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Home Visiting Laws Threaten Parental Rights Nationwide

April 8, 2019

by Karen R. Effrem, MD

From The National Pulse

This story is bad news for freedom lovers in America. Here is the disturbing part:

"Any parent knows that there are a myriad of views on a whole range of parenting issues from discipline to if, how and when children are evaluated and treated for social, emotional issues when the screening instruments are admitted to be far from reliable. These differences are exacerbated by cultural differences among the many ethnic groups that may be receiving home visits."

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Gun Parts Store Owner Claims ATF Tried to Make a Secret Deal for the Names of His Customers

The ATF “is conducting a lawful criminal investigation of the illegal manufacture, distribution, sale, and possession of AR-15 variant lower receivers, which are considered firearms under the Firearms Control Act,” the federal agency said in its ex parte application.

The federal agency in its application referred to the receivers in question as “firearms,” a designation Karras claims is outright false.

“It’s not a firearm,” he said on Real News. “The ATF knows the information that they put in their determination letter is false. It’s incorrect. It’s based on fiction. It’s a fantasy. They already know that.”

Because I am not an attorney, I won't try to tell you if the gun parts store CEO, Dimitri Karras, is correct or not. The ATF was saying a certain gun part that the store was selling violated Federal law. That is part of this case that is in question. But the biggest question is whether or not the ATF really needed to carry out a raid on the store locations with guns drawn, and then confiscated not just the gun parts, but all of the store's computers, which of course, had the customer information on them.

This story is being brought to you here because of the highly questionable motives and tactics of this federal agency, known as the ATF.  Below, you will see a video of an interview segment on Fox News Network's "Real Story," with guest host Jenna Lee filling in for Gretchen Carlson.

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There was also an interview of Dimitri Karras on TheBlazeTV's Real News (a coincidence?) with Buck Sexton. But, for some reason, TheBlazeTV video embed code isn't working, so here is the link to it.

By now, I am sure, you probably got the gist. Not only is the U.S. government crossing the line when it comes to the 2nd Amendment, they are also willing to assault the 4th Amendment. What happened to Dimitri Karras can happen to any of us. Keep that in mind. But, don't be afraid. You are not alone. We surround you. Just sayin'...

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Gun Parts Store Owner Claims ATF Tried to Make a Secret Deal for the Names of His Customers

By Becket Adams

March 19, 2014 ~ 12:25pm

On TheBlaze.com

The CEO of a gun parts store in California on Monday accused the ATF of trying to obtain the names of nearly 5,000 of his customers by striking a secret deal with him.

Agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives “basically said, ‘Listen, we know you’re a legitimate business. We know you’re doing everything fine. Hand over the list of names, hand over this particular product that we have now deemed to be a firearm and everything’s going to be fine. Nobody will know about it. It will be swept under the rug,’” Ares Armor owner Dimitrios Karras said.

Karras, whose store was raided over the weekend by federal agents, made the claim during an interview on TheBlaze TV’s Real News.

“‘Nobody’s going to know that you handed over these names.’”

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VIDEO: Chilling news story of the FCC News Police

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Obama's bogus NSA plans mean nothing ~ By Larry Klayman

So President Obama’s sham proposals are just that – a ruse to lull the American people to sleep as his NSA continues to rape and pillage our privacy rights and to act as a sword to keep us silenced as he socializes and Muslimizes the nation to his designs.

It thus falls on us to continue to litigate our cases to a successful conclusion against Obama and the NSA, as this one heroic judge, Richard J. Leon, of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, is the primary hope to protect the citizenry from the tyranny of this administration and its enablers in Congress, short of non-violent revolution.

~ Larry Klayman, from the article

Obama's speech late this last week was given to hopefully quell the fears of the people, and silence those of us who don't feel very comfortable with the NSA spying on us. It was given to allow the mainstream media the ability to say, "There's no more story here. Move along, folks."

It isn't going to work, hopefully. There is the New Media, and this story won't go away as long as we're still here. But wait! That's the ironic twist to the story, though. If we're right, and the government is using unconstitutional spying techniques against us, not to mention using the IRS to target Obama's political enemies to stifle their freedom of speech, we're then going to be in for some major trouble.

What I am afraid of, deep down, is that the abilities of the spy agencies are so technologically advanced, that if they are ever used by a tyrannical government that wants to take away our freedom... And Obama's speech should not make anybody feel anymore confident that it couldn't happen. Just sayin'...

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Obama's bogus NSA plans mean nothing

By Larry Klayman

Friday, January 17th, 2014

WND.com


Exclusive: Larry Klayman says NSA will continue 'rape and pillage our privacy rights'

Earlier today, President Hussein Barack Obama addressed the nation regarding the unconstitutional actions of spying on over 300 million American citizens by his National Security Agency (NSA) in an attempt to deflect from his newest “phony scandal.” The president’s so-called recommendations for his NSA and other intelligence agencies are vague, ill-defined and not genuine in any event.

In the wake of a host of these scandals, which now includes the NSA revelations by Edward Snowden, which have captured the nation’s and the world’s attention, and our successful lawsuit that recently resulted in the NSA being enjoined from further violation of our Fourth Amendment constitutional rights, the “Mullah in Chief” was caught with his dirty hands in the proverbial cookie jar and now has to appear to make amends to the aggrieved American people.

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Government demands keys to your kingdom

The unfunded mandate, known as City Ordinance 2740, had already been approved in two of the three council votes needed to enact it, and was given final approval tonight by a 6-1 vote.

Councilman Nick Taiber, the lone dissenting vote in the last meeting, explained his objection: "I think that we have not duly considered all the privacy and Fourth Amendment issues that come along with having the keys of your business or to your home on the front of your property."

Saul, a leading opponent of the proposed ordinance, told the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier he believes the measure is unconstitutional and, "If it does pass, we are going to file a lawsuit."

Since this is happening in my back yard, more or less, I thought that the following video will provide examples of the concern that citizens have, should an ordinance be passed in Cedar Falls, Iowa, that a few citizens spoke up about, because they feel it is a violation of their Constitutional rights. Please observe the video below:

Video provided by CrushingBastards on June 7, 2011

Should there be concern, or apprehension, because of this ordinance requiring lockboxes to provide emergency responders access to buildings? There seems to be concern for the most part due to the potential for abuse. And then there is the next step that could potentially be taken, which would require all buildings, including private single-family dwellings, to have the lockboxes. I'm just sayin'...

UPDATE: The Cedar Falls City Council passed the measure in its third and final reading at the June 13 meeting by a 6-1 vote.

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Government demands keys to your kingdom

City enacts controversial mandate allowing it to enter private property

By Drew Zahn

June 13, 2011 ~ 8:03 pm Eastern

© 2011 WND

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – The government of a Midwest college town [The University of Northern Iowa] is now requiring the city's businesses and apartment buildings to post their keys outside, so authorities can enter the properties "in case of emergency."

According to the Cedar Falls City Council, the plan to require property owners to post keys in designated lockboxes – that city officials can open with a master key – is a justified way to allow the fire department and other authorities access without breaking down doors, especially in cases of false alarms.

To many Cedar Falls citizens, however, giving the city keys to their businesses and homes is a gross violation of the Fourth Amendment's private property rights and a plan fraught with potential for abuse.

"What gives you guys the right?" asked resident Judd Saul at a May 23 public hearing on the plan. "This opens a big can of worms into the intrusion of our private property and our rights."

"Apparently this box is going to be universal, and that's going to have everyone's apartment keys," posited an unidentified citizen.

The discussion led resident Carol Hanson to ask, "What if a key is stolen?"

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'Modern jurisprudence' has emasculated Constitution ~ By Henry Lamb

Congress can control the courts in a variety of ways. The Senate can strongly influence the courts through their advice-and-consent process. Were senators to reject those judicial appointees who believe that "modern jurisprudence" outweighs the clear language of the Constitution, this disease could be eliminated.

Congress can control the courts and the executive branch only if it is populated by individuals who know and believe in the Constitution. The people decide how Congress is populated. It's up to us.

What Henry Lamb examines in this column is important for all of us to be aware of, and should be a guide for us in choosing our candidates in all elections. In Henry's conclusion (above), he says that Congress would need to be "populated by individuals who know and believe in the Constitution" in order to control the courts and the executive branch of our government. I agree, but it needs to go one step further. We can only stop the "modern jurisprudence" in regard to the Constitution if all the individuals inhabiting government offices from the federal level right down to the local government levels know and follow the Constitution.

However, we won't be able to put a halt to the progressive dilution of the Constitution in just one election cycle. It could actually take generations to do so. The deterioration of our Constitution didn't just happen overnight. Too many people that have gone through the public indoctrination centers have been taught that the Constitution is an outdated document that doesn't apply in today's world. It will take a lot of effort to get the academic institutions turned around and teaching the Constitution the way the Founders intended it to mean.

Like Henry Lamb had said, "it's up to us." We can start by trying to elect people into Congress that honor the Constitution, but that is just a start. I'm just sayin'...

'Modern jurisprudence' has emasculated Constitution

HENRY LAMB

By Henry Lamb

May 21, 2011 ~ 1:00 am Eastern

© 2011

Editor's note: Listen to this column online.

When James Madison wrote "… nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation" into the Constitution, he really meant "for public use." Over the years, the courts redefined "public use" to mean "whatever government wants to do with your land." The Kelo v. New London decision drove the final nail into the idea of sacred private property. Another founder, John Adams, said:

Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty. … The moment that the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the laws of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence. Property must be sacred or liberty cannot exist.

Private property is no longer sacred. Government can take your land and give or sell it to another private individual. Government can assume control of your land – which is the defining power of ownership – by simply declaring that a wetland exists, or that an endangered or threatened species may wish to use your land. Government may prevent you from using your private property by simply drawing lines on a map and declaring that your land is in a "conservation" zone.

The Fifth Amendment to the Constitution is not what it used to be. But then neither is the Fourth Amendment, which says quite clearly that:

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.

The Indiana Supreme Court doesn't understand this clear language. Writing for the court, Justice Steven David said:

We believe ... a right to resist an unlawful police entry into a home is against public policy and is incompatible with modern Fourth Amendment jurisprudence. ...

What on earth is "modern Fourth Amendment jurisprudence" that completely upends the clear language and meaning for the Fourth Amendment?

Modern jurisprudence must mean that courts are no longer bound by the Constitution or the law and can redefine the words to mean whatever the court wants them to mean at the moment. This disease is not limited to the courts, however. It has spread to the White House and to Congress.

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Me, a 'domestic extremist'? So be it! ~ By Patrice Lewis

Patrice writes about the reality of the newest TSA security procedures, and the fact that DHS now says that anyone who objects is being labeled as a domestic terrorist.

According to an article by Doug Hagmann at the Canada Free Press, an internal memo with the DHS "officially addresses those who are opposed to, or engaged in the disruption of the implementation of the enhanced airport screening procedures as 'domestic extremists.'"

Me, a 'domestic extremist'? So be it!

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By Patrice Lewis

November 27, 2010 ~ 1:00 am Eastern

© 2010

This erosion of our constitutional rights spans multiple administrations, though unquestionably it has accelerated under Obama. But these "security" features go beyond keeping terrorists off airplanes. By labeling the uncooperative as "extremists," the DHS is separating the wheat from the chaff in the eyes of the government. The "wheat" (the compliant sheeple) are allowed to go about their business. The "chaff" (we who object) are duly noted and recorded and/or investigated and fined. It is not outside the realm of possibility that we "extremists" will hear a knock on our door some time in the future. Or does that make me sound paranoid?

The TSA strategy is only the first test. I foresee a lot more "wheat and chaff" tactics in the future. And I'm not the only one drawing parallels between what was once a beautiful country steeped in liberty to the paranoid disaster that befell Germany nearly 80 years ago.

I, for one, am proud to be "chaff." And by urging others to join me, I am putting myself squarely in the camp of "domestic extremist."

So be it.

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Pombo for Congress ~ By Joseph Farah

Former Rep. Richard Pombo is a man that Joseph Farah can support for California's 19th Congressional District. Why? Pombo is a supporter of property rights. He's a rancher, and knows the problems that various environmental activists are causing for farmers and ranchers, not to mention a severe threat to property rights.

Did you know that the Founding Fathers believed that freedom of speech and freedom of the press descended from the concept of property rights?


That's right. It is because we own our ideas and our conscience that we have the right to use them. The state no more controls our land – at least it's not supposed to – than it may control our thoughts. Once we as a people yield our God-given property rights to government, or accept that they are actually privileges and not birthrights – then we have not a leg to stand on in defending our free-speech rights.

By Joseph Farah

Posted: February 27, 2010 ~ 1:00 am Eastern

© 2010

No doubt this is going to be a banner year for the election of freedom-cherishing, liberty-protecting men and women to the U.S. Congress.

I don't pretend to have the resources or knowledge to know who the very best candidates are in every race in the nation.

But I do have some familiarity with a few.

One of them is former Rep. Richard Pombo, running anew for California's 19th Congressional District seat held by retiring Rep. George Radonovich.

Do I know who else is running?

No.

Do I care?

No.

Why?

Because there could simply be no better representation in that Northern California district than Richard Pombo. End of story.

I know Pombo well.

There is no one who stands taller for liberty and the Constitution than him.

He cannot be bought. He cannot be co-opted. He is not capable of falling under the spell of the Beltway insiders.

He's just the real deal – a Portuguese cowboy, fifth-generation California rancher who learned about federal attacks on property rights firsthand.

In fact, that's how I got to know him.

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We're all on Obama's enemies list ~ By Phil Elmore

Commentary from WorldNetDaily

Every single free American has a stake in opposing President Obama's agenda. If they wish to remain free, they cannot believe anything else. They will, in turn, become Obama's enemies – if not in their eyes, then in his.


We are all on Obama's enemies list, and we should be.

By Phil Elmore

Posted: February 18, 2010 ~ 1:00 am Eastern

© 2010

"We all share the goal of capturing the terrorists and protecting national security," said a politician in 2008. The same man added that we as a nation "can do that without violating the privacy of the American people." He also invoked the name of then-President Bush – who was roundly vilified by civil-rights activists for his support of the Patriot Act and for warrantless domestic wiretaps used in anti-terror surveillance – in criticizing then-presidential candidate John McCain. "Like President Bush," the politician said, "Senator McCain is presenting the American people with a false choice – national security or civil liberties. We need a president who understands that we can have both. It's what our values and our Constitution demands."

You may have guessed in context that the politician speaking was none other than Joe Biden, now our vice president. He was referring to candidate Barack Hussein Obama's opposition to the Bush administration's domestic security policies. While it is laudable when a politician takes a stand for civil liberties and refuses to participate in the erosion of civil rights that seems always to run apace with efforts to combat terrorism, there's a problem. That problem is that the Obama administration has proven every bit as corrosive, and in fact much more so, to your civil liberties than moderate Republicans like George W. Bush ever thought of being.

As CNET's Declan McCullagh reported last week, the Obama administration "has argued that warrantless tracking is permitted because Americans enjoy no 'reasonable expectation of privacy'" where the GPS location data of their cell phones is concerned. "[A] customer's Fourth Amendment rights are not violated when the phone company reveals to the government its own records," McCullagh quotes the Justice Department's lawyers.

Obama was not even president when he first flip-flopped on the wiretap issue. His administration subsequently brought much more authority to the same "change of heart," arguing that because state secrets are involved, the service provider involved in the Bush administration's warrantless wiretapping case cannot be sued. This turnabout earned Obama a tongue-lashing from Democrat Russ Feingold in 2009. Wringing his hands and playing the civil libertarian as persuasively as a Democrat can, Feingold exhorted Obama to "formally and promptly renounce the assertions of executive authority made by the Bush administration with regard to warrantless wiretapping." The irate Feingold correctly pointed out that Obama, while (briefly) a United States senator, asserted that "the warrantless wiretapping program was illegal" and that Obama's attorney general "expressed the same view, both as a private citizen and at his confirmation hearing."

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They're still after your water ~ By Henry Lamb

Commentary from WorldNetDaily

"The expanding power of the federal government must be reined in; the only power on earth that can do it are the people who choose the representatives who go to Congress."

By Henry Lamb Posted: November 21, 2009 ~ 1:00 am Eastern © 2009 The Fourth Amendment is quite clear: An American citizen's right to be secure in his property against search and seizure without a warrant – shall not be violated. The Fifth Amendment underscores this right: "… nor shall private property be taken without just compensation." This is the clear, unmistakable language of the highest law of the land: the U.S. Constitution. Congress is about to pass another law that completely ignores the Constitution, the Clean Water Restoration Act (S. 787) (See video at the bottom of this page). For the first 100 years, the states set water policy. The feds got into the business in 1886 with the River and Harbor Act, and expanded their interest in 1948 with the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. From the outset, the federal government was interested only in "navigable" waters that affected interstate and foreign commerce, consistent with federal powers authorized in Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution. The federal government dipped its hand deeper with the 1972 Clean Water Act, in which the first goal was to "to attain a 'zero discharge of pollutants' into navigable waters by 1985." It is significant that the word "wetland" did not appear in law. Almost immediately, green advocacy groups began filing lawsuits claiming that the Clean Water Act required the protection of wetlands, as well as "navigable" waters. Interestingly, many of the lawsuits were settled out of court through a consent decree. This means that the green advocacy group and the federal agency got their heads together and wrote a definition of wetlands that far exceeded the congressional language and intent. When the judge approved the agreement, his "decree" became the law. Between 1973 and 1977, the federal government's representative involved in writing the consent agreements with the green advocacy groups was Russell E. Train, EPA administrator. Before assuming this position, Train headed the Conservation Foundation. When he left the EPA, he became president of the National Wildlife Foundation. For all practical purposes, these green advocacy groups wrote the definition and the rules of implementation that allowed the federal government to seize control over any land that it designated as a wetland. Federal agencies had a field day prosecuting people for polluting the navigable waters of the United States. The Sierra Club created its Swamp Watch Committee of volunteers who rode the back roads to find bulldozers at work so the feds could descend on the worksite to inspect for wetlands. The definition of "navigable" waters expanded to the point that the Corps of Engineers adopted its "Migratory Bird Rule," also known as the "Glancing Goose Rule." [CLICK HERE TO READ MORE]

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Big Brother in your car ~ By Henry Lamb

By Henry Lamb Posted: July 18, 2009, 1:00 am Eastern © 2009 Last week's column about the coming shift to tax-by-the-mile devices in automobiles brought many interesting letters. One writer says he was working on this project way back in the 1980s when he was building special Buicks that would run on methanol for the Department of Energy, with on-board computers to control the car's operation. By 1993, test cars in Colorado were controlled from Pontiac, Mich. The popular "OnStar" system, promoted by Government Motors, is an outgrowth of this work. Another writer listed 15 different possible applications, such as shutting down the vehicle when its allotted emissions cap had been reached. Why not? The current cap-and-trade bill would limit industrial emissions and force each business to pay an extra tax for the privilege of emitting additional carbon dioxide. Why not arbitrarily assign a weekly or monthly cap on auto emissions and shut down the vehicle when that limit is reached? The new Global Positioning Satellite device would have that capability. Every American ought to be outraged that such a system is even contemplated. This system is the tool that makes slaves of every person who depends upon a vehicle. Every person should consider just how his life would be changed if he were required to get approval from the federal government to start his car. Another writer argues that the government has the authority and the right to impose whatever conditions it wishes, since driving on public roads is a privilege, not an individual right. His argument says the government may impose any condition it wishes on the license to use public roads. What will it take to restore common sense and rein in out-of-control government? Get Glenn Beck's latest book, inspired by Founding Father Thomas Paine This argument completely ignores the Fourth Amendment guarantee of the right to be secure from government intrusion without probable cause and due process. Does the government's right to tax trump the constitutional right to individual privacy? The proposed GPS road tax system could easily be programmed to listen to and record conversations inside any vehicle. It could stop a vehicle, lock the occupants inside and notify the "jack boots" that the occupants were en route to a tea party. We would hope that the federal government would never sink to the level of paranoia that gripped Nazi Germany. But then, we also hoped that the federal government would never sink to the level of labeling legal, peaceful assemblies, such as the recent tea parties, as gatherings of potential terrorists. Who would have believed, even five years ago, that the federal government would take over GM, much of the banking industry, and appoint more than 30 "czars" to administer government without congressional oversight? Who would have believed that Congress could be bullied into adopting a cap-and-trade program that deliberately increases the cost of energy for every American, with absolutely no offsetting benefit – except increased government control over the life of every citizen? Who would have believed that Congress would even consider allowing the government to take over the health care industry and create a system that allows government to ration health care and make life-and-death decisions for individual citizens? The Democratic socialists who have taken control of the federal government are giddy with their power. Their view of utopia is government control of virtually everything. In Cuba, people who owe their livelihood to Castro are not about to vote for anyone but Castro. The Democratic socialists are creating a society in which the vast majority of people are dependent upon the government for their livelihood. These are the people who are most likely to keep the Democratic socialists in power. [CONTINUE READING]