There are some towns in Ma. that require from 2 – 5 letters of ’recommendation’ when you apply for a class ‘A’ LTC. As mentioned, this is on a town by town basis, *most towns do not ask for these letters even though they can. If you are applying for an FID card this will not be asked of you, and is stated on the application that it is not required. If you are asked to produce letters of recommendation my advice to your friends is to keep it short and to the point. Example: I have known Eric for X number of years and have no reason to believe he should not attain a gun license. He has always been level headed in my view. Any questions please feel free to call. Thank you, John Doe, address, phone #
The reason it should be kept ‘short and sweet’: *In my opinion it has no legitimate purpose, as I am certain many towns have already surmised. When towns ask for letters from friends, it would follow that friends will write nice things about you. What would the police possibly glean from these nice letters? Nothing. It is just a ‘hoop’ that some towns want you to jump through simply because they can. I do not believe the police even glance at these letters. Your friends can not possibly know what the police already know about your legal record, (if any) so it is a pointless and time consuming exercise.
If you were a criminal in prison you would probably be asked for names of those who might want to come visit you. This has relevance, if you were to escape, the authorities would now have a wider base of information in their search for you. You on the other hand are a law abiding citizen, the police already know this to be true, due to the lack of any criminal record, you should not need to jump through ‘hoops’. Treating you badly does nothing to prevent a single crime. *Don’t be discouraged or intimidated, play this game if you must, you will still get your license. Another ‘hoop’ some towns/cities put people through is demanding a “Reason” letter, please go to Gun Sense #19, ‘Reason’ Letter for Ma. class ‘A’ LTC for help in dealing with this game. Sincerely,
Mark Shean, submitted 1-5-2012
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A Synopsis of State Laws on Purchase, Possession and Carrying of Firearms in Massachusetts
NOTE: Caution: State firearms laws are subject to frequent change. This summary is not to be considered as legal advice or a restatement of law. To determine the applicability of these laws to specific situations which you may encounter, you are strongly urged to consult an attorney.
POSSESSION: Either a Firearm Identification card (FID) or a License to Carry (LTC) is required to own or possess a handgun, rifle, shotgun or ammunition. An investigation of the applicant by the local chief of police or his delegate is required before issuance of an FID. There is a $100 fee for the FID and LTC is valid for 6 years, unless revoked or suspended “for cause” at the will of the licensing authority. When you renew, prior to the expiration date, (your birth-date) you will receive a 90 day grace period should your license expire while waiting for said renewal. Persons over 70 shall be exempt from all renewal license fees.
An applicant is entitled to an FID unless he has been convicted of a felony within the last five years, or has been confined or treated for drug addiction or habitual drunkenness within the last five years, or has been confined to any hospital or institution for mental illness unless he has an affidavit from a physician stating that he is not disabled in a manner which should prevent his possessing a handgun, rifle, or shotgun. All aliens and minors under the age of 15 are prohibited from obtaining an FID card; but a minor between the ages of 15 and 18 may obtain an FID card with the written permission of his parent or guardian.
The licensing authority “may not prescribe any other condition“, (as stated above) for the issuance of an FID. Notice of approval or denial must be given to the applicant within 30 days. If denied, the applicant may appeal to the District Court for judicial review. (see link below)
Gun Sense #13, Specific to Ma. Petition for Judicial Review
Any person who inherits a rifle, shotgun or handgun is required to obtain an FID or license to carry LTC, within 180 days if he intends to retain possession of the frearm(s).
A new resident moving into the state who owns firearms has 60 days in which to obtain an FID or a LTC to make the possession legal in Massachusetts. A person may possess but not carry during this 60 day period. An alien may obtain an “alien permit to possess” from the state Commissioner of Public Safety which will allow him to possess a rifle or shotgun. These permit cards are valid for one year and are issued only to aliens with a U.S. Immigration card.
EXEMPTIONS from the FID and licensing requirements are provided for: 1. The temporary holding or firing of a handgun under the supervision of a person with a LTC, or the holding or firing of a rifle or shotgun under the supervision of a person with an FID or “where such holding or firing is for a lawful purpose”. 2. The use of a rifle or shotgun for hunting or target shooting by a minor under age of 15, provided he is under the immediate supervision of a person holding an FID or a LTC. 3. Possession by a chartered veterans organization and possession by their members when on ceremonial duties. 4. Possession by museums and institutional collections open to the public, provided such firearms are unloaded and secured. 5. Possession by federally- licensed manufacturers and dealers and their employees when necessary for manufacture, display, storage or testing.
PURCHASE: To purchase a rifle, shotgun, handgun or ammunition the buyer must have an FID or LTC or proof of exempt status (police or military) and be at least 18 years old. It is a crime (felony) to sell, give away, loan or otherwise transfer any firearm or ammunition to anyone who is not properly licensed or otherwise authorized to possess or receive such firearm or ammunition.
A private individual is permitted to sell up to four firearms in a linear (365 day period) year, unless sold directly to a licensed gun dealer. He must be properly licensed to possess these firearms and the purchaser must be properly licensed to buy them. The seller must file a report of the sale with the Commissioner of Public Safety within seven days of the sale. This report must be on the proper forms provided by the Commissioner and give all required details regarding the seller, purchaser and the firearm being transferred, including the caliber, make, and serial number along with the FID or LTC numbers of both buyer and seller. NOTE: This is form F.A.-10 or “Firearms Sale/Rental/Lease Transaction Form” and should be found at your local police department.
CARRY: A person may not carry a loaded rifle or shotgun on any public way. The LTC allows the holder to purchase, possess or carry an unlimited number of handguns. A license may be issued to an applicant who satisfies the requirements for obtaining a LTC, who appears to the chief of police to be “a suitable person to be so licensed” and who has “good reason to fear injury to his person or property”. In addition, the applicant must never have been convicted of a felony, must be 21 years of age, or 15, (with parents permission) for FID, and be a US citizen. A license also may be issued for “any lawful purpose” including the carrying of firearms for the reason of ”target and hunting only”.
An applicant must be notified of a denial within 40 days of submitting an application for a LTC. In the event a license is denied, revoked, or no reply has been given within 40 days of submitting an application, the aggrieved may, within 45 days file a petition for judicial review in the District Court.
Change of Address: Any license holder who moves his residence to another jurisdiction within the state must, within 30 days, notify the chief of police who issued the license, the chief of police in the jurisdiction where he is moving, and the Commissioner of Public Safety. Failure to provide such change of address notification is unlawful and may void the license. NOTE: You can find the form ”Change of Address Notification For License To Carry Firearms And Firearms Identification Card” at your local police department. Pick up four of them, one is for your file.
Transportation in a vehicle: A resident may transport a rifle or shotgun provided it is unloaded and he has at least an FID. A resident may transport a handgun only if he has a LTC. It is legal to temporarily leave a firearm unattended in a vehicle if it is properly in the “Stored or Kept” condition only. Note: See this link for Stored or Kept” and “Direct Control” Gun Sense #22, Ma. ‘Stored & Kept’ and ‘Direct Control’ definition.
NON-RESIDENTS: A non- resident may possess a rifle or shotgun in Ma. 1. While hunting and in possession of a valid hunting license. 2. While on a firing or shooting range. 3. While traveling in or through Ma. if the rifle or shotgun is unloaded and enclosed in a case. 4. While at a firearms show organized by a “regularly existing gun collector’s club or association”. 5. If he has a license or permit to possess any firearm in his home state. To transport or possess a handgun, a non-resident must obtain a temporary LTC good for one year, from the Commissioner of Public Safety, 200 Arlington St. Suite 2200, Chelsea Ma. 02150, Tel: 617-660-4600. A temporary license may be issued to a non-resident or alien or person not falling within the jurisdiction of a local licensing authority.
Temporary Licenses:
The colonel of state police may issue a temporary license to carry a handgun to a non-resident, alien, or resident who does not live within the jurisdiction of a local licensing authority. 1. A temporary license must clearly indicate whether it is a class A or B license. The fee for a temporary license is $50. 2. Temporary licenses are good for one year, and renewable at the discretion of the colonel of state police. Unlike regular class A and B licenses, temporary licenses may not be used to purchase firearms. 3. A non-resident with a license to carry a handgun issued by his home state* may carry a pistol or revolver in Ma. for the purpose of taking part in a competition or exhibition of handguns, or for hunting provided he has a valid hunting license issued by Ma. or the state of his destination. *( Provided that the home state has the same requirements as Ma. for obtaining a LTC ).
Antiques and Replicas: An antique firearm is defined as any handgun, rifle or shotgun manufactured in or before 1898, or any replica thereof which is not designed for firing fixed ammunition or which uses fixed ammunition no longer manufactured in the United States and no longer readily available commercially. An FID card is not required to possess antique and replica firearms in the home or place of business. A LTC is required when antique and replica handguns are being carried outside the home or place of business. An LTC is also required to carry antique and replica rifles ad shotguns outside the home or place of business.
Machine Guns: A machine gun “is a weapon of any description, from which a number of shots or bullets may be rapidly or automatically discharged by one continuous activation of the trigger, and includes a sub-machine gun”. It is unlawful to possess a machine gun without a special license. Application is made to the local police chief who, in his discretion, may issue a license to any applicant “who is a suitable person to be so licensed”, and is a firearm instructor certified by the criminal justice training council for instructing police personnel or is a bona fide collector of firearms. A LTC is a prerequisite.
Miscellaneous Provisions: 1. Although persons in the military and other peace officers are exempt from the above requirements, this exemption is applicable only when they are performing their official duties or when duly authorized to possess weapons. It is not applicable for any private or sporting use of such rifles, shotguns or handguns. 2. Air guns and BB guns are regulated by the above provisions. 3. It is unlawful to possess, sell, or transfer any firearm whose shape does not resemble a handgun or short-barreled rifle or shotgun, or that is not detectable by x-ray or metal detector. 4. It is unlawful to remove, deface or alter in any manner the serial or identification number of a firearm, or knowingly to receive such a firearm. Possession of a firearm with an altered or defaced number creates a legal presumption that the possessor committed the offense. 5. Discharge of any firearm within 150 feet of a public way or 500 feet of a building in use is prohibited, except with the consent of the owner or legal occupant, in defense of life and property, or at licensed shooting galleries, target, test, trap or skeet ranges with the permission of the owner or legal occupant. 6. In the event of theft, loss or recovery of any firearm, the owner is required to notify the executive director of the Criminal History Systems Board, and the licensing authority in the city or town where the owner resides. 7. Any person in possession of any firearm is required to exhibit his FID, receipt for FID card fee, license to carry, or hunting license to a law enforcement officer upon demand. If the person fails to display the appropriate document, he may be required to surrender his firearm, although he may recover it if he produces the license within 30 days. 8. The governor shall appoint a 7 member gun control advisory board. Their duties include compiling and publishing a roster of large capacity rifles, shotguns, handguns, and feeding devices. 9. Any handgun or large capacity firearm sold without a safety device approved by the colonel of state police “shall be defective and the sale of such weapon shall constitute a breach of warranty … and an unfair or deceptive trade act or practice.” This creates a civil cause of action. 10. All firearms must be stored or kept secured in a locked container or equipped with a lock or other safety device. A firearm is not considered stored or kept if carried by or under the “direct control” of the owner or other lawfully authorized user. A violation of this provision is evidence of wanton or reckless conduct in any criminal or civil proceeding if a person under 18 gains access to a firearm. A violation of this provision is also criminally punishable by a fine of up to $10,000 and/or imprisonment up to 10 years. 11. In a domestic relations restraining order, (201-A) the court shall also order the defendant to surrender any firearm, ammunition, and cards and licenses therefor if it makes a determination that the defendant presents a likelihood of abuse to the plaintiff.
Addtional Provisions for Boston: In Boston under a vague law it is unlawful to possess, display, transfer, or receive: 1. Any shotgun with a revolving cylinder and/or a capacity exceeding six rounds. 2. A semiautomatic rifle with a fixed magazine capacity exceeding 10 rounds. 3. Any SKS, AK47, UZI, AR-15, Steyr AUG, FN-FAL, and FN-FNC rifle. 4. Any semiautomatic pistol which is a modification of a proscribed rifle or shotgun with a shorter barrel or no stock, and any magazine or belt which holds more than 10 rounds. Also:
An “assault weapons roster board” may add additional firearms to the list of so-called “assault weapons.” Such firearms must have been registered with the Boston Police Commissioner within 90 days of the effective date of the law (12/9/89), or they are unlawful. An owner, in Boston, of a firearm added to the roster of assault weapons must obtain a license to possess it within 90 days of its addition, or it becomes unlawful. The provision does not apply to possession by non-residents of Boston at a sporting or shooting club by persons who possess the requisite state license to carry. It also does not apply to persons taking part in competition or at a collectors’ exhibit or meeting or traveling to or from such event or while in transit through Boston for the purpose of hunting by licensed hunter, provided that in all cases the “assault weapon” is unloaded and packaged and the person has a Massachusetts FID card or has a license or permit to carry or possess firearms issued by another state.
Massachusetts has a mandatory sentence of one to two and 1/2 years imprisonment for anyone convicted of illegally possessing a firearm loaded or unloaded. It is illegal to possess chemical ’mace or pepperspray’ without an FID or LTC or class D license at this time. It is illegal to possess a ‘stun gun/tazer’, there is no license available.
Printed 12-28-2011 mafirearmsafety.com
ACCOUNTABILITY?!
Author: Mark Shean
Accountability, I was driving down the road the other day listening to the news on the radio, some guy had been caught in connection with two bank robberies. He pleaded guilty and received 20-25 years in prison. The first bank robbery he got $1000, the second robbery he got a little over $2000. I am not going to say that he should not go to jail for robbing banks, he should, he committed a serious crime.
For about $3000 he was held accountable and will spend a very long time behind bars.
Now consider white collar crime, where hundreds of millions, or billions of dollars, even adding up into the trillions, go missing. In almost every case the money is our tax dollars that was used to bolster or ‘bail out’ a huge incompetent company or bank, never to be paid back, to be sucked into some ‘black hole’ never to be seen again. Congress calls the big shots into Washington to explain were the money went,(this is a scripted act) only to be told that they do not know what happened to it………..and what happens to these ‘big shot’ CEO’s?NOTHING! What happens to the people in Congress that allowed the money to be given with no strings attached? NOTHING!
Why?
Why are we, the ‘little’ people angry? There is no ACCOUNTABILITY where there should be. What makes these ‘high rise’ thieves less susceptible to big prison time than that small time crook doing 20-25 years for stealing $3000………………….political favors/connections in high places bought by campaign contribution’s to crooked politicians.
Mark Shean, 12-18-2011 www.mafirearmsafety.com
Minimizing Newt Gingrich
Author: Mark Shean
Have you taken notice of how the lame stream ‘lefty’ media has gone after each GOP candidate that has come to the forefront since the debates began, with one noticeable exclusion, Mitt Romney. Everyone else is fair game with the media except Mitt, this is the medias way of trying to push their ‘favorite son’ on us as the only candidate that should be the GOP nominee. The media feels that if Mitt is the nominee Obama is sure to win the general election. The plan is, that after, and only after Mitt is chosen the GOP winner will they, (the media) go after him in a big way by showing all his past ‘flip flops’ on a host of issues. Truth be known, Mitt is as bad a flip flopper as John Kerry ever was.
The media is, (in my opinion) afraid of Newt, they try to minimize and marginalize and attack him in every way they can. The media feels that Obama can defeat Mitt in a debate forum but they are afraid Newt would mop the floor with Obama in any debate. The media wants to make sure Newt never is afforded the chance. They realize that Newt is not only brilliant but he also has b***s, a very dangerous combination against someone who is only armed with bull s***, and an absolutely dismal record (Obama).
Does Newt have baggage? Yes. There is not one person on this planet that does not have some sort of baggage, the media will try its utmost to point out Newt’s baggage while being completely mute about Obama’s record or baggage. The media feels that the First Amendment protects anything they do, or do not do. Omitting facts is the same as lying to the American people. The First Amendment means freedom of speech, not freedom to decieve, but this is exactly how the lefty media operates.
I believe that if America wants to start climbing out of the dangerous deficit that is smothering all of us, they will not be deceived by the same old tactics of yesterday any longer, we can not afford it. We need a candidate as completely conservative as Obama is completely liberal, and Mitt Romney is not that candidate, Newt Gingrich is.
Don’t listen to what the lefty media has to say about Newt, listen instead to what Newt has to say about America, we are in a very serious situation, Obama’s experiment into European socialism has got to end before it goes any farther. Europe is imploding right now and Obama is either to naive to see it, or he wants America to fail in the same way, you decide.
Mark Shean, 11-24-2011
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On 11-16-2011, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 822, the National Right to Carry Reciprocity Act, by a vote of 272 to 154. This is the will of the people speaking, and the Senate had better pay attention.
The bill, which was introduced by Representatives Cliff Stearns (R-FL.) and Heath Shuler (D-N.C.). A Senate version of the bill has yet to be introduced. Passage of this legislation was by a bipartisan majority and is an important step by Congress to expand the ability of law-abiding Americans to exercise their Second Amendment rights to keep and bear arms across state lines.
Just as states recognize out-of-state driver’s licenses, this bill ensures that a person with a valid right-to-carry permit can lawfully carry a firearm in other states that issue carry permits or that do not prohibit the carrying of concealed firearms for lawful purposes. Forty-nine states recognize the right-to-carry, with only Illinois and the District of Columbia prohibiting this right. Boycott them until they decide they are part of America also.
The bill does not affect a state’s concealed carry law. Restrictions on where firearms can be carried within each state would remain in effect.
The bill’s many supporters call it necessary to ensure the fundamental right of self-defense for American citizens. The right to defend yourself and your loved ones from criminals is fundamental, and it should not be denied when you cross a state border. Lets now see what the Senate will do, the people have spoken loud and clear, will the Senate forget their oath to uphold the will of the people? If so it is up to us to throw the bums out.
Call and email your Senators, demand they pass this important legislation.
NOTE:
Article lV protects the “Privileges and Immunities of citizens in the several states” the Privileges and Immunities clause; States have no rights to deny Privileges and Immunities granted by other states. Concealed carry is a ‘privilege’ granted by your state, right?
Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment, gives Congress the power to enforce the provisions of that amendment.
The Supreme Court held in McDonald v. Chicago that the 14th Amendment protects the right to keep and bear arms against state infringment.
Congress has the power to regulate commerce which includes the power to remove state barriers to free interstate travel.
Article lV, Sec. 1 of the Constitution reads: “Full faith and credit shall be given in each state to the public acts, records and judicial proceedings of every other state. And Congress may by general laws prescribe the manner in which such acts, records and proceedings shall be proved, and the effect thereof.”
This is why you do not need 50 drivers licenses-
If the Senate blocks this carry bill we will know they refuse to listen to the will of the people, that should be the end of all their political corruption come election time!
Mark Shean, 11-18-11
Land of the Free
Author: Mark Shean
Land of the Free
The main clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment are:
Section. 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
…Section. 5. The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article
MARK’s NOTE:
In Massachusetts a 209-A restraining order for instance is in direct violation of the Fourteenth Amendment as it confiscates property, (guns) without ‘due process of law’ based only on hearsay, and often is a manipulation of the courts simply to harass the accused by the accuser.
Mark Shean, 11-11-11 www.mafirearmsafety.com
The Editor of the Boston Globe had this to say about a reciprocity gun bill, that is picking up momentum, that would allow Americans who have a concealed carry permit to be legal country wide:
GUNS: This isn’t Salt Lake City:
“Massachusetts should be able to decide for itself who can carry concealed handguns within its own borders. However, that may not be the case for much longer. The US House is on the verge of passing a bill to make all permits for concealed guns reciprocal between states. It would mean that a permit from Utah, a state with notably lax standards for concealed-carry permits, as well as from every other state, would be valid in Massachusetts”. If this bill is brought up in the Senate, John Kerry and Scott Brown — and every other right-thinking senator — should vote against it.
The above statement about UTAH ‘lax standards’ is false. Utah has strict criteria to gain a Utah carry permit, it is easily as strict as Massachusetts criteria. I know, I teach it, as well as the qualifications for a Ma. LTC/FID. Obviously the Editor of the Boston Globe has allowed his anti-gun stance to leak out of his mouth before he engaged his brain. Investigative reporting IS dead, has been for a long time, his reporters should have informed him of the facts before he could openly make a fool of himself.
“Massachusetts should be able to decide for itself who can carry concealed handguns within its own borders”. Sure. And Massachusetts should be allowed to decide which parts of the Constitution are available to its citizens and visitors and which are not! I have a huge problem with this statement. I pay state as well as federal taxes, as all working Americans do. I am not only a citizen of Massachusetts but of the United States as well. This editor would regulate my, and your freedoms, confine them only to within the state borders wherein we live, really?!
Maybe one of the Globe reporters should look up the Constitution and let the editor read it. He should not limit himself to reading just the Second Amendment, he should read the clause under Article IV section I , Full Faith and Credit, (the reason we don’t need 50 drivers licenses). This ‘editor could also read the Privileges and Immunities clause; States have no rights to deny Privileges and Immunities granted by other states. Concealed carry is a ‘privilege’ granted by your state, right?
“If this bill is brought up in the Senate, John Kerry and Scott Brown — and every other right-thinking senator — should vote against it”. I think the editor misspoke, he meant to say ‘and every other left- thinking senator’. I am amazed the liberal Boston Globe is still hanging on with its ‘prepared’ statements that masquerade as ‘news’, this ‘newspaper’/fish-wrapper could only survive in Massachusetts.
Mark Shean, Submitted 10-29-2011, www.mafirearmsafety.com
We have all heard by now, (unless you live under a rock) that a Super Committee has been formed in DC and their task is to lower the deficit. This is the very same deficit that every member of the so-called super committee, along with the rest of Congress created through their utter incompetence. Now we will all be ‘saved’ by this group of six Republicans and six Democrats, sure….. These 12 ‘Representative’s’ will not be looking out for the American people, instead their decisions will lean heavily to the big money special interest groups that have funded their campaign’s for years. That’s the political way of life folks. Political gridlock begins with special interest lobbyist’s. These people found it easy to run up a 15 trillion dollar debt in three years but only want to cut one trillion in spending over the next ten years! There will be more interest than that accrued over ten years!! These people need to go, all of them!
As a constituent/American, I know that according to population, there should be roughly 435 members of the House of Representatives sent by We the People to represent us on the issues of the day from the 50 states. We send them to find solutions and to keep us safe. We have 100 Senators charged with the same mandate. They are all failing in that mandate. Istead they allow ‘Czars’ to take up the slack it seems, really….?
The following list of 32 are appointed so-called ‘Czars’, they are not accountable to you or I, we can not vote them out. In many cases we are not even told what their salary’s are that they suck out of our taxes, but the decisions they make can negatively impact our lives, with no recourse. Read their inflated titles, they are comical, because what they represent are all failures. Its apparent to me these are politically ‘connected’ hacks that you have never heard of, and we are paying through the nose for these bottom feeding ‘good ole boy’ types…… Obama has stated he will appoint 3 more, Cyber, Health Insurance, and Copyright Czars, to sponge off our taxes, oh joy… Does Congress even have a function anymore? Should we keep them?
My solution in a move toward correcting the deficit is at the bottom of the page in my ‘Summary’ concerning the so-called ‘Super Committee’ and the so-called ‘Czars’.
CZARS:
1. Afghanistan Czar – Richard Holbrooke Title: Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. Salary: unknown
2. AIDS Czar * – Jeffrey Crowley Title: Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy. Salary: $102,000
3. Auto Recovery Czar – Ed Montgomery Title: Director of Recovery for Auto Communities and Workers. Salary: unknown
4. Border Czar * – Alan Bersin Title: Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and Special Representative for Border Affairs Salary: unknown
5. California Water Czar – David J. Hayes Title: Deputy Interior Secretary. Salary: unknown
6. Car Czar – Ron Bloom NOTE: on July 13, 2009, Bloom took over as head of the Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry, replacing Steven Rattner. Title: Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury. Salary: unknown
7. Central Region Czar – Dennis Ross Title: Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for the Central Region (encompasses the Middle East, the Gulf, Afghanistan, Pakistan and South Asia). Salary: unknown
8. Climate Czar – Todd Stern Title: Special Envoy for Climate Change. Salary: unknown
9. Domestic Violence Czar – Lynn Rosenthal Title: White House adviser on Violence Against Women. Salary: unknown
10. Drug Czar * – Gil Kerlikowske Title: Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. Salary: unknown
11. Economic Czar * – Paul VolckerTitle: Chairman of the President’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board. Salary: Volcker reportedly isn’t paid for his advice…..
12. Energy and Environment Czar – Carol Browner Title: Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change. Salary: $172,200
13. Faith-Based Czar * – Joshua DuBois Title: Director of the Office of Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. Salary: $98,000
14. Government Performance Czar – Jeffrey Zients Title: Chief Performance Officer. Salary: unknown
15. Great Lakes Czar – Cameron Davis Title: Special advisor to the U.S. EPA overseeing its Great Lakes restoration plan. Salary: Unknown
16. Green Jobs Czar – Van Jones Title: Special Adviser for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation at the White House Council on Environmental Quality. Salary: unknown
17. Guantanamo Closure Czar – Daniel Fried Title: Special envoy to oversee the closure of the detention center at Guantanamo Bay. Salary: unknown
18. Health Czar * – Nancy-Ann DeParle Title: Counselor to the President and Director of the White House Office of Health Reform. Salary: $158,500
19. Information Czar – Vivek Kundra Title: Federal Chief Information Officer. Salary: unknown
20. Intelligence Czar * – Dennis Blair Title: Director of National Intelligence. Salary: $197,700
21. Mideast Peace Czar – George Mitchell Title: Special Envoy for Middle East Peace. Salary: unknown
22. Pay Czar – Kenneth R. Feinberg Title: Special Master on executive pay. Salary: Reportedly receiving no compensation for his work….Out of the goodness of his heart……..
23. Regulatory Czar – Cass R. Sunstein *Title: Administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. Salary: unknown
24. Science Czar – John Holdren Title: Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and Co-Chair of the President’s Council of Advisers on Science and Technology. Salary: unknown
25. Stimulus Accountability Czar – Earl Devaney Title: Chair of the Recovery Act Transparency and Accountability Board. Salary: unknown
26. Sudan Czar – J. Scott Gration Title: Special Envoy to Sudan. Salary: unknown
27. TARP Czar – Herb Allison Title: Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Stability. Salary: unknown
28. Technology Czar – Aneesh Chopra Title: Chief Technology Officer. Salary: unknown
29. Terrorism Czar – John Brennan Title: Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism. Salary: $172,200
30. Urban Affairs Czar – Adolfo Carrion Jr. Title: White House Director of Urban Affairs. Salary: $158,500
31. Weapons Czar – Ashton Carter Title: Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics. Salary: unknown
32. WMD Policy Czar – Gary Samore Title: White House Coordinator for Weapons of Mass Destruction, Security and Arms Control. Salary: unknown
SUMMARY:
So if 523 out of 535 of our Representative’s have decided to turn over all their responsibilities to 12 representative’s, and 32 unelected/appointed ‘czars’ of questionable ethics, I have a deficit cutting proposition for the constituents of those 523 dead beat ‘Representative’s…..We obviously no longer need them, send them all home if they have decided not to do the job they were sent to Washington to do! They are fired, no gold plated retirement pension, go back to the real world and work for a living like the rest of us. That would save us a bundle!
The only other alternative for our ‘Representative’s would be to fire all the so-called czars, disassemble the so-called super committee, and get back to the work of the people as they were voted in to office to do. Pass a Balanced Budget Amendment, repeal Dod/Frank that continues to decimate the housing market, now! ‘Czars’ are nothing more than an end run around the checks and balances that were built into our Constitution, no wonder Obama likes to appoint ‘Czars’!! Congress needs to outlaw the use of ‘Czars’, now. That would be a good start.
Mark Shean, submitted 10-26-2011 www.mafirearmsafety.com
A * next to 7 of these means these ‘Czars’ were in other administrations as well….. Obama invented the rest…..