Republican Threatens DoJ Budget Over Obama's 'Tyrannical' Gun Control Action
"The next twelve months will be an especially dangerous time for Americans who treasure our Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms," warns Rep. John Culberson (R-Texas), chairman of the Appropriations subcommittee that oversees the Justice Department (DoJ). As The Hill reports, his warning, in a letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch, follows a threat to block President Obama's executive order on guns by defunding the DoJ.
The following letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch from Rep. John Culberson (R-Texas), chairman of the Appropriations subcommittee that oversees the Justice Department, clearly warns against enforcing the 'new' gun restrictions.
Culberson went on to add:
"I have formally notified Attorney General Lynch that I will aggressively protect our Second Amendment rights using Congress' power of the purse...
I notified the attorney general that if the Department of Justice attempted to create new restrictions on our Constitutional rights that I would use every tool at my disposal to immediately restrict their access to federal funding.”
As The Hill continues, Culberson appears to be the first Republican to call to block DOJ funding over the executive action on guns.
In future budget agreements, House appropriators could specifically prohibit the Justice Department from enforcing the gun restrictions without defunding the entire agency.
Culberson warned Lynch not to “create new law” in his letter.
“The House Appropriations Committee will not provide resources to your department for the development or implementation of unlawful limitations on the unambiguous Second Amendment rights of Americans,” Culberson wrote.
Culberson’s letter follows harsh words that Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) had for the Obama administration earlier Monday.
He accused Obama of “subverting” Congress by taking executive action on gun control.
“We all are pained by the recent atrocities in our country, but no change the president is reportedly considering would have prevented them,” Ryan said.
As President Obama prepares to address the nation at 1120ET to explain how everyone will be safer if applications for gun use are made more onerous, one can't help but wonder if Culberson would actually follow-through on his threats... and if not what kind of reaction "we, the people" will have.
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Having met both Ammon and Rick Bundy, they have more conviction and ballsack, than you'll ever have.
Ooh, more vacant posturing from RepubliTurd "leadership". I'm sure Obama and Lynch are shaking in their shoes.
Guy will bark, but that's it.
If he tries to bite, the snuff film he starred in gets released.
pods
Defund the entire gov't.
I am trying, but i cant do it all alone!
I am putting all last year tax money owed and the next 2 years worth of tax money owed in a trust and not going to pay the bastards until the day before they TRY and put me in jail for it...... FINE MY ASS, I DONT CARE...... But if we all take a conscience stand at funding these assholes, we might make a difference!
But then again, the pricks will just print what the fuck they want, then spend it!
WHY THE FUCK are we all paying taxes again if the government can just print until oblivion? Thats right.... to keep your ass in line and to continue to make you a slave to the system while the government gets their 40% of all you make when living, then another 50% when you die! FUCK EM ALL! I am no longer feeding the great beast called the US government aka THE EMPLOYER OF LAST RESORT!
This is it..... illegal gun laws IS the straw that broke my back! If the government are going to act like a bunch of outlaws..... THEN FUCK IT..... When in Rome!
Totally IRRELEVANT when the Fed can still print/create as much paper/digits as they want and you still accept it in exchange for your labor.
Great point (and one i tried making above).... so, instead of funding the beast with my our 40% due in taxes every year, then i (we) should take every cent that was going to the state and federal gobment and buy guns, ammo, food, gold, silver and any other tangible with that money and let them print (hyperinflate) their debts away without the help of it's citizenry!
Officially, today, i stop being a debtslave and a tax whore and start looking out for numero uno and family!
FUCK EM ALL!
When it's all over, they've taken all your property, siezed all your accounts and you are in a Federal prison on tax evasion charges, you will be asking yourself, "Why the fuck didn't I just pay the damn tax?"
Great point... They could do that if only a handful of people stop paying... but what if 20% of americans stopped paying?
I equate it to driving in L.A..... If you have 1/2 the people going 80 MPH in a 65, do the cops really have enough manpower to stop what is going on? I would argue NO! Too many speeders and not enough enforcement!
So you believe it was really ever his property when they can just come in and seize it at will?
I have a bridge for sale in The Sahara Desert. Interested???
If you want to "Defund the Government" without becoming an "enemy" of the Government, just cut back on how much you work...become "poor" on paper...they may even start SENDING you money to "help you out"...
Works great for General Electric...they pay NO TAXES and still get Refunds!
"The company reported worldwide profits of $14.2 billion, and said $5.1 billion of the total came from its operations in the United States. Its American tax bill? None. In fact, G.E. claimed a tax benefit of $3.2 billion."
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/25/business/economy/25tax.html?_r=1&scp=1...
Oregon Grown (me too, BTW): the idea that the gubernmint gets 'another 50% when you die' is untrue - the 1% has made sure of that. The government got jack over shit when my wife died, and will get the same when I move on. Spent 6 weeks laid up about 15 years ago after a paragliding 'incident', studied up on probate and trusts and shit. Study up on estate planning, it ain't rocket science, and type up your shit or hire a lawyer to do it one time, and the government gets zero - your heirs get it.
How do you think the 1% stays the one percent over generations?
Some resources:
http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/diy-estate-planning
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/2013/11/how-to-create-a-bulletproof-e...
http://www.alllaw.com/articles/wills_and_trusts/online-estate-planning-s...
If you ain't rich, and have a relatively 'simple' estate: house and land (maybe with mortgage), car or two and like that, do it yourself is straightforward,
If there are significant assets involved, you probably will want to go to an estate planning attorney - figure one to three grand - consider it an investment for your heirs, and one of the best ones you can make. Read some of the above shit before you go - makes the process quicker and cheaper if you have a clue...
I heard this is really all about keeping guns out of moochie's hands when he is out of office. He really does not care much about ownership or posession except for one particular person.
yeah, and just like obamacare, a wasted $1 trillion stimulus package that evaporated with ZERO accountability, obama asking for $636 billion in bridge-financing for his budget & paul ryan green-lighting him for $1.135 trillion, the VA scandel, the IRS scandel, the open borders @ both the north & the south where people come and steal our wealth/run up our debt as we pay for them to be housed, healthcared, clothed, and fed while they do it ... etc., etc., etc. ... they will roll-over like the pigs that they are and give him his way.
maybe 1-day the GOP will wake-up and realize the rise of donald trump has alot less to do with obama and much more to do with republicans in the house & senate who have been completely feckless to stop the radical transformation of this country into a 4th-world, barren wasteland.
Why would republicans stop that which they need?
The debt won't go up on it's own fast enough to keep us from imploding.
Trump is nothing more than the symptom of things sucking.
And when fiat collapses, it tends to suck.
pods
Well I am a Rand Paul man but I agree that Trump's rise is a response to the GOP ignoring their base and selling them out, time and time again. I will support a Trump presidency as I am disgusted by the GOP leadership and wish they get the wake-up call they deserve badly. Right now Trump, Paul and Cruz are the only Candidates that have called for more dialogue and partnership with Russian and not shooting down their planes in a so called No-fly zone and starting WW3 with a major nuclear power if elected. Clinton, Rubio, Jeb Bush, Christie and the rest of the funky bunch concern me terribly as they are openly calling for further escalation of global war. Trump nailed it when he said we have spent 1.4 trillion on the middle east wars and what do we have to show for it. Its not as if we have won. That was the most common sense thing I have heard from any other candidate besides Paul.
Eek, please dont think because I mentioned Trump that I am political. Just a bystander in your Reindeer games.
And, we spent 1.4 trillion for a very good reason. Because we had to.
And, as a result, we still have a currency worth something to show for it. (pretty fucked up world we live in but that is in fact the truth)
It is all about the debt. Always.
As for Rand, he looked cute in that beanie. Never knew he was part Jew?
pods
You don't have to be part Jew or Jew to where a Beanie, I guess you have never been a guest at a Jewish religious ceremony. If it is about debt, why not spend the money on power plants and roads instead of bombs and chaos?
Roads and powerplants are inside the USA.
Too many FRNs inside the USA means too high of inflation.
The game only works when you export them.
The Jew comment is because everyone pretends that it is all about that. Guests, similar values, another democracy. That is complete bullshit. Every politician has to bow to AIPAC and spread them for Israel lest the media crucifies them.
Ain't about any fucking guest bullshit. Jews run the media and that makes or breaks a whore politician.
Hence, they all don the beanie and kiss the wall.
pods
Well one thing is for certain they do control most of the media and most of wall street / banking. They are also very good at keeping valuable knowledge close to the vest to maintain a competitive advantage.
every ponzi scheme ALWAYS end the same.
position yourself correctly.
limited options...
This needs to end now and this group need to be thrown out of office.
And replace them with what group?
The Republicans will sell you down the river. The Small Arms Treaty was ratified and signed. The US Senate has a Republican Majority. They are the ones who ratify treaties.
So replace them with what group?
Do tell. I am really interested in a real solution...OF WHICH THERE ARE NONE.
So you junk the post just because you cannot suggest a valid and well thought out option?
Wow. I am just so impressed as I am LAUGHING OUT LOUD...AT YOU.
Yeah. Trump will save you...FUCK.
Whether or not it is the current ASSHOLE, OBAMA..better referred to as a CAULDRON HOLE as Reggie has reamed him...or if it BUsh...who plays with children as Planes are slamming into buildings in New York City..or if it is Clinton, "Oral Sex is NOT sex", it makes no fucking difference.
The ONLY reason..let me repeat that...the ONLY REASON why Congress passes any legislation and a sitting President signs it into Law is...now pay real close attention as you have failed to get it...repeatedly...
...IS TO FUCK YOU IN THE ASS.
Hell American Assholes are probably even more stretched out from the reaming that they get from the Government than Obama's ass can ever be.
And, yet, every four years you want to choose your particular style of ASS FUCKER?
You must enjoy getting fucked in the ASS, junker.
What a bitch.
That is what is laughable, JUNKER.
"The Small Arms Treaty was ratified and signed. The US Senate has a Republican Majority. They are the ones who ratify treaties."
Uhmmm, not so, according to this article: Link
And according to Wikipedia, the U.S. Has signed, (Kerry last year) but not ratified the pact.
So, maybe the red down arrow was in criticism of your incorrect information on the subject. <- no red arrow from me. I will be the first to agree that if the R's thought they could get away with ratification, the would roll.
Thank you for the correction.
It is easier to place factual information before me rather than junk it anonymously.
I am also here to be educated and corrected when necessary.
I do not know everything and I am also subjected to misinformation.
Dialog proves beneficial in that regard.
The R's threatening to defund anything are a joke. STFU if you don't mean it, which they don't.
I hear you, what did they expect when they backed Paul Rino.
The R's want the people disarmed as much as the D's.
This is posturing and pandering.
They did not defund Obamacare. They refused to do that..TWICE.
This legislation is a slam dunk and will pass.
Will you comply or resist is the only question left remaining as your overlords, your legislators, will not do anything for you...EVER.
We need to get out of the UN as that is where the treaty which Obama has signed, to get rid of our citiizen's guns, was crafted.
But far too many do not know about that treaty.
It is called the Small Arms Treaty.
http://www.westernjournalism.com/un-gun-control-treaty-will-kill-second-...
aware, yes. the true nature of this control is global. so i've broaden ed my thoughts to see the big picture. but this will NEVER work without overwelming violence because humans can not get along on a city block much less globally without a smack down oppressive aperatus...
I didn't see in that article where the Senate ratified ATT, and thus far they have not.
You are correct.
There may be a fiber of hope...as I proposed below.
But then the Republican Senate, led by Mitch McConell, did make a deal to have Obamacare funded, didn't they?
My bet is that the US Senate will be bought off, just like they have previously been.
You can see where this is headed and why.
Republican balls are descending .... maybe they can scratch them via their trouser pockets ?
Not a chance in Hell.
The Small Arms Treaty was signed.
The Republicans want this as much as the Democrats. Then the Speaker of the House, Paul RINO, can parrot the Crying Orange and say..."We were bushwacked."
ATT was signed by O'bomb-a, but not ratified by the Senate. So far, it don't mean shit.
Maybe if he keeps repeating that dispinformation we'll all believe it. That is pretty much how the MSM and others have presented the so-called "Gun Show Loophole".
I was informed that it was.
I will look into that and retract if that is the case.
Treaties are unenforcable unless Senate ratified.
Edit: I was misinformed and mistaken.
Touche.
Thanks. Maybe there is a fiber of hope...
So what? Does this mean we have background checks on our background checks when we buy a gun?
That's about it as far as I can tell. Alarming huh?
The part about a license to sell an individual gun seems like a hassle. Possible that's not accurate, but I saw it in an early report. Watch list folks get special restrictions?
Watch people get rich from a burgeoning Black Market...
It is not all bad.
Incrementalism. By August they will be attempting to confiscate BB guns.
then slingshots? can't even be a kid anymoar...
Justntake it to court. Time to get rid of executive actions anyway.
The Supremes will rubber stamp the EOs as Constitutional.
You do not get it.
The game is rigged.
The American Dream is called a dream as you'd have to be asleep to believe it. George Carlin was right about that.
Here is a song called "Dream Away" by the Cars. If you have a problem then you can "dream away" it...dream it away...right?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJkfgQj4Guw
The "Good Life" is just a "dream away".
This is how the game is played. Obama does what he wants. The Republicans make a show of actually giving a shit to appease the sheep, then cave in exchange for earmarks or similar swag at a date TBD.
Defunding DOJ (which will never work since Obama actually has to sign the bill) will backfire and isn't exactly a smart thing to do. If Congress actually BELIEVES Obama has done something unconstitutional- then file Articles of Impeachment. Congress has been neutered by this president.
The funding is already there, congress controls how it is distributed. No bill needs to be signed to defund anything. That is my frustration with no action on the Affordable Care Act.
My dream would be to see all of the children of these neanderthals go hungry and have their schools close due to lack of funding, all while these clueless fuckfaces clutch to the only freedom about which they even know or care.
Guns>everything else.