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Archive for January, 2013

Submitted by Mark Shean Sr. author of #GUN SENSE, on Amazon.

Subject: Columbine Student’s Father many years later. Guess our national ‘leaders’ didn’t expect this. On Thursday May 27th 1999, Darrell Scott, the father of Rachel Scott, a victim of the Columbine High School shootings in Littleton, Colorado, was invited to address the House Judiciary Committee’s subcommittee. What he said to our national ‘leaders’ during this special session of Congress was painfully truthful. They were not prepared for what he was to say, nor was it received well.  It needs to be heard by every parent, every teacher, every politician, every sociologist, every psychologist, and every so-called expert! These courageous words spoken by Darrell Scott are powerful, penetrating, and deeply personal. There is no doubt that God sent this man as a voice crying in the wilderness.

The following is a portion of the transcript:

“Since the dawn of creation there has been both good & evil in the hearts of men and women. We all contain the seeds of kindness or the seeds of violence. The death of my wonderful daughter, Rachel Scott, and the deaths of that heroic teacher, and the other eleven children who died must not be in vain. Their blood cries out for  answers.

“The first recorded act of violence was when Cain slew his brother Abel out in the field. The villain was not the club he used. Neither was it the NCA, the National Club Association. The true killer was Cain, and the reason for the murder could only be found in Cain’s heart.

“In the days that followed the Columbine tragedy, I was amazed at how quickly fingers began to be pointed at groups such as the NRA. I am not a member of the NRA. I am not a hunter. I do not even own a gun. I am not here to represent or defend the NRA – because I don’t believe that they are responsible for my daughter’s death. Therefore I do not believe that they need to be defended. If I believed they had anything to do with Rachel’s murder I would be their strongest opponent.

I am here today to declare that Columbine was not just a tragedy — it was a spiritual event that should be forcing us to look at where the real blame lies! Much of the blame lies here in this room! Much of the blame lies behind the pointing fingers of the accusers themselves. I wrote a poem just four nights ago that expresses my feelings best.

Your laws ignore our deepest needs, Your words are empty air. You’ve stripped away our heritage, You’ve outlawed simple prayer. Now gunshots fill our classrooms, And precious children die. You seek for answers everywhere, And ask the question “Why?” You regulate restrictive laws, Through legislative creed. And yet you fail to understand, That God is what we need!

“Men and women are three-part beings. We all consist of body, mind, and spirit. When we refuse to acknowledge a third part of our make-up, we create a void that allows evil, prejudice, and hatred to rush in and wreak havoc. Spiritual presences were present within our educational systems for most of our nation’s history. Many of our major colleges began as theological seminaries. This is a historical fact. What has happened to us as a nation? We have refused to honor God, and in so doing, we open the doors to hatred and violence. And when something as terrible as Columbine’s tragedy occurs –politicians immediately look for a scapegoat such as the NRA. They immediately seek to pass more restrictive laws that contribute to erode away our personal and private liberties. We do not need more restrictive laws.

Eric and Dylan would not have been stopped by metal detectors. No amount of gun laws can stop someone who spends months planning this type of massacre. The real villain lies within our own hearts.

“As my son Craig lay under that table in the school library and saw his two friends murdered before his very eyes, he did not hesitate to pray in school. I defy any law or politician to deny him that right! I challenge every young person in America , and around the world, to realize that on April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School prayer was brought back to our schools.

Do not let the many prayers offered by those students be in vain. Dare to move into the new millennium with a sacred disregard for legislation that violates your God-given right to communicate with Him. To those of you who would point your  finger at the NRA — I give to you a sincere challenge. Dare to examine your own heart before casting the first stone! My daughter’s death will not be in vain! The young people of this country will not allow that to happen!” –             Darrell Scott

Respectfully submitted 1-23-2013, in the wake of all the gun crimes committed by the mentally ill, which no gun law will stop.  Mark Shean

“I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.” Abraham Lincoln

“ The People of the United States are the rightful masters of both congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” Abraham Lincoln                                                        

Facts are nasty little things aren’t they?  Here are some the media buried.

A 1997 High School shooting in Pearl Miss., was halted by the school principal after he retrieved the Colt .45 he kept in his truck.

A 1998 middle school shooting ended when a man living next door heard gunfire and apprehended the shooter with his shotgun.

A 2002 terrorist attack at an Israeli school was quickly stopped by an armed teacher and a school guard.

A 2002 law school shooting in Grundy, Va., came to an abrupt conclusion when students carrying firearms confronted the shooter.

A 2007 mall shooting in Ogden, Utah, ended when an armed off-duty police officer intervened.

A 2009 workplace shooting in Houston, Texas, was halted by two co-workers who carried concealed handguns.

A 2012 church shooting in Aurora, Colo., was stopped by a member of the congregation carrying a gun.

At a recent mall shooting in Portland, Ore., the gunman took his own life minutes after being confronted by a shopper carrying a concealed weapon.

Approxamately 2500 times last year alone legal gun owners stopped violent crime when confronted with it long before any police assistance.

Of course, you probably didn’t know any of this because the ‘mainstream’ media elite doesn’t find it worth reporting, they would rather exercise the First Amendment with lies by ‘omission’ instead.  These stories are not sensational enough and doesn’t fit in with their agenda of disarming America.

What is really insane is people,(politicians) who think removing rights from responsible people will somehow keep us all safe! 

Look for #GUN SENSE on Amazon. I am a former NRA LEFI and have been giving the state class for LTC since 2000. Mark Shean Sr.
Link to book

The paperback is now Rated #1 on Amazon in the Shooting and Hunting section! the Kindle version is at #4.
Sincerely,
Mark Shean & Son
www.mafirearmsafety.com

Governor Patrick, and so-called ‘Rep’. David Linsky (D), among others have come up with a very ‘shady’ and reprehensible scheme to try to force gun registration on all legal gun owners in the ‘guise’ of ‘safety’. I have a bridge in Brooklyn for sale cheap if you believe that one. It worked (briefly….) for Hitler and Stalin along with many other dictators in the past and present, and now our very own dictator wanna-be politicians today want to give it a whirl!! Gooood luck!

Politicians who are in ‘bed’ with the insurance companies may try to force everyone, (under threat of course) to buy liability insurance for their guns in Ma. This has NOTHING to do with safety or preventing crime, (proper storage laws are already on the books, as are safety classes) and EVERYTHING to do with another creative way to start a (backdoor) gun registration scheme while making themselves rich with ‘kick-backs’ from the insurance lobby! How can you be ‘forced’ to buy the insurance if they don’t know what you own until you REGISTER your guns? Threats issued from your so-called self serving ‘Reps’ is the only way. Tell them to pound sand! Make SURE you threaten them with your vow to unseat these career leeches in the next election cycle! Here is the phone # at the State House on ‘bacon’ hill to do just that…617-660-4640, go to it!!

Why do you think that when you get a speeding ticket that you have to pay your auto insurance co. additional money in penalties for the next 7 years thereafter? You did no damage to the car that is insured, or to anyone else’s car or property did you? Every time someone gets a speeding ticket politicians in this state profit from it! They are in bed with the insurance companies. They will profit from this so-called ‘gun liability insurance’ scam also!

Lawful gun owners have absolutely NO obligation to comply with an unlawful dictate such as this. It is a direct violation of our Constitutional rights, trying to effectively price us out of our Second Amendment!! It discriminates against lower income Americans, of any color, who may live in crime ridden areas by making it imposable for them to ‘afford’ their Constitutional right to self defense, hell, $100 to apply for a gun license in this politically asinine state does that for many! The people we loosely call ‘representative’s’ who would go along with this get rich quick scheme for themselves should be tried for treason, and imprisoned in forsaking the oath they took when gaining public office. We all know the oath they took as a solemn vow to UPHOLD the entire Constitution! They were all eager to swear the oath, once in office they appear just as eager to forsake it in order to line their pockets with bribes from special interest groups.

Firearms are the only consumer product that is protected in our Constitution, politicians with an eye to totally controlling the masses hate the Second Amendment and will try any scheme/scam to circumvent it! The criminals will all line up for the insurance………..SURE!

You going to throw all lawful gun owners in jail Deval and Linsky? How many criminal acts will that stop?! NONE!  You and your ilk know that!  You have an ulterior motive. We are under NO obligation to comply with your unconstitutional/unlawful schemes/dictates!

A few words from someone who understood political corruption and human nature throughout history all to well:

“Rightful  liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around  us by the equal rights of others. I do not add ‘within the limits of the law’  because law is often but the tyrant’s will, and always so when it violates the  rights of the individual”. Thomas Jefferson

“One man with courage is a majority”. Thomas Jefferson

We seem to have come full circle, from the shot heard ’round’ the world at Lexington and the birth of liberty 237 years ago,  and now, once again, suggested and pursued implementation of tyranny from our so-called ‘Representatives’ as the norm, the British of old would have been quite proud of these ‘tories’ I am sure !!

Sincerely,   Submitted by Mark Shean, 1-18-2013

OBAMACARE PROTECTS GUN RIGHTS–Senate amendment 3276, Sec. 2716, part c.

It seems that in their haste to cram socialized medicine down the throats of all the American people, then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Barack Obama overlooked Senate amendment 3276, Sec. 2716, part c. c) PROTECTION OF SECOND AMENDMENT GUN RIGHTS.– “(1) WELLNESS AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS.–

A wellness and health promotion activity implemented under subsection (a)(1)(D) may not require the disclosure or collection of any information relating to– “(A) the presence or storage of a lawfully-possessed firearm or ammunition in the residence or on the property of an individual; or “(B) the lawful use, possession, or storage of a firearm or ammunition by an individual.

“(2) LIMITATION ON DATA COLLECTION.–

None of the authorities provided to the Secretary under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or an amendment made by that Act shall be construed to authorize or may be used for the collection of any information relating to–

“(A) the lawful ownership or possession of a firearm or ammunition;

“(B) the lawful use of a firearm or ammunition; or

“(C) the lawful storage of a firearm or ammunition.

“(3) LIMITATION ON DATABASES OR DATA BANKS.–

None of the authorities provided to the Secretary under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or an amendment made by that Act shall be construed to authorize or may be used to maintain records of individual ownership or possession of a firearm or ammunition.

“(4) LIMITATION ON DETERMINATION OF PREMIUM RATES OR ELIGIBILITY FOR HEALTH INSURANCE.–A premium rate may not be increased, health insurance coverage may not be denied, and a discount, rebate, or reward offered for participation in a wellness program may not be reduced or withheld under [Page: S13491] GPO’s PDF any health benefit plan issued pursuant to or in accordance with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or an amendment made by that Act on the basis of, or on reliance upon–

“(A) the lawful ownership or possession of a firearm or ammunition; or “(B) the lawful use or storage of a firearm or ammunition. “(5)

LIMITATION ON DATA COLLECTION REQUIREMENTS FOR INDIVIDUALS.–

No individual shall be required to disclose any information under any data collection activity authorized under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or an amendment made by that Act relating to–

“(A) the lawful ownership or possession of a firearm or ammunition; or

“(B) the lawful use, possession, or storage of a firearm or ammunition.

”. (f) Section 2718 of the Public Health Service Act, as added by section 1001(5), is amended to read as follows:

On Jan. 1, many parts of the Obamacare legislation became active, including the tax requirements/burden on working middle class Americans  to begin funding its later full implementation. This means that many parts of national health care are already being enforced, including the amendment on gun and ammunition registration.

This is comical, but not what really protects us from dictator wanna-be’s, for that we have the Constitution, a much hated ‘roadblock’ to these same wanna-be’s such as Finestine,  Boxer, Schumer, Biden/Obama, Bloomberg, Pelosi and all their ilk at any level of government.

Since the Democrats no longer have control over the House of Representatives as they did in 2009 when the original bill was passed, repealing this amendment would be very difficult, as it would open up much of Obamacare to potential repeal just to remove this segment in the legislation.

When WE THE PEOPLE elect our Representative’s, upon the threshold of taking office and thus becoming our public property, they are all required to take/make a solemn oath to ‘Uphold and Defend’ OUR Constitution,(every part of it) from all enemies both foreign and domestic. It is when they forget this oath that they then become self serving ‘politicians’ and are no longer our Representatives, they have become instead a domestic enemy from within in my view. We then need to either vote them out, recall them, or imprison them as the traitors they have become by forsaking the oath they had once sworn to uphold, OUR Constitution!

America is ours, ‘Executive Orders’ do not ,will not superceed OUR Constitution at the whim of Obama, (or anyone else) that is not how it works. We do not serve our Representatives, they serve us! Our Constitution is only as strong as the current generation of any age is to defend it. SO DEFEND IT!! Sincerely, Mark Shean, submitted 1-10-2013

SO, I GUESS IN THEIR RUSH TO PUSH SOCIALIZED HEALTH CARE DOWN OUR THROATS, THEY ‘SHOT’ THEMSELVES IN THE FOOT ON THIS ONE!! THANK YOU HARRY REID!!

Compiled by Mark Shean Sr. author of #GUN SENSE, now on Amazon.

All these tragedies have 2 or more things in common, at the bottom of the page will be my brief summary. Mark Shean

Camden N.J.  Sept. 6, 1949

Howard Unruh, age 28,  killed neighbors while walking near his home. He never went to trial; he was determined to be a paranoid schizophrenic and found to be insane.  He died at age 88 in a ward for the mentally insane. He said he would have killed 1000 if he could have had the time.

4 injured, 13 dead, including 3 children ages 2, 6, and 9. He lived with his mother, was a loner, he just took a ‘walk of death’ one day.

Austin Texas, Aug. 1, 1966, At the University of Texas.

Charles Whitman, age 25, was a former Marine sniper who shot people from the observation deck of a campus tower before being killed by police.

32 injured, 16 dead plus the shooter. He was abusing amphetamines and was having severe daily headaches, he suspected mental illness according to the notes police found later.  He murdered his mother and wife prior to going to the university.

San Ysidro Ca. July 18, 1984

James Oliver Huberty, age 41, went into the McDonald’s and shot people until he was killed by a police sniper.

On the day before the massacre, Huberty had called a mental health center. The receptionist misspelled his name on intake as Shouberty. Since he had not claimed there was an immediate emergency, his call was not returned. Delusional, he said he served in V. Nam but was never in any military branch.

19 injured, 21 dead including 5 children ages, 8 months, 9, 11, 11, 11, plus the shooter.

Edmond Oaklahoma, Aug. 20, 1986, at a post office.

Pat Sherrill, age 44, He was about to be fired, (he thought) as a letter carrier for ‘poor job performance’, when he came to work, he shot his coworkers and supervisor and then killed himself, (coward). Described as a quiet loner, neighbors said no one liked him, he was a suspected ‘peeping tom’ and kids called him ‘crazy Pat’. He lived with his mother until she died and was never able to hold any job for long.

6 injured, 14 dead, the shooter, (coward) committed suicide.

Killeen Texas, Oct. 16, 1991, at Luby’s Cafeteria, (Luby’s Massacre)

George Hennard, age 35, drove into a restaurant and then started shooting people. Police injured him and he then killed himself. He was described as angry and withdrawn, he was known to ‘dislike’ women, and was unemployed.

In response, Texas politicians got it right by passing a Shall-Issue gun law, removing the personal discretion of the issuing authority to deny a Concealed Carry Handgun License to qualified applicants.

27 injured,  23 dead, the shooter, (coward) committed suicide.

Littleton Co. April 20, 1999, Columbine High School

Eric Harris, age 18, and fellow student Dylan Klebold, age 17, killed students and teachers at their school before killing themselves in the library. Both of these students were in psychiatric treatment and in trouble with the law. The weapons they used were illegally acquired, (stolen). They even made bombs that failed to work.  Noted in a journal they kept, they wanted to ‘out-do’ prior murderous events.

 24 injured, 13 dead, two shooters, (cowards) committed suicide.

Oct. 6, 2006 at the West Nickle Mines School

Lancaster County Pa.,  an Amish schoolhouse.

Gunman Charles Carl Roberts IV age 32, took hostages and shot ten girls. He confessed on the phone to his wife that he was a child molester and knew he would molest again, and that he was ‘angry at God’.

 5 injured, 5 killed aged 6-13. The shooter, (coward) committed suicide.

Blacksburg, Va. April 16, 2007, Virginia Tech.

Student Seung Hui Cho, age 23, killed two students in a dorm and then went through a classroom building shooting people. He had been diagnosed with a severe anxiety disorder known as ‘selective mutism’, and a major depressive disorder. Many faculty members found Cho’s behavior ‘menacing’. The school psychiatrist said she was not surprised to hear who had done the shooting and would have been more surprised if it had been anyone else.

17 injured, 32 students dead, the shooter, (coward) committed suicide.

Binghamton N.Y.  April 3, 2009, At the Immigration Services Center.

Jiverly Wong, age 41, was a student at the center when he shot people as he walked into a classroom. Had said ‘America sucks’ and that he wanted to shoot the President and co-workers, he had a bad run of luck according to some and appeared paranoid to others. He was never diagnosed.

4 injured, 13 dead, the shooter, (coward) committed suicide.

Fort Hood Texas, Nov. 5, 2009, At a Soldier Readiness Processing Center.

Army psychiatrist Nidal Malik Hasan, age 39, is awaiting trial for accusations that he fired at a group of soldiers who were getting ready to be deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. He is described as a paranoid and schizoid according to colleagues and superiors. 2 1/2 years after his premeditated  attack he still has not come to trial. As directed by the White House, the DOD refuses to call this what it is, a terrorist act.

32 injured, 13 dead. Shooter was shouting ‘God is Great!’; in Arabic during the rampage.

Tucson Arizona, Jan. 8, 2011 at a ‘town square’ meeting.

Jared L. Loughner age 25

Acquaintances said that Loughner’s personality had changed markedly in the years prior to the shooting, a period when he was also abusing alcohol and drugs. He had been suspended from Pima Community College in September 2010 because of his bizarre behavior and disruptions in classes and the library. After his arrest, two medical evaluations diagnosed him as paranoid schizophrenic and incompetent to stand trial. He was sentenced to life in Nov. 2012.

12 injured, one a US Representative,  6 killed, one age 9, one a Federal Judge.

Aurora Co. Century Movie Theater, July 20, 2012

James Holmes age 25,

Holmes’ defense attorneys claimed in a motion he was a “psychiatric patient” of the medical director of Anschutz’s Student Mental Health Services prior to the Aurora shooting. CBS News later reported that Holmes had met with at least three mental health professionals at the University of Colorado prior to the massacre.

Some of Holmes’ acquaintances suspected prior to the shooting that Holmes suffered from mental illness and could be dangerous. Two weeks before the shooting, he sent a text message asking a graduate student if they had heard of the disorder dysphoric mania, and warning the student to stay away from him “because I am bad news.”

Injured 58, killed 12.

Newton Conn. Dec. 14, 2012  At an Elementary School.

Adam Lanza age 20, Diagnosed with a developmental disorder, ‘Aspergers Syndrome’. His mother had told him she was considering placement for him in a mental institution, this may have been what ‘set him off’ in his rampage’? The guns he stole were his mothers, he killed her first.

Killed 27 people including 20 elementary school students, the shooter, (coward) committed suicide.

Webster New York, Dec. 24th 2012.

William H Spengler Jr. age 62

Ex. convict who went to jail for murdering his grandmother by beating her to death with a hammer. In a note police found he wrote that he was going to do what he liked best, “I like to kill people”.  He was not allowed to legally possess firearms.     NOTE: Why was this lunatic let out of jail in the first place?