California Lawmaker Wants 3-D Printers To Be Regulated - Slashdot
New submitter phrackthat writes with news that California State Senator Leland Yee (D-S.F.) says he wants regulations to track who owns and uses 3-D printers. Yee’s comments come in response to the recent news of Defense Distributed’s successful test-firing of a 3-D printed gun. “He’s concerned that just about anyone with access to those cutting-edge printers can arm themselves. ‘Terrorists can make these guns and do some horrible things to an individual and then walk away scott-free, and that is something that is really dangerous,’ said Yee. He said while this new technology is impressive, it must be regulated when it comes to making guns. He says background checks, requiring serial numbers and even registering them could be part of new legislation that he says will protect the public. Yee added, ‘This particular gun has no trace whatsoever.’”’Basically he believes anyone who owns a 3d printers is automatically a terrorist or a criminal, unless the goverment says otherwise. For our protection. We have to register our property with the goverment and have permission of said goverment to own a 3d printer. What a nice world we live in. Also something I predicted would be tried 3 months ago.
FOX NEWS: Internet Wiretap Proposal (by LibertyPen)
Gun Fiction vs. Gun Facts: What Gun Control Supporters Don’t Know (by ReasonTV)
Police State Show Of Force Not Working
For first time in 17 years most Americans reject government crack down
Steve Watson
Infowars.com
April 25, 2013In two separate polls conducted following the Boston bombings, most Americans have said that they do not support expanded government surveillance or an infringement on civil liberties.
A Fox News poll asked respondents “Would you be willing to give up some of your personal freedom in order to reduce the threat of terrorism?”
In response, 45 percent said they would not be willing to sacrifice some of their liberties, compared to 43 percent of (shee)people who said they would.
That number is down from 54 percent on figures from 2006, and down from a high of 71 percent the month after the 9/11 attacks in 2001.
It also represents the first time since 1996 that more people are unwilling to give up freedoms than those who are willing, indicating that Americans are increasingly rejecting government invasion into their privacy in the name of fighting terrorism.
Only 27 percent of respondents said they feared another terrorist attack, while 58 percent said they were simply angry about the attack. 81 percent said their everyday lives would not be changed after the bombings.
A separate Washington Post poll found that more Americans were concerned that the government would go too far in investigating terrorism than that it would not go far enough, by a margin of 48 percent to 41 percent.
57 percent said that they were not confident in the government’s ability to prevent terrorist attacks, with just 15 percent saying they had a “great deal” of confidence in the government.
95 percent said they did not leave work early or stay at home after the attacks, and 92 percent said they were not avoiding crowded or public places because of a risk of terrorism.
Both polls were conducted before Friday’s martial law style city wide lockdown.
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Steve Watson is the London based writer and editor for Alex Jones’ Infowars.com, andPrisonplanet.com. He has a Masters Degree in International Relations from the School of Politics at The University of Nottingham, and a Bachelor Of Arts Degree in Literature and Creative Writing from Nottingham Trent University.
Breaking: Pentagon Confirms May Court Martial Soldiers Who Share Christian Faith
The Pentagon has released a statement confirming that soldiers could be prosecuted for promoting their faith: “Religious proselytization is not permitted within the Department of Defense…Court martials and non-judicial punishments are decided on a case-by-case basis…”.
The statement, released to Fox News, follows a Breitbart News report on Obama administration Pentagon appointees meeting with anti-Christian extremist Mikey Weinstein to develop court-martial procedures to punish Christians in the military who express or share their faith.
(From our earlier report: Weinstein is the head of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, and says Christians—including chaplains—sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ in the military are guilty of “treason,” and of committing an act of “spiritual rape” as serious a crime as “sexual assault.” He also asserted that Christians sharing their faith in the military are “enemies of the Constitution.”)
Being convicted in a court martial means that a soldier has committed a crime under federal military law. Punishment for a court martial can include imprisonment and being dishonorably discharged from the military.
So President Barack Obama’s civilian appointees who lead the Pentagon are confirming that the military will make it a crime—possibly resulting in imprisonment—for those in uniform to share their faith. This would include chaplains—military officers who are ordained clergymen of their faith (mostly Christian pastors or priests, or Jewish rabbis)—whose duty since the founding of the U.S. military under George Washington is to teach their faith and minister to the spiritual needs of troops who come to them for counsel, instruction, or comfort.
This regulation would severely limit expressions of faith in the military, even on a one-to-one basis between close friends. It could also effectively abolish the position of chaplain in the military, as it would not allow chaplains (or any service members, for that matter), to say anything about their faith that others say led them to think they were being encouraged to make faith part of their life. It’s difficult to imagine how a member of the clergy could give spiritual counseling without saying anything that might be perceived in that fashion.
In response to the Pentagon’s plans, retired Lt. Gen. Jerry Boykin, who is now executive vice president of the Family Research Council (FRC), said on Fox & Friends Wednesday morning:
It’s a matter of what do they mean by “proselytizing.” …I think they’ve got their defintions a little confused. If you’re talking about coercion that’s one thing, but if you’re talking about the free exercise of our faith as individual soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines, especially for the chaplains, they I think the worst thing we can do is stop the ability for a soldier to be able to exercise his faith.”
FRC has launched a petition here which has already collected over 30,000 signatures, calling on Secretary Hagel is stop working with Weinstein and his anti-Christian organization to develop military policy regarding religious faith.
**UPDATE**
The FRC petition has now exceeded more than 40,000 signatures at the time of this update.
Breitbart News legal columnist Ken Klukowski is senior fellow for religious liberty with the Family Research Council and on faculty at Liberty University School of Law.
The Bostom Bombing and my 2 cents.
Regardless of who is reasonable, like a mad middle east bomber, Our own government or a lone insane bomber or an accident. There will be only one group who will be blamed for this action. It would be us people who do not believe in big government who believe in traditional liberties and rights. CNN is already starting to do this. Saying it was a anti government right wing group who is reasonable.
You can make a bet Obama will find a way of using this to push his anti rights bills and executive orders through. The Southern Poverty Law Center would surly use this for their political aims at slandering of any who is against big brother. Along with any other leftest think tank you can think of. Along with their puppets in Congress.
I dread the next couple of weeks as this blows up and more of our rights will be forcibly taken from our hands for the sake of security and safety or any other excuses our so called leaders in Washington can use to pass laws and regulations on the rest of us.
Penn & Teller Bullshit! - Gun Control - S03E09(18+).flv (by TheLiberatedearth)
Title: Gun Control: History, Philosophy and Ethics
A good run down on why outlawing guns won’t work and would even be counter productive when it comes to valiance. This video is done by Freedomain Radio.
A must watch!
I think it is time to abanden the NRA.
With the NRA’s new desire to make us in to a police state to save our rights keep and bare arms is the last draw. We should not make the world the much worse, giving the government more power to rape us.
To put government police into every school is asking for trouble. All I can think of is what if the TSA was running our school security? I would guarantee the people would support this plane would give these police more protection from their actions, like what the TSA currently enjoys.
The what is insulting the so called man who believes in our rights, Wayne LaPierre, then blames everything under the sun, like video games on this action. With the exception of the parents and the over dosing our public on drugs.
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I and others have believed the NRA is a controlled opposition. To give us a fake choice. If this action does not prove it I don’t know what would. I if I were the gun loving public, join a group like the Gun Owners of America. Larry Pratt is a far more honest man and his believes in all liberties, and not just the one that gives us the rights to guns.
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Leave the NRA, it has lost its way and is going to sell us out, all while claiming they are defending our rights and liberties.
- NRA calls for armed guards in schools to prevent gun violence - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)
- Gun-control compromise called likely - San Francisco Chronicle (sfgate.com)
- Obama responds to petitions against gun violence (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com)
- NRA idea for schools called costly, risky - San Francisco Chronicle (sfgate.com)
- Disarming the American People (lewrockwell.com)
- The Anti-Gun Movement Is Doomed (lewrockwell.com)
ObamaCare Supports Euthanasia (by TheJohnBirchSociety)
From The John Birch Society:
In this week’s news video update, JBS CEO Art Thompson discusses: how ObamaCare supports euthanasia; how super-rich Americans, such as Andrew Carnegie, have promoted communism; how Russia has greatly expanded its treason laws; how a new video by the Smithsonian continues to tear down the public image of Joe McCarthy; how China is supposedly “rethinking” their one-child-per-family policy; and how the mainstream media is trying to convince Americans to give up on our election system.
Nigel Farage on council racism towards forster family and UKIP (24Nov12) (by liarpoliticians)
Yup, if you have the wrong political views you can’t have kids. How much longer before this spreads to childbirth? The next question, when will this spread to us here in the USA? This is big goverment and big brother at work.
Lawrence O’Donnell on Why He Does Not Report on Espionage Act & NDAA (by wearechange)
Michael Coren with Jessie Sansone: Arrested over a picture of a gun (by SDAMatt2a)
Four months after arresting and strip-searching a man because his four-year-old daughter drew a picture of him shooting monsters and bad guys, police in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont., have apologized to the young family.
In their internal review of 26-year-old Jessie Sansone’s arrest, Waterloo Regional Police said they did everything right — except their method of search.
“The results of this review have determined that Waterloo Regional Police officers acted in accordance with the law by arresting Mr. Sansone and made every effort to preserve his dignity and the safety of this community,” said Chief Matt Torigian.
“However, the review also found that due to a miscommunication in the processing of Mr. Sansone, he was subjected to a Thorough Search instead of a less intrusive Frisk Search— an oversight which we regret.”
Torigan said he and Deputy Chief Thomlison met with, and personally apologized to, Sansone for the impact his arrest had on his family.
Sansone, however, said sorry’s not enough.
“I am a forgiving person, but this isn’t just about me. It’s not just my own family. This was a whole system that crashed down on us, and it was all because of a four-year-old’s drawing,” he said. “They could have just talked with me instead. This can’t be allowed to happen to my neighbour, to another family.”
In February, the father of four was met at his children’s school by police officers, who arrested him for possession of a firearm.
He was taken to the station in handcuffs and strip-searched while his home was searched and his pregnant wife was questioned. His children were picked up at the school by social workers and taken across town for questioning.
Cops stripped Sansone naked and had him lift his testicles so officers could see under them, turn around, and bend over.
All of this started when his daughter Nevaeh, in junior kindergarten, drew a picture of her dad shooting bad guys on a classroom white board.
The ensuing conversation between the teacher and the tot lead the teacher to believe there was a handgun within reach of the children at home.
The school called family services who, in turn, called police.
Police found nothing in the home other than an empty plastic gun sold at Canadian Tire for $16. The toy was meant to propel peppercorn-sized plastic beads — something the family never had in the house.
“Although not crucial at the time of the arrest, the Air Soft Pistol that was located has the capability to fire a projectile at approximately 180 feet per second and if pointed at someone may constitute a criminal offence and could most certainly cause injury if used carelessly,” reads the police report.
Neither the school nor family services have apologized. The school board maintained it had the children’s welfare in mind because school officials “co-parent” students.
The family is trying to retain a lawyer.
Sansone will speak with Michael Coren on Sun News Network on Thursday in his first TV interview since his arrest.
Even though Dennis Kucinich always ended up supporting the Democratic warmonger presidential candidate, the party decided to get rid of this voice for peace and civil liberties through gerrymandering. He’s no Ron Paul—Dennis is a socialist, for example—but he was often an ally for Ron on war and the police state. Dennis, now that you are freed from politics, I hope you start an organization to promote peace and civil liberties. Let the crazed protectionist Marcy Kaptur have the congress.
UN Pushes Plan To Assume Internet Governance Role
From Slashdot:
no0b writes with an Op-Ed by the FCC Commisioner on a UN plan to gain more control over Internet regulation. From the article: “On Feb. 27, a diplomatic process will begin in Geneva that could result in a new treaty giving the United Nations unprecedented powers over the Internet. Dozens of countries, including Russia and China, are pushing hard to reach this goal by year’s end. As Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said last June, his goal and that of his allies is to establish ‘international control over the Internet’ through the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a treaty-based organization under U.N. auspices. ” BoingBoing offers a slightly different perspective; The Register offers a quite different perspective.
And people thought censorship was an issue now. What do you think would happen if the UN gets its hooks into it. Plus UN hates free market trade. They will do anything possible to hamper that on the internet. Like over the top regulation.
The UN also for a long time wanted to enact a internet tax. With them assuming control. They could very well do that. One of these taxes they would love to do is based around e-mail.
The World Trade Origination who came up with the ACTA treaty is an arm of the UN. With the UN controlling the internet. They can enact the ACTA with out any support from other nations. They can do it all on their own. Scary idea.
They could also enact controls over free speech. Like banning conspiracy theory’s, like what Cass Sunstein has wanted to for a while. Or halt free speech because it hurts some one else feelings.
UN, leave it be!!!!
