Chaos & Tyranny

No Second Amendment Rights for Medical Marijuana Users

Firearms dealers in states that regulate medical marijuana can't sell guns or ammunition to registered users of the drug, a policy that marijuana and gun-rights groups say denies Second Amendment rights to individuals who are following state law.

It's already illegal under federal law for someone to possess guns if he or she is "an unlawful user of, or addicted to" marijuana or other controlled substances. A Sept. 21 letter from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, issued in response to numerous inquiries from gun dealers, clarifies that medical marijuana patients are included in that definition.

Last week's letter also says that licensed dealers can't sell a gun or ammunition if they have "reasonable cause to believe" the buyer is using a controlled substance.

Pro-marijuana and gun groups said the policy clarification amounts to rescinding the gun rights for the thousands of people who are registered in the 16 states that have medical marijuana laws.

Besides that, the government is putting an additional burden on gun dealers to police their customers, said Montana Shooting Sports Association Gary Marbut.

"Their business is to be merchants, not to be cops. Unfortunately, the federal licensing scheme complicates that," Marbut said. "It sounds as if the (ATF) is expecting them to drift further into the cop role."

Flu Shots for Medical Workers Update (State to track compliance)

INDIANAPOLIS | State lawmakers may require hospitals to report their employee immunization rates to shame medical workers into getting an annual flu shot.

But Tim Kennedy, of the Indiana Hospital Association, said an immunization reporting law is not needed because a federal disclosure requirement takes effect in 2013.

Mandatory Flu Shots (for homeless and health care workers)

Pharmacist V.J. Damasius prepares to administer flu shots to the needy in March at the First Baptist Church homeless shelter in Hammond.

Vicki, whose name has been changed to protect her job, was notified by a letter in August the health system was instituting a new requirement for all employees to get a flu shot this year. The new policy includes all 14 Franciscan Alliance hospitals in Indiana and Illinois, and provides exceptions for documented medical and religious reasons. Those who are exempt from the vaccine must wear a face mask while caring for patients or in patient-contact areas during the flu season, from October to March. While Vicki plans to submit a waiver to be exempt, she expects to be denied. According to the corporate policy, if she doesn't get a vaccine by Dec. 15, the result will be "disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment for continued noncompliance."

School officials going door to door to inject unvaccinated students

Natomas school officials are going door to door with a traveling nurse to give whooping cough shots to unvaccinated students.

A new state law requires students entering seventh through 12th grades to get vaccinated against the disease by the start of the 2011-12 school year.

The legislature gave districts 30 days beyond the start of the school year to make sure all students were vaccinated or had a formal exemption (see below) filed by their parents or guardians.

"CALIFORNIA CODES
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
SECTION 120325-120380"

And here is the relevant section:

"120365. Immunization of a person shall not be required for
admission to a school or other institution listed in Section 120335
if the parent or guardian or adult who has assumed responsibility for
his or her care and custody in the case of a minor, or the person
seeking admission if an emancipated minor, files with the governing
authority a letter or affidavit stating that the immunization is
contrary to his or her beliefs. However, whenever there is good cause
to believe that the person has been exposed to one of the
communicable diseases listed in subdivision (a) of Section 120325,
that person may be temporarily excluded from the school or
institution until the local health officer is satisfied that the
person is no longer at risk of developing the disease."

Dependency on Government Creates Lazy Americans

Facts from the USDA:

Some 70% of households that relied on food stamps last year had no earned income.

Some 20% of households had no cash income of any kind last year, up from 15% in 2007, the year the recession began, and up from 7% in 1990.

More than half of household heads who received food stamps, 51.1%, weren’t in the labor force and weren’t searching for work.

Commentary:

First of all, I have no problem helping disabled people with my tax dollars, provided assisstance is given by non-profits and churches first!

Secondly, what happened to all the donated food that pantries have? And what about the thrown out food?

Finally, every non-disabled person that has electricity should be able to make $400 per month if they simpy follow the plan!

Banning Cash Sales of Silver and Gold! Must read!

A couple of weeks ago our report that some Austrian banks had begun restricting the sale of gold and silver to 15,000 Euro (~$20,000 USD) reportedly because of money laundering issues was met with disbelief by many readers of financial news and information web sites. As we mentioned in that commentary, it is our view that governments, namely in Western nations, are making it more difficult for individuals to make gold purchases, as well as to do so anonymously.

It looks like this trend of restricting the peoples’ ability to acquire assets of real monetary value is expanding. If a recent report from France is accurate, and based on the French governments official web site it looks like it is, then as of September 1, 2011, anyone attempting to sell or purchase ferrous or non-ferrous metals, which includes gold and silver, will be required to pay for their purchase via a credit card or bank wire transfer if it exceeds 450€ (~ $600 USD).

Organic Oligopolies (so much for the little guy)

Forced Vaccinations in California

 

Debtor's Prison for Parents!

Randy Miller, a 39-year-old Iraqi war vet, found himself in that situation in November, when a judge in Floyd County, Ga., sent him to jail for violating a court order to pay child support.

Miller, who spent three months in jail before being released, is one of six plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit filed in March that seeks to force the state of Georgia to provide lawyers for poor non-custodial parents facing the loss of their freedom for failing to pay child support.

The ability of judges to jail parents without a trial is possible because failure to pay child support is usually handled as a civil matter, meaning that the non-custodial parent — or the “contemnor” in legal terms — is found guilty of contempt of court and ordered to appear at a hearing.

He or she is not entitled to some constitutional protections that criminal defendants receive, including the presumption of innocence. And in five states — Florida, Georgia, Maine, South Carolina and Ohio — one of the omitted protections is the right to an attorney.

Government Keeping Excess Mortgage Proceeds!

A number of people who lost their homes in mortgage foreclosure are owed money. State law dictates that if any money is left over after satisfying any overdue property taxes, the outstanding mortgage debt and the cost of the auction, it must be paid to the clerk of the court to be transferred, as the court directs, to the mortgage debtor.

County officials in Illinois announced the creation of a task force to locate approximately 1,944 people owed $16 million currently held by the Cook County clerk's office!