This is NOT a good thing!!! It's sad how gullable most americans are. Scream terrorist and you can pass any law you want these days. :roll:
The End of America: May 10, 2005
On Tuesday, May 10, 2005, America became a true police state.
Your U.S. senators voted -- unanimously, with no discussion, and without
even reading the bill -- to create a national ID card.
The Real ID Act blackmails state governments into turning
their drivers licenses into a draconian tool of the federal homeland security
apparatus. If states refuse, their citizens lose such "privileges"
as being allowed to board an airplane, enter a federal building, or apply
for social security. President Bush is expected to sign the bill eagerly
on Thursday.
In three years -- by May 2008 -- this Stalin-style internal
passport will be an American reality. But your government will have more
control over you than Stalin ever dreamed in his most violent, vicious,
anti-freedom dreams. (See links to the text of the law and articles about
it at the bottom of this article.)
But that's only the beginning.
The creator of the Real ID Act, Rep. James Sensenbrenner,
smiles and tells us that his Real ID Act is all about "solving illegal
immigration" or "preventing terrorists from entering the country."
This is one of the biggest of the thousands of "Big Lies" we've
heard from the tyrants in Washington. The Real ID Act is about tracking
and controlling Americans. You. Me. Our children. Everybody.
In May 2008, barring a miracle, America as we once knew it
will be in ruins. It will be gone. And the rights of gun owners will be
among the first scheduled for destruction.
GUN OWNERS: PREPARE TO RESIST
Here's your future:
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You walk into a gun store, fill out your 4473, and show
your government ID just as you now do. But instead of looking at your
license and taking down some information, the clerk runs the license (which
is likely to contain a radio-frequency ID chip) through a scanner. Your
purchase is instantly recorded in your state drivers license
registry. The federal government isn't currently allowed to keep a gun
registry. But no problem; the Real ID act gives them an open door into
your state records.
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Complete information on every firearm you buy will be
instantly available to every police officer (and possibly every government
employee, store clerk, or computer hacker) you ever encounter. You'll
be an instant criminal suspect every time you deal with someone who has
access to the database.
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Just as travelers are encouraged to get background checks
and give fingerprints to avoid some of the worst excesses of TSA screening,
gun owners will be encouraged to get background checks and give whatever
biometric ID the Department of Homeland Security requires. This will be
sold as a "benefit," ensuring you'll never again experience
an "instant-check" delay. In fact, Congress, the ATF, or the
FBI might even "mandate" 5-day or 15-day delays for anyone not
enrolled in the "Trusted Firearms Buyer" program.
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The private purchase "loophole" will be closed,
so that all gun buyers must make trackable purchases. (The ultimate goal
is for every purchase of every kind to be trackable.)
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Buying ammo? The store scans your national ID card and
-- bingo! -- your purchase is registered in the state database.
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The federal government or state governments can now also
_effectively_ legislate limits on the amount or kind of ammunition you're
"allowed" to purchase. Try to buy more and the database instantly
rejects you.
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The federal government or state governments can now also
_effectively_ legislate limits on the number of guns you may own. Try
to buy more, and the database rejects you.
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Eventually -- after the federal government "discovers"
the obvious, that national ID won't stop either illegal immigration or
terrorism -- the old attack on "evil guns" will resume. When
they want your .50 BMG they'll know just where to find it (because the
Real ID act says your home address _must_ be revealed). When they want
your evil "scoped sniper rifle" (you know, the one you hunt
deer with), they'll know just how to get it. Ditto with you "Saturday
Night Special" or your "assault weapon."
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If you don't surrender your guns, well, then the Department
of Homeland Security will cut off your driving "privilege,"
as well as your right to escape the growing police state via plane. You'll
be a prisoner in your own home, in your own country. Or you'll be forced
to function as an outlaw, operating and living a precarious existence
beneath the government radar.
PARANOID? OR PAYING ATTENTION?
You say these projections are ridiculous? That we're paranoid?
Well, frankly, if the Real ID Act doesn't make you paranoid,
you're not paying enough attention. We ask you to consider the long-term
impact of a few other acts of government.
In the 1930s, Congress promised us that our social security
numbers would never, absolutely never, be used for identification. Now,
they're the key to everything about us -- and without a social security
number you won't get a drivers license and you won't even be "allowed"
to drive after May 2008.
In 1913, Congress and the media swore to us that the brand-
new income tax would only affect the rich. Well, how rich do you feel after
paying 40 percent of your income (or more!) in taxes?
This is the way government works. They've even got a term
for it: mission creep. And there is no creepier mission than the mission
the federal government has currently set itself: to track everyone, everywhere,
and to control what we do.
We warned you in The State vs. the People
that this was coming. That book is still relevant, still a good read, and
still filled with information about what our future will be like in this
new American police state.
Be forewarned. Be aware.
