Zaevion William Dobson’s example, to be precise.

He’s the young hero whose corpse Barry held up  who Obama used as a prop so he could shed a tear.

Kid WAS a hero. Might have become someone according to reports…. (if he didn’t fall prey to the Black Culture that destroys so many young black men) His killer(s)? They were gang members. Probably would have looked like Barry’s sons, had he been able to sire any…..Didn’t have their guns legally. Barry’s new pronouncements would not have changed anything, were that to happen 6 months from now instead of in Mid December 2015.

If Barry really wants to fix the “gun problem” then he needs to deal with drugs, gangs, and yes, Black culture.

Blacks do more killing of each other (both with and without guns, actually) in their neighborhoods (percentage wise) than any other demographic. Hard to admit for many, especially blacks, but that is true.  They commit more crimes, and therefore encounter police officers more often than the rest of us….

Few legal gun owners commit crimes. Lots of illegal gun owners do. A fairly high percentage of those illegal gun owners are black.  Fix the illegal gun owners issue, and nearly every one of your gun problems will go away.

Unless the end goal is civil disarmament, of course.

Hears this referenced on the radio and had to research it when I got home:

The Case For Civil Disobedience in Oregon

It is an interesting article detailing the excesses that the folks in Burns are protesting.

If NPR is trying to be sympathetic to these folks, then there has been, and is an issue with the behavior of the BLM….but we knew that already, didn’t we?

Microsoft Warns Windows 7 Has Serious Problems

You should “upgrade” to windows 10 immediately….

Of not, because there really aren’t any issues with Windows 7. In fact, it operates over 50% of the WORLDS computers.

But Microsoft wants you to upgrade. Because. Borg.

(Me, I hear that they will support it ’til 2020, so if my hardware lasts that long, I’m gonna stay right here in 7 land).

(YMMV, past results are not indicitatve of future earnings, always practice safe sex. brush daily, and wear your boots)

(my comments are bolded)

Closes ‘gun-show’ loophole

Require gun dealers, whether they sell in a store, at gun shows or over the internet, to conduct background checks on those wanting to purchase a firearm. The administration is not setting a limit on the number of transactions someone can make before they are considered a “gun dealer” but notes that “even a few transactions” can be enough to require a license and a background check. Failure to obtain a license can result in up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.

So this really does nothing, as all FFL’s have to do background checks anyway. Unless there is a limit put on how many private sales one can do in a certain amount of time, this has no teeth. Private sales are private sales. If no records then who can tell? (there really was never a “Gun Show Loophole”) 

Close loophole related to trust and corporate purchases

The National Firearms Act restricts sale of weapons such as machine guns and sawed-off shotguns. In recent years, individuals have been able to avoid background checks by purchasing these weapons through trusts, corporations or other legal entities. The number of these types of applications grew from fewer than 900 in 2000 to more than 90,000 in 2014, the White House said. The order will require people purchasing these weapons through trusts or other legal entities to undergo a background check.

Not really a big deal for most of us, and it has only been a big deal (and doubled or a bit more) in 2013 and beyond…..So it will, at most affect a few thousand class three people…..most of whom did the trusts for other reasons than to avoid the background check….And very few people ar killed with either legal silencers or legal full auto machine guns.

State participation

Obama said Attorney General Loretta Lynch has written a letter to states urging them to provide complete information, such as criminal history, to the federal database that’s used for background checks. The AG’s office is also asking states to increase communications with anti-domestic violence agencies.
Again, really a toothless thing

Streamline background check system

In 2015, the National Instant Criminal Background Check System received more than 22.2 million background checks, an average of about 63,000 per day. Under current law, if a background check isn’t returned within three days, a dealer can move ahead with the sale. To speed up and modernize NCIS, the order directs the FBI to hire more than 230 staffers – a move that would double staff size – and complete technical updates to the database. The goal is for background checks to be processed 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Cool! better service! Yeah!

Lost or stolen guns

The order also stipulates requirements related to what happens if a gun is lost or stolen while in transit to a firearms dealer. Dealers are required to report lost or stolen weapons from their inventory but the laws related to guns that go missing during transit aren’t as clear. Under the new order, the licensee shipping the gun will be responsible for reporting it missing or stolen.
So a law is clarified. Cool. 

Mental health services

The White House is proposing to spend $500 million for increased mental healthcare services. Other provisions include reporting of Social Security information to the background check system, a move designed to keep those with mental health issues or who receive disability payments due to mental impairment from purchasing firearms.

Wouldn’t have stopped Homes or Lanza,  or likely kept Gabby Giffords from being shot in the head. I fail to see what, besides posturing, he is gonna fix here…Patient Privacy still is in force, so much reporting is still not gonna take place. 

Gun technology

The president is issuing a memorandum to the Department of Defense, Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security to increase research into gun safety technology. The memo also directs the agencies to promote the use and acquisition of new firearm technology.

So, really, the above is nothing but words. But that is all we really can expect from Barry, isn’t it?

Increased personnel, other measures

The White House said the president’s 2017 budget will include funding for 200 new Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearm agents to enforce gun laws. Another $4 million will go towards enhancements to the National Integrated Ballistics Information Network, which tracks evidence that can be used to link gun-related crimes.

Why wait until 2017? Why not RIGHT NOW? Isn’t even one life saved worth it? Guess where Barry will be in 2017? Yeah, not caring, really.

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So effectively, if this list is complete,, Barry is gonna make a whole lot of noise and actually, with the exception of better staffing for NICS and all, really gonna make a lot of noise, but really do nothing to change anything or do anything to keep people safe(er) from criminals with guns. (he won’t address the real issue: that most gun violence is from people who would look like his son if he had had one)

Read this if you need a pretty clear (and concise) explanation of what is happening in Oregon that has sparked the (illegal) occupation by a bunch of so called Militia…

For the record: I think the BLM has done everything they could to destroy the Hammonds, and their staff members conduct is inexcusable and contemptible….and possibly criminal if it comes to that. But that is no excuse for perpetrating a felony.

I think the fools that are protesting by occupying the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters  are doing no one any favors, least of all themselves. I also think that they are being led by a government agitator. Sadly, this can only end in bloodshed or jail time for these men. Nothing good will come of their actions. The media will portray them as armed, aggressive fools. They will not get the support that happened at the Bundy Ranch. The Hammonds and the people of Harney County don’t support them, and they are closest to the area and the issue.

Sad, really

My only question: Will they be as patient with these men as they were with the leftist “Occupy” movement? Same thing, really, except the Militia folks are not yet shitting on cop cars and such….

That this whole Oregon thing has certainly shaken the tree and gotten the somewhat radical (for whatever level of radical works for you) folks to start shrieking and flinging poo…….at the government, the “Militia” and at each other.

I mean, I realize that I am far from mainstream, but these folks are WAAAAAY beyond that.

Kinda fun to watch, actually. I wonder if the Left has the same issues?

Of course, the feminists and the liberals (two groups who, for the most part have venn diagrams that largely overlap) and the DNC (pretty much ditto) will be screaming about a “woman’s right to choose”, and “my body my choice” and “entitlements” and all their standard whooraw and such…

But really, He has a point:

Gary Johns’ suggestion that compulsory contraception ‘would help crack intergenerational reproduction of strife’ has been slammed by welfare groups

I think that (here in the US, at least), properly implemented, simple drug tests every month would do more, mind you….one fail and you are allowed rehab, two and you don’t get welfare for a year. That, I think, would work better.

But I am told that I am mean, and racist, and all that.

I mean, forcing people to get ID’s and all……Especially ID’s that meet Federal Standards and such.

Didn’t we hear how an ID (of any kind) to vote was a terrible hardship to people, poor people, people of color and all that?

Yet I don’t hear the outcry from the DNC or any other liberal organization about this:

Illinois, Missouri and other states State Issued ID (and Drivers licensees) not valid ID for entry into Federal facilities…..Including Airports…. (link fixed)

Isn’t that racist? It was a hardship for people to prove their identity to vote….now you have to meet even more stringent Identification standards to fly, or enter a federal courthouse, or a federal prison….Isn’t that even more racist(er) or something?

Think about this, however:

Now, to fly DOMESTICALLY, you need either a Compliant State ID, or a US State Department issued PASSPORT….

 Haven’t we heard this somewhere before?

Ihre Papiere bitte Your Papers, Please……

That those people in (or actually, near) Burns, Oregon are “Militia”….

They are gonna lump these fools in with people like us.

I’m not so sure that that is an accident, especially with the timing of Barry’s coming Anti-Gun push.

I’m fairly certain that this is a setup.

Think about it.

ETA: I just saw Ammon Bundy on CBS….I got the feeling that he isn’t sure, exactly, why he is there or what the end goal is….

are the III patriots?

I mean, they have that short bus, and the mobile kitchen and all that that they solicited donations from a shitload of people to acquire…..Just for situations like THIS happening today in Oregon…yet I don’t see any of them driving there to feed the protesters.

(Just for the record, I don’t think that these folks are gonna make any difference, and really, even the Hammonds (who are going to jail) are not supportive of this protest……And committing a crime on Federal Property isn’t a good idea…it is, in fact, a really bad idea…I think about half of the leaders are agent provocateurs)

But this is exactly what those folks gave all their money for.

I mean, they posted that if you didn’t donate you weren’t a “True Patriot” and all that….(I didn’t give ’em a dime….I don’t need some keyboard Kommando to tell me whether I am a patriot or not)

ETA:
for a decent overview of this incident (and lots of links) go HERE
(another, somewhat opposing view, HERE)