Wednesday, June 15, 2016

GUN POLITICS. DEAD MAN ZONE. GUN SLINGERS! DYING TO KILL! NONE OF US WANT TERRORISTS TO GET GUNS . . . SO HOW DO WE DO THIS, EVEN IF THE FBI IS INVESTIGATING OR PUTS YOU ON THE "NO FLY" LIST, WITHOUT VIOLATING CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND DENYING LAW ABIDING CITIZENS, THEIR SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS, OR GETTING GUNS? SENATE DEMS LEAD FILIBUSTER FOR GUN CONTROL. WE ARE ALL SICK OF TERRORISTS, LONE WOLF SHOOTERS, HOMEGROWN TERRORISTS, ENEMY COMBATANTS, KILLING INNOCENT PEOPLE! THIS IS WHERE CONGRESS NEEDS TO DO THEIR HOMEWORK! ON AN AVERAGE, ROUGHLY 85% OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, WANT SOME FORM OF GUN CONTROL, BUT HOW DOES THAT LOOK? LIFE, LIBERTY AND PROPERTY CANNOT BE DENIED WITHOUT DUE PROCESS OF LAW AND EQUAL PROTECTION, 5TH & 14TH AMENDMENT. SO HOW DOES THE "TOTALITY OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION" WITH LIMITS ON CONGRESS, NOT TO INFRINGE ON STATES AND PEOPLE'S RIGHTS TO BEAR ARMS? THE 10TH AMENDMENT, STATES THAT, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAN DO WHAT IS "EXPRESSLY" GIVEN TO THEM, TO DO, WHICH INCLUDES "GENERAL WELFARE" ISSUES, "DOMESTIC TRANQUILITY"; "COMMON DEFENSE" IN ADDITION TO DOING ALL THAT IS NECESSARY TO RUN THE BUSINESS OF THE COUNTRY . . . AND RIGHT NOW, STATES CAN REGULATE THEIR INDIVIDUAL CITIZENS RIGHTS TO BEAR ARMS, BY WAY OF PROTECTING THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE . . . BUT, WITH THOSE RIGHTS GIVEN AND PROTECTED BY STATES, IN ADDITION TO PUTTING LIMITS ACCORDING TO THE PARTY, STATES, BODY POLITICS, THAT FIT THE NATURE AND MAKE UP OF THE VALUES AND NEEDS OF THAT STATE. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, IN LOOKING FOR THE "GENERAL WELFARE," CAN, IN "COMMON DEFENSE" OF "LIFE, LIBERTY AND PROPERTY" TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION CITIZENS, CIVIL AND CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, PASS GENERAL LAWS, THAT WILL, EFFECT ALL CITIZENS IN ALL STATES, AGAIN, NOT ONLY NOT INFRINGING ON STATES RIGHTS ISSUES, BUT, IN CONDUCTING AND PASSING LEGISLATION, THAT WILL PROTECT OUR GENERAL WELFARE AND GIVE ALL CITIZENS A COMMON DEFENSE . . . AS IN REGULATING "ASSAULT WEAPONS." WHAT IN THE FUCK, WOULD ANYONE, NEED AN ASSAULT WEAPON FOR? EVEN WITH THE SHOOTER IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA . . . ALL IT TAKES TO KILL A PERSON IS ONE GUN, AND HOPEFULLY NOR MORE THAN 6 OR 7 SHOTS, IF THAT, IN THE EVENT, NO POLICE FORCES ARE ON THE SCENE OR HAVE A RELATIVELY SHORT RESPONSE TIME. THIS IS WHERE THE STATES, KNOWING THEIR STATES MAKE UP, RURAL WILL DIFFER FROM URBAN; THEREFORE, THE NEEDS WILL DIFFER ACCORDING TO THE SITUATION. BY WAY OF EXAMPLE, WHILE BOTH UTAH AND MONTANA ARE WESTERN STATES, THEIR MAKE-UP AND POPULATIONS ARE VERY DIFFERENT, IN ADDITION TO THE SIZE OF THE STATE PER CAPITA . . . MONTANA, THE 4TH LARGEST STATE IN LAND, ONLY HAS BARELY ONE MILLION PEOPLE, MANY LIVING IN RURAL AREAS; UTAH, ON THE OTHER HAND, HAS ALMOST 2 MILLION OR MORE PEOPLE LIVING ON THE WASATCH FRONT, IN A STRIP OF HIGHWAY, GOING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH, THAT HAS THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE AND CITIES, LOCATED ALONG THAT ROUTE AND STRETCH OF HIGHWAY AND LAND MASS . . . THE REST OF THE STATE IS MORE RURAL AND MAY RESEMBLE A MAKE UP, MORE LIKE MONTANA. SO THESE ARE THE CHALLENGES, CONGRESS, IN RUNNING THE COUNTRY AND DOING THE BUSINESS OF THE COUNTRY, NEED TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, ALONG WITH THE CONSTITUTIONAL AND CIVIL RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE THEY ARE NOT TO INFRINGE ON! TOUGH, HARD, CHALLENGING, COMPLICATED, COMPLEX AND NEAR GENIUS IN SOLVING THE PROBLEMS ON GUN CONTROL, WITHOUT CROSSING THE LINES OF UNCONSTITUTIONALITY! THAT IS A TRICKY LINE TO WALK, AND IT WILL TAKE THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST IN CONGRESS TO REACH A COMPROMISE BETWEEN DEMOCRATS AND THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO WANTS TO HAVE SOME FORM OF GUN CONTROL, BUT ALSO SATISFYING THE REPUBLICANS AND AMERICAN PEOPLE ON DUE PROCESS AND EQUAL PROTECTION . . . WHO SHOULD WE LIMIT? IF AN FBI INVESTIGATION ENOUGH TO AUTOMATICALLY DENY SOMEONE THEIR SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS, WITHOUT DUE PROCESS AND EQUAL PROTECTION, OR SEEING SOMEONE AS "GUILTY" WITHOUT THE LONG HELD PRESUMPTION, OF "INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY?" IF WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO, LIKE IN MY CASE, WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A TERMINAL BRAIN DISEASE, LATER, DUE TO POLITICAL OPPONENTS, OR POLITICAL ENEMIES, OR FINANCIAL GAIN FOR FAMILY, RECLASSIFIED MY TERMINAL BRAIN DISEASE, TO MENTAL ILLNESS? THAT WOULD UNDER SOME STATES AND GUN CONTROLS DENY ME, FULLY RECOVERED, FROM OR MISDIAGNOSED, OR NEVER HAVING EITHER A BRAIN DISEASE NOR MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, BUT A VICTIM OF TARGETED ENEMIES, WHO WERE WORRIED THAT I WOULD RUN FOR CONGRESS, ATTORNEY GENERAL, OR SOME OTHER NOTABLE PUBLIC OFFICE, KNOWING THAT MY FORMER EMPLOYMENT AND EXPOSURE WOULD HAVE GUARANTEED ELECTION AND NOT FOR THE PREDOMINATE RELIGION OR PARTY POLITICS, IN THE STATE OF MORMON! THESE VERY COMPLICATED ISSUES, NEED TO BE WORKED INTO THE LEGISLATION, OR INTO EXCEPTIONS, OR GIVEN, DUE PROCESS AND EQUAL PROTECTIONS, CONSISTING OF NOTICE AND A HEARING, BEFORE BEING DENIED A RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS, TAKING INTO THOSE INDIVIDUAL STATE REGULATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS, GIVEN THE BODY POLITICS OF THE STATE, WITH MORE POPULATED CITIES, LIKE NEW YORK AND ILLINOIS, WITH TONS OF COPS, IN CLOSER RESPONSE TIME THAN RURAL MONTANA, WHERE PEOPLE HAVE TO DEFEND THEMSELVES. SOPHISTICATED AND RIGHT THINKING! HARD WORK, BUT WORTH THE BATTLE! NOW ON THE ISSUE OF DEALING WITH PEOPLE WHO, AS IN THE CASE OF THE WIFE OF THE ORLANDO SHOOTER . . . I THINK, ONE OF THE FEW WAYS TO KEEP GUN VIOLENCE AND TERRORIST ATTACKS DOWN, IS TO HOLD PEOPLE LIABLE OR CRIMINALLY RESPONSIBLE, FOR KNOWING THAT, THE PERSON HAS A PROPENSITY OR PLAN TO COMMIT OR ATTACK A BODY OF PEOPLE, LIKE IN THE CASE OF THE WIFE DRIVING WITH THE HUSBAND, WHEN HE DROVE PASSED THE "PULSE" NIGHT CLUB WAS LOCATED, EVEN KNOWING THE TARGET, AND GOING TO BUY GUNS AND AMMO FOR THE ATTACK . . . THAT IS AN ACCOMPLISH TO THE MASSACRE, IN MY MIND, AND THEY SHOULD BE HELD CRIMINALLY LIABLE FOR KNOWING ABOUT THE PLANS AND ATTACKS. WE, AS A SOCIETY, HAVE MADE PEOPLE, WHO ARE NOT, RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACTIONS OF OTHERS; HOWEVER, WE ARE AWARE OF ABUSE, OR THE INTENT TO HARM, OR BEING PARTY TO OR AKIN TO THE INTENT TO INJURE OR HARM . . . WE SEE THIS IN DRAM SHOP LAWS, WHERE BAR OWNERS, WHO KNOW A PERSON, IS HAVING TOO MUCH TO DRINK, HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO REFUSE TO GIVE THE PERSON ANY MORE TO DRINK . . . OR WHEN, A PERSON IS GOING TO HARM THEMSELVES OR HARM SOMEONE ELSE, PEOPLE ARE REQUIRED TO BRING THAT INTENT TO THE ATTENTION OF AUTHORITIES, WHO CAN PROTECT EITHER THE PERSON OR THE TARGET OF THE INTENDED HARM! WE HAVE DOCTORS, WHO ARE REQUIRED TO MAKE REPORTS, WHEN THERE IS OBVIOUS ABUSE OF A SPOUSE, OR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE . . . TEACHERS WHO ARE AWARE OF CHILD ABUSE, HAVE TO REPORT THE ABUSE! WIVES, HUSBANDS, FAMILY MEMBERS, FRIENDS, ROOMMATES, BOYFRIENDS AND GIRLFRIENDS, OFTEN HAVE KNOWN LONG BEFORE THERE IS A TERRORIST ATTACK OR A SCHOOL SHOOTING, A THEATER GUNNING DOWN OF 78 PEOPLE, OR AN ATTACK AT A COLLEGE! THEIR CHARGES SHOULD BE LESS THAN THE SHOOTER, BUT IF THEY HAD A CHANGE TO STOP THE VIOLENCE AND ATTACK, THEY HAVE A MORAL DUTY AND IMPARRATIVE, TO REPORT THIS TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT NEAREST TO THEM . . . WE ARE ALL, AS CITIZENS, IN THIS EFFORT TOGETHER, TO STOP VIOLENCE, WHETHER THAT BE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, CHILD ABUSE, GUN VIOLENCE, TERRORIST ATTACKS, SCHOOL SHOOTINGS, CLUB AND THEATER SHOOTINGS! WE ARE ALL THE SAME, WE NEED TO SHOW COMPASSION, LOVE, PROTECTIONS, UNITED FRONT, AND COME TOGETHER AND UNIFY AND PROVOKE THE NEED TO PROTECT, TO LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS AS OURSELVES . . . YOU CAN'T LOVE A GOD YOU HAVE NOT SEEN, IF YOU DON'T LOVE PEOPLE YOU DO SEE! SONGWRITERS PAY TRIBUTE TO THOSE MEN AND WOMEN, KILLED IN THE ORLANDO, FLORIDA NIGHT CLUB! I SAY THE OWNER OF THE "PULSE" GAY CLUB, AND SHE SAID HOW DEVASTATING IT WAS, WHEN, SHE MADE THE CLUB TO PROVIDE A SAFE ATMOSPHERE AND FUN PLACE FOR THE LGBT COMMUNITY COULD GET TOGETHER AND DANCE, BE ENTERTAINED AND MEET EACH OTHER . . . HOW PATHETIC, TO KNOW THIS WOMAN WHO HAD A GAY BROTHER, AND THE VERY REASON SHE BUILT THE CLUB, WAS DESTROYED BY A HATEFUL AND UNSAFE MAN, AND HIS WIFE, NOT ONLY KNEW HIS PLANS, SHE KNEW THE PLACE HE INTENDED TO TARGET! WE CAN STOP VIOLENCE, AMERICA . . . WE ARE THIS STRONG! SMART! CARING! RIGHT THINKING! GOOD LUCK CONGRESS! THE CONSTITUTION IS A COMPROMISE, THE WORD POLITICS MEANS COMPROMISE . . . YOU JUST HAD THE BIPARTISAN BBQ ON THE SOUTH LAWN OF THE WHITE HOUSE, PEOPLE WHO BREAK BREAD TOGETHER, CAN COME TO SOME COMPROMISE, TAKING ALL THESE ISSUES INTO CONSIDERATION . . . DON'T STAND OFF AND DO NOTHING! CHANGE YOUR IMAGE OF THE "DO NOTHING CONGRESS" WITH AN UNFAVORABLE RATING LOWER THAN, LOWER THAN DONALD TRUMP! LOL! YOU ONLY HAVE A 9% APPROVAL RATING . . . FUCKING DO SOMETHING! WE PAY YOU TO REPRESENT US, WE HOPE WE ELECT THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST AND THIS IS TOTALLY AN ISSUE THAT, THE MAJORITY BY FAR OF AMERICANS WANT SOMETHING DONE! KISSES, LOVES, HUGS . . . WE ARE PRAYING FOR YOU! PROTECT US! YOU HAVE THE POWER!

JoAnn S. Secrist, J.D., reporting from, Room 119, Super 8 Hotel, Kalispell, Montana, constitutional law attorney, bad ass con law chick blogger . . . glad to serve, make you think, drive to a solution to violence!  Fun to be back in Flathead Valley, so beautiful!  I may live in Missoula, most of the time, but my heart is in the Flathead!  I got in yesterday by 2:30 PM . . . gorgeous drive!  ZIP TRIP!

P.S., a week or two ago, my second favorite baseball hat, the orange version of the same hat, was my favorite, but the black one, I like too . . . it commemorates, one of 5th Dual Haul, fund raiser for the Poverello Center, that has housed and protected me off and on for several years, and thank God, they were around!  The hat has a cool fly fishing picture of a trout caught on a fly line.  Anyway, I was hoping that if I wrote about my hat being stolen, the hat that walked off, would find its way home--it did!  Yahoo!  I wish my orange hat, would also, walk, run, skip, or crawl home.  There is NOTHING I hate more and liars and thieves!

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