Sunday, July 19, 2015

Medal of Honor winner has issued a call to action!


No more discussion, no more open borders, no more immigration from muslim countries. 



Dakota Meyer
Dakota Meyer was presented with a medal of honour in 2011 for his courage while serving in Afghanistan

The shooting deaths of four US Marines in Chattanooga has once again thrust the gun debate into the spotlight. When former Medal of Honor winner Dakota Meyer posted a pro-gun message on Facebook, it generated a huge reaction online - illustrating how many here see the issue.
Dakota Meyer's Facebook post, which went online hours after the four US Marines were shot and killed, called for Americans to exercise their Constitutional right to bear arms.
"Now is not the time to come out waving photos of bullet holes in the glass calling for more gun control and spinning the story to yield a further separation of peoples in the United States.
"Now is the time for a call on the American people to finally realise the state of the world we are living in and the enemy that we face," he wrote.
The FBI has not made any conclusions about the motive of the alleged gunman, Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez. They do say there is nothing to link him to IS.



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Four marines were killed in Thursday's attack

But Meyer, a former Marine who won a medal for his bravery in Afghanistan, equated the attack with the threat posed by the Islamist group.
"I, for one, do not plan to give away by ability to defend myself and those I care about. I carry a firearm with me at all times legally under the conceal and carry laws in the area that I am in," he said.
With more than half a million people sharing post and nearly as many people liking it, Meyer's words have struck a chord with a large number of Americans. He already has a large social media following in the US, with more than 60,000 followers on Twitter.



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For decades gun control campaigners have called for restrictions on ownership in the US

"Dakota Meyer, you are correct and it is our right to be able to defend ourselves!," wrote Melinda Palmer Matney, whose sentiments were echoed in a large majority of the more than 67,000 comments.
Rosa Narvaez Every agreed: "Never ever stop looking over your shoulder cause those terrorist might be walking right behind you. No, they are indeed here already, and they have more than one gun."



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Many in the US argue increased gun ownership is the way to deal with terror threats

As more people visited the page, many gun control advocates began to share their concerns. "Another gun nut. A tragedy perpetrated by a domestic terrorist occurs, and all he's worried about it protecting his firearms. I am so tired of hearing about 2nd Amendment right," wrote Thomas Gesswein.
"I have never understood the whole debate about the gun laws and making it harder for someone to get one," was Candice Gorrell's view. "Do people not see that the only ones this will affect are LAW ABIDING CITIZENS? While we are sitting ducks due to our right to protect ourselves being taken away, CRIMINALS and TERRORISTS will continue to have guns, purchase guns, and use guns."
The gun control debate in the US is ubiquitous, but tragedies like Chattanooga push it back into centre stage. Meyer's comments, which came a month after the Charleston shootings, and the same day James Holmes was convicted of the Aurora cinema attack, show just how polarised the conversation is, and how the fear of IS on US soil has brought a new dimension to the discussion.

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous7/19/2015

    Mr. Obama could shut down all immigration from Muslim countries with a stroke of his magic pen. . . . . . . . . . .. . .but he won't.

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  2. Anonymous7/20/2015

    I'm wondering if all the Chicagoans who bought into the hometown bullshit in electing Obama ever thought of the amount of damage he could do to this country. Its seems that we've all been chumped. His administration sends representatives to the funerals of gangbangers but remain mute in cases like the Steinle murder in SanFrancisco. He barters 5 Taliban terrorists for one American deserter. Now he's visiting prisons and telling inmates that he's no different than them and that he's made the same mistakes they have. He's let the Justice Department loose on police departments across the country, a policy that appears to be continuing under Eric Holder's successor. And we have a Republican controlled Congress led by a Speaker that talks a good game and brings himself to tears before capitulating to the administration's every whim. They've looked the other way when this POS - POTUS ignores checks and balances and violates separation of powers and does whatever he feels like doing, time and time again. Obamacare, Illegal Immigration, Zero talent at negotiation with foreign governments. A secretary of state who should have walked away from the negotiating table with Iran after the 2nd deadline passed. By the way, who was it that invited Obama to speak at the 2004 Democratic Convention? Oh yeah, John Kerry. And how is it that the only Republican who stands up to what's going on thats wrong in the country is Trump, who the media is bent on painting as a Perot like nut job. Its getting really difficult to maintain any sense of optimism in US. Everything wrong is right and the future outlook for jobs, growth, education, and our overall quality of life is being flushed right down the toilet. We have people in Washington that are going along with all this. Hopefully, all of these issues will remain fresh in the minds of the electorate come November of 2016. God help us all.

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