The Honorable Senator John Cornyn, State of Texas
United States Senate
517 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Re: Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and that agencies preparation for war against citizens of the United States of America
Dear Senator Cornyn,
It is with gravest concern that I write to you today concerning the recent appropriation of weapons by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that can only be understood as a bold threat of war by that agency, and the Obama administration, against the citizens of the United States of America. To date, DHS has been unwilling to provide to you, the elected representatives of the People, justification for recent purchases of almost 3,000 mine-resistant ambush-protected (MRAP) armored personnel carriers, 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition (with associated weapons), and other weapons systems, when, in fact, the DHS has no war mission or war making authority within the limits of the United States of America . . .
Significant is the fact that at the same time the Obama administration is arming his DHS for war within the limits of the United States against the People of the United States in accordance with his 2008 campaign speech claiming,
“We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we’ve set. We’ve gotta (sic) have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well funded [as the United States military]”–Candidate Barack Obama, 2008.
The Obama administration is deliberately defunding, overextending, and hollowing the Department of Defense; the only legitimate agency of the U.S. government with a war mission.
This act of the Obama administration stands as a glaring threat of war against our nation’s citizens! This act of the Obama administration can only be understood as a tyrannical threat against the Constitution of the United States of America! If left unresolved, the peace loving citizens who have sworn to defend the United States Constitution “against all enemies, both foreign and domestic” are left no option except to prepare to defend themselves, and the U.S. Constitution, against this Administration’s “coup” against the People and the foundations of liberty fought for and defended for the past 238 years. We have no choice if we honor our oaths.
The only proper response to this threat against the American people is for the representatives of the People, the members of the U.S. House and Senate, to demand in clear terms that the Administration cannot ignore, that the Department of Homeland Security immediately surrender their newly appropriated weapons of war to the Department of Defense (DoD).
Further, since the DHS has assumed a position in the Administration to enforce the tyrannical acts of this president against the People of the United States against the limits of the United States Constitution, it remains for the United States Congress to exercise its limiting power in the balancing of powers established by our founding fathers, to disestablish and dissolve the DHS as soon as possible.
One needs only to look to the rise of Adolf Hitler, and his associated DHS organizations, the SA and the SS, of 1932-1934, to see the outcome of allowing an agency of government this kind of control over the free citizens of a nation. The people of Germany could not have imagined, until it was too late, the danger of allowing a tyrant this kind of power. We must not be so naïve as to think it will not happen to us as well if we remain passive toward this power grab by the Marxist Obama administration!
Finally, for more than two centuries the nation has lived in peace at home because of the protections of our legitimate military and the many appropriate state and federal law enforcement agencies, supported by Constitutional courts. We stand today at a cross-road. Will we allow this present Administration to overthrow our United States Constitution and its legal processes to amend injustices, or, will we honor our obligations to defend the Constitution against a “domestic” enemy?
Our Constitution lays out the proper methods of resolving our differences; and it does not include its overthrow by a rogue agency of a Marxist leadership at home. You, sir, are our constitutionally elected agent to defend our Constitution at home. We are counting upon you. We remain aware, however, of this present threat and will not expose ourselves as an easy prey to the authors of the destruction of our nation.
I know that this letter demands much of you. We elected you because we, the citizens of the State of Texas, believe that you are up to the task at hand and will, against all threats, honor your oath and office. We are also writing to your fellow members of the House and Senate to stand in integrity with the Constitution and against this present threat by the Obama administration and his DHS.
We refuse to surrender our Constitution or our nation!
Resolved,
Captain Terry M. Hestilow
United States Army, Retired
Fort Worth, Texas
March 23, 2013
I have gone through the process of obtaining a Q clearance, while it takes the G-Men time to complete the requirements of this top security clearance, the items included in the firearms purchase checks, are within this check. It is a lie to say anyone can walk in and purchase any firearm. When a web site lie’s on anything they cannot be trusted for any information. Thank you,
Now we just need an active duty military officer to say something like that.
Really? Do you really want a military that can’t be trusted to stay out of politics?
The good Captain is at serious risk of rightfully losing some retirement pay for using his rank and uniform for politics.
So….we hate the political retired brass on our side too?
This guy reads a lot of infowars
huh. It feels like everything I’ve read lately feels like last years’ Infowars posts.
Jones is either a shameless self-promoter or the canary in the mine….on second thought, maybe he’s both….
You must be from another country. This guy hit it on the head.
Obama is a tyrant, HWBush stated it in his New world Order speech.
Why the hell do you think the civilian disarmament plan is so important to Obama.WOW…. better get on board, were gonna need all the help we can get!
Out friggin standing!
If indeed this is not an April Fool’s joke, there is a whole lot of hope to be had if Congress actually goes on a mission to demand the surrender of the armaments that appear to have no purpose other than sustained combat here at home.
If they actually look into this, it will cast his gun control vigil in the light it actually reflects in.
I’ll be glad when It’s April 2.
…for more than two centuries the nation has lived in peace at home because of the protections of our legitimate military…
Really? Then why has the US military deliberately killed more US civilians than any other organization in history? Even George Washington sent the US Army to kill tax protestors in the Whiskey Rebellion. Or the 2 women and 9 children burned alive in the Ludlow Massacre.
“To hell with the constitution, we aren’t going by the constitution.”
-Maj. Thomas McClellend
“Habeas corpus be damned, we’ll give ’em post mortems.”
-Gen. Sherman Bell
I agree with everything except the Marxist remarks. If anything we’re headed towards a hell of a fascist state. Last time I checked, Marxists don’t believe in giving corporations unchecked powers (just look at the whole Monsanto debacle).
You are correct, sir. If anything we are headed for a oligarchical state where a few mega corporations (Google, Monsanto, et al) control the nation and citizens are reduced to a proletariat designed to feed the beasts. The crony capitalism we have now is just as dirty as Marxism.
How long before this man is destroyed by Obama?
Obama and his administration won’t even give a crap. Some lower tier folks might get all huffy and puffy about it and attack the guy, but frankly, when the rubber hits the road, nobody gives a crap what a retired o-3 has to say.
I wonder if it’s at the new lucky gunner prices of +400%…. cute joke… F-them.
Here is fruit of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell being repealed. What a sissy.
I was told a few years back that depleted uranium ammo was toxic and illegal for civilians to own?!?!? The guy that told me could have been nuts, so I am asking.
Who needs Uranium when you can use any number of calibers loaded with Unobtanium?
Remember this A Pistol Is something That You use After you have lost the Ability to have your Hands on A good Rifle. SUA_SPONTA.
Why didn’t they make mass shooting illegal too
Already looking at job openings in other states…
What do you do? Tennessee is great. I moved from Connecticut and my jaw dropped when I learned how much I didnt know about guns (what is legal vs what I thought wasnt).
4.5% unemployment in NE Iowa
You guys are fucked.
That is a BIG sh!t sammich…
I don’t think this will make things any better. The military (DOD) recruiting commercials I have been seeing lately have a line in there about following the orders (no mention of how cheerfully) of those above them. Kind of like the DHS indoctrination films featured here recently. The divider in chief is dividing the armed element of the government from the general population. The DHS is fast becoming a domestic military for federal enforcement of “laws and regulations” but considering how top brass have been questioned regarding firing on civilians, what’s the difference which branch of the government is squeezing the trigger or flying the drones?
It’s like a bad reality TV show. New York was the first ones to play the game, and Conneticutt is the current contestant. Next weeks episode: California.
And here I was hoping that drones would be the new zombie.
How about drone kits with attachments for the soon to be disenfranchised gun owners.
Could there be a new business opportunity emerging?
Hey, LOOK! Somebody dressed up their Afghan!!
I will never live in any of those states mentioned…ever…. If my state were ever to pass such a stupid and unconstitutional law, I would mail the governor of my state announcing that my property is no longer part of the state and they therefore have no right to regulate what I have on my property. I would therefore keep my stuff in my house and that’s that. I’d hate it, but it’s my house. The only people I answer to on my property is GOD and my wife.
All the fence sitters that got behind the crying soccer mom’s in CT are about to get exactly what they deserve – complete and total disarmament.
You voted these people into office because they were mute on gun policies but strongly supported the oh-so-important social policies that you were concerned with and now they are doing EXACTLY WHAT WE TOLD YOU THEY WOULD DO – they are turning on you and selling you out.
Reap what you sow CT. Maybe next election you will learn to sniff out the lies of the liberals.
Does this means I will not be able to build an AR-15 with the lower I got for my birthday anymore?
This is just a bill, no ? It can be defeated. The battle shifts to CT. Shame. I once thought I could escape NY by moving to CT.
Well… this guy with an “ample ammo stash” is SITTING TIGHT. I haven’t bought a single overpriced round of ammo during this panic period.
I believe ammo will reach a similar “saturation point.” I’m looking forward to bargains in the future. But, meanwhile, as I said… sitting tight.
I’m very glad that I “dollar-cost-averaged” ammo purchase over the last four years. I watched for online sales and bought, even though I didn’t “need” it. Also made regular visits to Walmart (mostly bought bricks of .22LR).
I’m SET for a while. And, I’m confident the pendulum will swing the other way for ammo. In fact, I predict that prices for ammo will go BELOW pre-panic prices. Just gotta wait it out.
I don’t see anything about mail-ordering ammunition. Surely it won’t be allowed?
i went out and tried to buy a now-Cali-legal auto-loader (which i don’t currently own). backlogged 16 months. our only hope is a lawsuit that these clearly violate the 2A. (the SCOTUS ruled that handguns cannot be banned because they are common; so are auto-loaders.)
I owned a 1st generation P250. I shot close to 500 rounds(.40 S&W) without a problem. I shot some reloads and the extractor blew off. I called Sig and talked to one of the gunsmiths and explained what had happened. He very graciously allowed me to buy the replacement kit with new frame at a very reasonable price. I have since shot over 1000 rounds without a failure to feed or eject. I have stuck with factory ammo and am very satisfied with the P250 compact. It is a very accurate pistol. I’m an old revolver guy and I instantly fell in love with the trigger pull. I will most assuredly buy the 9mm kit and possibly the .357 Sig kit.
What do you expect? New Yorkers can’t have guns floating around their dachas.
Can I get some in .50BMG?
All of these new requirements… Chances are Nancy Lanza would have passed all of them with flying colors. I also suspect chances are high the new mental health provisions wouldn’t have done much for Adam, either. So Nancy still would have her guns, Adam would still be unstable, the kids would still be completely defenseless, but millions of Connecticut residents would be stripped of their rights.
Awesome.
Unbelievable if I’m reading things right that with passage of this carrying more than 10 rounds in a pistol magazine is going to be classified as a class D felony. In other words … if I legally conceal carry a Glock G23 with a fully loaded standard magazine I will be a FELON in Connecticut? Are you SHITTING me?!
It is based on the myth that if the shooter in Newtown had fewer rounds in each mag, somehow, someone would have been saved.
It is feel good legislation pressed by the anti-gun lobby and the Democrats. MAIG came to town and whispered into the ears the parents of Newtown. They believed the lies and then pressed to have stupid laws passed that will do absolutely “nothing”
Once again, criminals WILL NOT comply. The state WILL NOT peruse the penalties (it was proven with an OLR report) and the parents will live in fantasy land thinking they did “something” — and they have to believe the lie because that is all they have and the politicians have to keep feeding the lie to be elected. At the end, the gun owners loose and the criminals win.
For that much shooting maybe some gloves would be of benefit?
Welcome to CT. It was merely a matter of time.
The 2A and the CT State Constitution are both being raped right now. In full view.
Enough.
This fight has just been started. For real.
Long Live the Republic, indeed.
I see a lot of Carl shot first memes in the future.
The guy was in no hurry to drop his weapon. I agree, he hesitated. Maybe he would have lunged at Carl, maybe he would have dropped his weapon, but he waited to long and spooked Carl. But Hershel has to be the overly sensitive grandpa type because that’s how he’s type cast.
I’m new to this web site within the last four months. I found it doing research for a particular gun i was hoping to read about in the upcoming 2013 shot show. Now i am truly addicted to this site. The number one reason i keep coming back is the sheer number of articles you guys post each day. Keep up the good work.
“In fact, the firearm in the single best tool a law-abiding person can use to protect innocent life when facing an attack by someone who doesn’t respect the sanctity of human life.”
They will never understand that logic. Ever. I have tried and failed repeatedly, believe me. Ms Foster and her fellow hippies are wired differently. They are sheep. Permanent and forever. They are future victims living in a fantasy world and even when they are attacked, they blame themselves or society. They represent, oh, I don’t know, 10%, 15% of society? Romney took a beating for saying the 47% who vote Obama were not his concern, but he was right. They would never vote for him and trying to change them was a waste of resources. Like that example, Ms Foster and her demographic, will never be convinced, and thus, it is a complete waste of time to try and change their minds. They are simply emotional creatures who value feelings over logic. Destined to be a future victim and dependent on Government for their safety.
Old broad with drugstore clip-on shades? What would I ever listen to that?
What’s worse than bringing a knife to a gunfight?
Bringing harsh words to a gunfight. Which is what happens if the only guy with the gun is a bad guy.
I have to agree with former posters…A man who wouldn’t even salute our flag…???…His wife says for the first time in her adult life she’s proud of her country?.??….Boy what warning signals…A light went off in my head…. And people voted for him ?.??…I think I’d just keep it to yourself, because you people have destroyed our country…You get what you deserve, but a tragedy the rest of us have to suffer for your ignorance…
1. Move. Stop giving Tax dollars to your F**** up state
A. Realize it’s not going to get better in your lifetime
2. If you are stuck there
A. Get any and all fire arm licenses, carry permits, ect
B. If somehow, your state allows you to get SBR, Suppersors, Pre 1986 Machine guns, and you can do it, do it
C. Take a newbie shooting
D. Write down any and all lawmakers who supported Gun Bans, and make sure you and everyone you knows who votes, knows not to vote for them
3. Shotguns, lots of them. Lever Action Rifles. Glocks, MPs, XDs and all the scary guns you can buy
Great another idiots with guns show on the strangled cat music channel.
“Not to mention the 500-pound amphetamine-crazed gorilla in the room: terrorists. (Cough Fort Hood cough.)”
RF – Are you trying to make me man crush on you?
Uh, you missed an opportunity. There are some laws which can prevent spree killings, or mitigate their effects.
-Elimination of gun-free zones.
– Shall issue CCW.
– Prohibit publication of the spree killers name and information in follow-on reporting.
– Eliminating all records of the shooters existence, right down to school attendance and birth certificate. From Wikepedia- Damnatio memoriae is the Latin phrase literally meaning “condemnation of memory” in the sense of a judgment that a person must not be remembered. It was a form of dishonor that could be passed by the Roman Senate upon traitors or others who brought discredit to the Roman State. The intent was to erase someone from history, a task somewhat easier in ancient times, when documentation was much sparser.
Since spree killers exploit gun-free zones, eliminating them will prevent many spree killers from attempting this act. Promoting CCW will always raise the possibility to the spree killer that they will be rapidly confronted and prevented from killing enough people to gain noteriety. How many here can remember the names of those attempting spree killings who were confronted and stopped after ‘only’ a couple of victims. An attempt was made at a mall about the time of the Aurora/Newton shootings. Without googling, anybody remember the fiends’ name?
– The motive for these folks is notoriety, fame, even post-humously. If they knew that not only wouldn’t the act be associated with their name for eternity, but the result would be the elimination of any and all records of their existence, I personally believe this would go a long way towards addressing the motive.
Hate to come in so late, but better late than never. I served under a Capt. when I was a 2nd lt. The man had been a reserve officer as the Desk Sgt of the MP unit at Ft Benning for many years, and was a damn fine MP unit commander in Germany. As to the arming of HLS: Why? Reminds me of the Brown Shirts that Hitler formed and used to suppress opposition to his Third Reich. Needs Congressional investigation I think.
FLAME DELETED Nothing prohibits a retired military man from using his rank, uniform, and position (retired) to promote personal goals. He is NOT running for office. You might want to find out what the hell your talking about before you say bogus crap to people on a web site. They may be stupid enough to believe you and get intimidated and stop protesting….. or is that your goal? Perhaps you are working for Homeland Security to go around these blogs ans spew crap like that to intimidate people. Shut up….. fool.
What is that bar thing in between the fire selector and mag release? I’d goggle it, but honestly, I have no idea what to search for.