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Before I get started with today’s blog post I want to send out a big WAY TO GO to the crew of the Maersk Alabama a US flagged cargo ship carrying aid supplies to Kenya. After being boarded by Somali pirates the American crew managed to repel the boarders even though they were unarmed and retake control of the vessel.
Unfortunately the captain of the ship was taken away by the pirates as a prisoner. The captain and his family are in our prayers for a safe return today. I fervently hope that our President and the US navy and marine personnel now in the area go get our skipper back and put an end to all of this Somali Piracy B.S. now on to the business at hand.
This blog is about our brothers-in-arms across the big spit there in the UK and their own anti terror efforts. First off make no mistake these guys are very good at dealing with terrorists, having had somewhat of a problem with them in Ireland for the last couple of centuries. While I don’t necessarily agree with British policies in Ireland I can admire and respect the talents of their counter terror units.
We are not the only nation in the western hemisphere to have felt the sting of being attacked on our own soil, and having our people murdered by Islamic radicals. Both Spain and the United Kingdom have suffered the attacks of these Islamo-fascist cowards also. However the UK has seemed better equipped than the Spaniards to deal with radical Islamists, and the UK didn’t run away from the fight in the Middle East.
The men of these often unseen and rarely ever heard of counter terror teams in the UK have been responsible for actually being our first line of defense against Islamic terrorists by bearing the brunt of their cowardly and rabid attacks against civilized society on UK soil. Yet with bulldog determination the Brits keep pushing back and fighting harder against those animals sending them to their promised 70 virgins as if it was a holy command to do so.
Yesterday they managed to round up another 12 suspects of Pakistani descent in raids in the cities of Manchester, Liverpool, and the surrounding areas. The suspects ranged in age from a teenager to a 41 year old man and were arrested under the Terrorism Act in the UK. However the police could not release many details about the alleged plot because the operation is still ongoing.
Can you believe that with the service and piece of mind their efforts give our nation, that our President would insult them by returning the bust of Winston Churchill? Not only that but give a cheap collection DVDs in exchange for a priceless Pen holder made from the remains of the HMS President, a 19th century British warship. Let us not forget the IPOD that Michelle Obama gave the queen, as if she really needed it or didn’t have one of her own.
I’m here to tell you that it is about time President Obama figured out who his real allies are, and stop catering to all of the despotic dictators and Middle Eastern radicals that he is so fond of. As he is also so fond of pointing out our standing around the world is not good, so maybe we should hold on to and cherish the few real friends that we still have out there. I would say that the United Kingdom is a good place to start remembering who our great allies are.
That’s all I have for you today my Friends but I will be back for the T.G.I.F. post. Have a grand Thursday and CIAO4NOW!!!!!
Gun rights are a touchy subject for people in this country. The reason for this is because it involves two very different points of view by gun rights supporters and gun control activists. Politically it widens the divide between both major political parties in our country on ideological grounds making this topic severely partisan in nature.
For the most part the Republicans are all for gun rights with the proper legislation in place to guarantee that those who are convicted felons, mentally unstable, not legal residents of the US or citizens, or involved in violence related litigation such as domestic violence never have legal access to firearms. They believe that the 2nd amendment guarantees our citizens the legal right to keep and bear arms. Most also believe in a citizens right to carry firearms concealed. They fervently believe that private gun ownership helps to deter gun crime.
On the side of the coin the Democrats with very few exceptions believe in no gun rights at all for US citizens. They believe that laws similar to those enacted in the UK some years back and in Australia a little over a year ago banning private gun ownership is the way to go. Failing that they want the toughest gun control laws possible to help restrict private gun ownership in the US. Their reason being that no guns no gun crime or very little gun crime.
Using the UK and Australia as a window to our future with their type of gun laws, and as test cases for this argument I have taken the time to do a little research. What I have found out about the success of their governments gun laws and the effects that they have on gun related crimes does not surprise me. I am sure that it would surprise those on one side of this argument for sure though.
In the UK there has not been a total ban on all firearms yet. However their gun laws are so restrictive as to type, caliber, and barrel length as to make it all but impossible to purchase a firearm in that country. The result of these laws being that while the law abiding citizens have followed the rule of law there and have surrendered all banned weapons required the criminal element has not.
This has created an environment where the criminals act with virtual impunity against their victims because the are almost certainly assured that their victims are unarmed and incapable of defending themselves with the same force being used against them by the criminals. It was noted by shadow Home Secretary David Davis that gun related killings and injuries reported by police had risen more than fourfold since 1998. In 1998/1999 crimes involving guns went from 13,874 to 24,070 and have stayed steady at this rate until the present.
In Australia the figures do not bode well for their citizens either. Nation wide for them homicides are up 6.2 percent, Assaults are up 9.6 percent, and armed robberies are up a staggering 44 percent. The data preceding the ban for the twenty five previous years showed a steady decreased in gun crimes each year. Yet since the ban went into effect down under there has even been a dramatic increase in break-ins and assaults on the elderly while the resident is at home. These numbers exist because the criminal elements that employ firearms are definitely assured that their victims are unarmed.
Taking all of this information into account and looking at the current administration and their cohorts on the hill, it concerns me greatly that there may be a concerted effort in the near future within our own borders to attempt the same sort of legislation that has been adopted either in the UK or Australia. I just thank god for the 5-4 majority of the US Supreme Court who ruled the DC gun ban as unconstitutional. However we need to hope that our President does not appoint more than one new justice while in office or we may wind up looking like those countries I have researched.
That is all I have for you guys today. I hope you take the time to consider what was said here today and take an informed stand on the 2nd amendment and preserve our nation’s and citizen’s historic right to keep and bear arms. Have a fabulous day my friends, CIAO4NOW!!!!!
