weapon “…for the purpose of permanently relinquishing it to a law enforcement agency of the state.” (Pg. 6)

Naturally, the statute would NOT apply to police, members of law enforcement in the state, or to federal authorities; in short, the oft-referred to “only ones.” That is, the only ones, the political ruling class tells us, who can be trusted with firearms. However, if one happens to own an “assault weapon” prior to the effective date of the legislation, he may keep it IF he agrees to “safely and securely store the assault weapon.” And by the way, “THE SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY MAY, NO MORE THAN ONCE PER YEAR, CONDUCT AN INSPECTION TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE…” Not surprisingly, safe and secure storage is not defined in the bill. (Pg. 7) Also not surprisingly, this language was quickly deleted from the bill immediately upon lawmakers learning of the public outrage their little foray into dictatorship had spawned.

Yet, in order to provide cover for the bill’s sponsors and fellow liberals, duplicitous “journalist” Danny Westneat is hoping to sell Washington gun owners on the laughable story that the whole thing was just an unfortunate mistake! According to Westneat, one of the bill’s sponsors, Democrat Adam Kline “…did not know the bill authorized police searches because he had not read it closely before signing on.” Naturally, ALL prospective laws should be written without paying much attention to what’s in them! And the PRIME sponsor, Democrat Ed Murray, admitted that the language was “probably unconstitutional.” “I have to admit that shouldn’t be in there,” allowed the munificent liberal.

PROBABLY unconstitutional? Here is the 4th Amendment to the Constitution:

"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."

And by the way, MR. Murray, how were your “only ones” to know which homes to enter and search? Could it be that mandatory, statewide gun registration was to become the next in your series of “common sense” gun laws?

But even with the Orwellian language now removed, SB 5737 is an affront to the God-given rights of the American people. After all, the bill still states that, should one inherit an “assault weapon,” he must either dispose of it by allowing law enforcement to confiscate it or permanently disable it. It is government literally authorizing the theft or destruction of personal property. Anyone who objects will be subject to one year in prison.

As for the claim by the bill’s authors that it was a mistake, a misstep? “It’s a “misstep” because they said what they want to do. They gave away what their plan is.” The truth is, “it’s not a misstep, it’s the next step.”Read the full story here.

Video - Poking fun at 'Shotgun Joe Biden', as told by Jimi Hendrix.

Video - NRA President: 'Gun Control is Racist.'

HT: DailyCaller.

"Better a living coward than a dead hero" - Homeland Security training TSA workers to save themselves in shooting.

"Better a living coward than a dead hero" - Homeland Security training TSA workers to save themselves in shooting.(WT).Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint screeners are receiving training to prepare them for the possibility of a mass shooting at one of the agency’s airport checkpoints, and those TSA personnel are being instructed to “save themselves” should a shooting occur.
It is unclear whether the TSA is conducting the reported mass shooting scenario training at airports around the nation or only at the airport where our source, a veteran of the TSA, is assigned. The TSA source claims with obvious concern that his own life, along with the lives of other unarmed TSA personnel, would be in grave danger were an airport checkpoint shooting to unfold.
The TSA screener, who claims to have recently undergone agency training during which TSA personnel were confronted with a chilling checkpoint shooting scenario, now tries to remain aware of how to get out alive were such a shooting to unfold.
“Every day when I arrive for work, I look for an escape route in case someone opens fire,” said the TSA worker. “We have been told to save ourselves.”
Does the TSA already have intelligence about a possible future checkpoint shooting? Reached by phone on Friday, Haskell said that the alleged TSA training for a checkpoint shooting “doesn’t surprise me at all” and voiced fears that the government might be involved in such an incident.
“As a first-hand eyewitness to a proven false flag attack, I know that the government does stage fake attacks to further governmental policy,” Haskell said.
Haskell observes, “An airport is the perfect place setting to stage their play.”
"Terrorism" is defined as the systematic use of terror, especially as a means of coercion. Haskell believes that the government is willing to and has already terrorized the American public by staging fictitious attacks to coerce the acceptance of new government policies.
Extrapolating on that scenario, the acceptance by the public and members of Congress of new gun restrictions would constitute only the latest policy initiative pursued through a program based on the implementation of terror.
A mass shooting at a TSA checkpoint would not only be a tragedy for the families of those passengers and TSA workers killed, but would likely lead to even more calls for gun control measures, as well as discussions of arming TSA workers, propositions that would likely face stiff resistance.
As Americans grow increasingly fatigued by their experiences at TSA checkpoints, there have been calls from some quarters to scale back or eliminate the agency altogether. Read the full story here.

Video - Comedian Bill Burr On Obama, Guns And The NDAA.

HT: DailyBail.

Video - Obama: Some Gun Control Measures 'I Can Accomplish Through Executive Action'

Prominent rifle manufacturer killed in mysterious car crash days after posting psych drug link to school shooters .

Prominent rifle manufacturer killed in mysterious car crash days after posting psych drug link to school shooters.(NN).John Noveske is one of the most celebrated battle rifle manufacturers in America. His rifles, found at www.NoveskeRifleworks.com are widely recognized as some of the finest pieces of American-made hardware ever created. Sadly, John Noveske was killed in a mysterious car crash just a few days ago, on January 4, 2013.

According to the Outdoor Wire, his car "traveled across the oncoming lane onto the dirt highway shoulder until it struck two large boulders. The vehicle rolled and Mr. Noveske was ejected."

But barely a week before this incident, John Noveske posted a lengthy, detailed post on Facebook that listed all the school shootings tied to psychiatric drugs. At the end of the post, he asked, "What drugs was Adam Peter Lanza on?"

That was the last post he ever made

Read the full story here.

Obama's secret plan to reclassify your guns.

Obama's secret plan to reclassify your guns.(WND).President may ban certain firearms with 1 simple move.President Obama, congressional Democrats and even some Republicans plan to push new gun-control legislation in the 113th Congress, but defenders of the Second Amendment fear Obama is poised to enact the restrictions through the Executive Branch if Congress is not cooperative.
John M. Snyder heads GunRightsPolicies.org and has worked for organizations from the National Rifle Association to the Second Amendment Foundation and the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. He said Obama and his allies have already chartered what regulatory course to pursue through the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, or ATF.
“We have some confidential information that he may order the ATF to reclassify certain models of semi-automatic firearms as Title 2 guns under the Gun Control Act of 1968,” Snyder told WND. “What this would mean is that people could not obtain these without going through a terribly difficult process that includes registration of each firearm and paying a severe fee for the ownership of each one.”
Snyder said an even more drastic approach from Obama would be to try to ban semiautomatic weapons altogether.

“Also, there is the possibility that the administration could try to declare that semi-automatic firearms are fully automatic firearms or machine guns under this Title 2, in which case they would be banned because of an amendment that’s on the books, the Gun Control Act of 1968.

Snyder is referring to what’s known as the Hughes Amendment, which forbids the acquisition of any new fully automatic weapons or machine guns.
The possible strategy is not a new idea, according to Snyder. He said liberal groups have advocated the move for years, but Democrats have been reluctant to pursue it because of the massive public backlash that will ensue. Even if the Obama administration were to bypass Congress by imposing new regulations, there is still one card left for pro-Second Amendment forces to play: The House of Representatives could remove funding for the ATF or abolish it completely. But would the House GOP actually do that? Snyder is confident it would.

“I wouldn’t be surprised. I think the House is really furious with the president,” Snyder said. “The Republicans would like to cut budgets of the federal government because they think the federal government is taking too much money and spending too much money, and a good place for them to cut would be in the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. If there is strong enough public support against the activities of the federal government, the House of Representatives will develop a plan to slash the budget of the agency. I think it’s a real possibility.”Hmmmm.....What's to prevent him from installing a 'Gun Czar" once the ATF is 'neutered'?Read the full story here.

Ill. Senate Committee Passes Draconian Gun Restrictions.

Ill. Senate Committee Passes Draconian Gun Restrictions.(NBC).Both Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday night praised an Illinois Senate committee's approval of a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines.
In a party-line vote, the committee approved measures that would ban the possession, delivery, sale and transfer of semiautomatic handguns and rifles, but would allow current owners to keep them. High-capacity ammunition magazines would be restricted.
Quinn said he is very pleased the Public Health Committee took the step. "There is no place in Illinois for weapons designed to rapidly fire at human targets at close range," he said.
In a statement, Emanuel said in order to protect children, families and communities, there is a need for "common-sense laws that provide the residents of our cities with the safety they deserve."
Gun rights groups, however, said the measures go too far and amount to an assault-weapons ban "on steroids."
Democrats are seeking restrictions in the wake of the school massacre in Connecticut last month and mass shootings in Wisconsin and Colorado last year. While the measures were approved by the committee, supporters will have a tougher sell in the full Senate, where downstate Democrats as well as Republicans are more pro-gun.
One measure would ban the possession, delivery, sale and transfer of semiautomatic handguns and rifles. People who currently own such weapons could keep them but would have to register them. The bill would allow semiautomatic weapons to be used at shooting ranges, but those facilities would be regulated.
National Rifle Association lobbyist Todd Vandermyde told lawmakers the bill would restrict about 75 percent of handguns and 50 percent of long guns in circulation today. He also said it would treat law-abiding gun owners like criminals, and is in conflict with Second Amendment rights upheld by the courts.
"I've never seen a piece of legislation that tramples on so many court decisions," Vandermyde said.
The bill's sponsor, Sen. Antonio "Tony" Munoz, disagreed.
"For everyone that says that we're taking away their rights, well then go to the range," the Chicago Democrat told members of the Senate Public Health Committee. The second proposal would limit ammunition magazines and other "ammunition feeding devices" to 10 or fewer rounds. A similar measure received Senate approval in 2007, but the bill's sponsor, Sen. Dan Kotowski, downplayed the idea that a separate effort on shells stood a better chance of passage than the ban on weapons.Read the full story here.

Sen. Feinstein’s proposed 2013 Assault Weapons Ban.

Sen. Feinstein’s proposed 2013 Assault Weapons Ban.(GN).You can view a summary of the proposed bill on Sen. Feinstein’s website. The proposed bill reads like an anti-gun wet dream, a moonshot with no chance of making it.
So the real question is whether or not you contacted your Senators yet today? Because all that this does is give us an actual target to go after when emailing our Senators in the upcoming legislative session. If you’ve a new Senator coming in, email their office right now.
There has been a lot of nonsense going around lately, and a lot of people I know are accepting some kind of new anti-gun legislation as fait accompli. If you want to give up and go get kicked around, that’s your problem. The rest of us will be protecting your gun rights while you whine. Seriously, go email your Senators now. Donate to NRA-ILA. It’s not time to quit, it’s time to saddle up.
Sen. Feinstein’s proposed legislation includes the following provisions:

• Strengthens the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban and various state bans by
• Moving from a 2-characteristic test to a 1-characteristic test
• Eliminating the easy-to-remove bayonet mounts and flash suppressors from the characteristics test
• Banning firearms with “thumbhole stocks” and “bullet buttons” to address attempts to “work around” prior bans
• Bans large-capacity ammunition feeding devices capable of accepting more than 10 rounds.
• Requires that grandfathered weapons be registered under the National Firearms Act

It’s the last bit that indicates this is Sen. Feinstein’s home run swing: grandfathering existing weapons under the NFA? Good luck getting that. It would be basically logistically impossible to make that happen and the level of non-compliance both intentional and accidental would be staggering. Assuming for the moment that’s just a bargaining chip that they threw in there to later get tossed; let’s now take a look at what the bill would actually ban.
For those that don’t remember the original AWB, it banned guns based on a certain number of “military characteristics”, where a gun had to have two or more. The new ban would change that to one or more, and the military characteristics list would look like this:

Rifles
Folding/telescoping stock
pistol grip
Pistols
Magazine that attaches outside the pistol grip
Threaded barrel to attach barrel extender, flash suppressor, handgrip, or suppressor
Barrel shroud that can be used as a hand-hold
Unloaded weight of 50 oz (1.4 kg) or more
Semi-auto shotguns
Folding or telescoping stock
Pistol grip
Fixed capacity of more than 5 rounds
Detachable magazine.

I should note that the lines about pistols and semi-auto shotguns are my conjecture, based on the assumption that the new bill would include all the provisions of the 1994 ban. With the change to one military feature, think about how many guns you have sitting around that would be banned, or for that matter how many accessories. Every USPSA Open gun automatically becomes an assault weapon, because they all have threaded barrels for compensators. A Mossberg 935 Turkey gun becomes an assault weapon because it has a pistol grip.
Make no mistake, this bill is bad. I also don’t think this bill will pass, and I’d like to thank Senator Feinstein’s staff for giving us an actual concrete target. So now, instead of rolling over and playing dead, write your Senators today. There is a link in the top of this post to find and contact your senator, so now is the time for action. Get on the email, make it happen.
Urge your Senators to oppose any proposed assault weapons ban. Be polite, be courteous and be professional, but email them now.

Video - Busted: Mark Levin Exposes Dianne Feinstein On Gun Control.

Video - Democratic Senator Will Introduce New Assault Weapons Ban In January.

Democratic Senator Diane Feinstein said Sunday that she will introduce a new ban on assault weapons when the new Congress convenes next year, and she expects President Barack Obama to support it.

Appearing on Meet The Press in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that killed 26 on Friday, Feinstein, who sponsored the first federal ban on assault weapons which expired in 2004, said she is ready to push to reinstate it.

"It's being done with care, it will be ready on the first day, I'll be announcing House authors, and we'll be prepared to go — and I hope the nation will be prepared to help," she said.

Asked whether Obama will speak out in favor of it, Feinstein said, "I believe he will."

Obama supported reinstating the ban in his 2008 campaign, but invested little political capital in it. White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Friday that the ban "remain[s] a commitment of his," but administration officials have been mum on the type of "meaningful action" Obama will propose in response to the mass shooting.Hmmmm.....Will we hear Pres Obama announce the proposed ban today?

Noted Gun Rights Activist Warns Obama May Skirt Congress and Outlaw Semiautos

Noted Gun Rights Activist Warns Obama May Skirt Congress and Outlaw Semiautos.(IW).By Kurt Nimmo.Second Amendment activist John Snyder writes on his blog today that confidential sources have told him that the Obama administration may attempt to skirt Congress and outlaw semiautomatic firearms and multiple capacity ammunition feeding devices under Title 2 National Firearms Act items under the Gun Control Act of 1968.

“Under this scenario, semiautomatics and high capacity magazines could be acquired only with great difficulty and at great expense by America’s estimated 100 million law-abiding firearms owners,” Snyder explains.
Prior to Obama’s reelection earlier this month, it was rumored that notorious gun-grabber Dianne Feinstein instructed her legal staff to meet with the legal staff over at the BATF to discuss possible legislation outlawing semiautomatic firearms, according to sources cited by The Shooting Wire. The legal staffs reportedly also talked about banning pistol grips and “high-capacity” magazines.
Lawrence G. Keane, Senior Vice President, Assistant Secretary and General Counsel for the National Shooting Sports Foundation, allegedly forwarded information confirming the meeting and its objectives, according to David Codrea.

Snyder writes that congressional Second Amendment supporters are preparing to do battle and defeat any effort by Feinstein to rollback the Second Amendment. In response, the “Obama administration now may order the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to take the classification step. Some gun-grabbers view the designation of Street Sweeper shotguns as Title 2 items during the Clinton administration as precedent for such a move.”
The so-called Street Sweeper was reclassified as a destructive device in 1999 and requires an owner to register it with ATF within 30 days. Failure to do so may result in a $250,000 fine or up to 10 years in prison. Moreover, following the reclassification, the ATF contacted all purchasers of record of the shotguns and told them the weapons are now considered destructive devices and that they must be registered with the government.Read the full story here.

Bill introduced in Ohio would effectively ban concealed carry without repealing it.

Bill introduced in Ohio would effectively ban concealed carry without repealing it.(Buckeyefirearms).This is how they want to circumvent CCW without repealing CCW. This tactic will be coming to your state soon, be aware! You would not even be allowed to have a gun in your own apartment or rented home without permission. 

Article; Two Ohio Democrat State Representatives, Bill Patmon and Ted Celeste, are co-sponsoring a bill “to generally prohibit a person from having a firearm on privately owned land or premises unless the person owns, controls, or resides on or in the land or premises, has permission of the owner or person who controls the land or premises and, if the land or premises is rental property, of the tenant when required, or is the tenant with respect to those premises.” 

The bill specifies that it ”applies to any person, including a concealed handgun licensee.” HB595 would essentially reverse current law, which allows concealed carry on private property unless a sign is posted requesting that law-abiding CHL-holders stay out, and replace it with a requirement that CHLs would need to obtain permission to carry almost anywhere they go. That permission could come in the form of a sign specifically granting permission to CHL-holders, or by the CHL-holder obtaining permission either orally or in writing. The bill would even require non-tenants on rented or leased property to obtain permission to bring a firearm on the property. Short of obtaining that permission, the gun owner orconcealed handgun licensee would not be allowed to go on the property, visit a place of business, or even to keep a gun in their friend’s apartment or place of business (if they lease). Read the full story here. Full bill linked here: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=129_HB_595

Will President Obama Override the Congress on Cybersecurity?Cyber bill has Democratic gun control amendment.

Will President Obama Override the Congress on Cybersecurity?Cyber bill has Democratic gun control amendment. (Heritage).The attempt to pass a comprehensive cybersecurity bill before the summer recess failed today in the Senate, 52–46.
The Cybersecurity Act of 2012 was still not ready for prime time, despite several tries at moderating its more objectionable aspects. With this vote, cybersecurity legislation is not likely to move any further in this Congress.
One of the main rallying points for the opposition to the bill was its use of a regulatory structure at the heart of its provisions. The authors tried to soften it by making the regulatory regime “voluntary,” but they still allowed and encouraged regulatory agencies to make the standards mandatory. Such standards would likely cripple innovation, impose large costs on the private sector, and encourage compliance rather than true security.
Additionally, the bill’s cyber threat information-sharing provisions were heavily flawed due to weak and often conflicting liability protections, as well as the rejection of any assistance from the strongest centers of cyber capabilities: the National Security Agency and the Department of Defense. Forty-six Senators agreed that this was a bad idea.

Though cyber legislation is dead, the concern is now whether the President will override the will of the people and their representatives and simply enact an onerous regulatory structure through executive orders. 

President Obama has shown quite an appetite and willingness to do just this sort of end run around Congress. Regardless of his passion for this issue or his opinion on how this problem should be addressed, the Senate has not been able to find a workable bill, and its vote should be respected. In the meantime, the President still has plenty of work to do to improve federal computer systems.
A regulatory regime enacted by fiat would probably be even worse than the one in the bill.Read the full story here.