LETTER: Seek answers to gov’t actions
To the editor:
Why are we afraid of our own government? Maybe because no one has adequately explained the indefinite detention provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act, which can revoke the civil rights of anyone deemed an “enemy combatant” by the executive branch, including American citizens.
Why has the government approved 30,000 drones that will be flying over our heads? What happened to personal privacy and freedom?
Why has the Department of Homeland Security bought 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition – and is still trying to buy more? Janet Napolitano refuses to adequately explain her stockpile or actions. Target practice for federal agencies? Really?
DHS has accumulated enough ammo to fight a 30-year war. No government agency plans this far ahead unless there is a nefarious purpose. The DHS is now busy redacting order requests to hide their actions.
On top of this, why does the DHS need 2,700 mine-resistant armored vehicles in the U.S.? Why are they ordering bullet-resistant road booths? Who are they planning to fight – the American people? Why is this administration trying to strip law-abiding citizens of their constitutional rights and confiscate guns? Yet at the same time, they are buying 7,000 assault rifles for their own personal defense.
George Washington made it clear when he stated, “A free people ought not only be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who would attempt to abuse them, which would include their own Government.” America was founded upon the concept of limited government and individual liberty, yet both are being attacked daily by our elected officials.
As the Government continues to add armed agents and consolidate agencies under the DHS, one has to wonder why we are militarizing our own country. Add in the FEMA relocation centers and the coffin stockpiles, and it makes you wonder if martial law is coming. We continue to send our military overseas to act as the world’s police, yet drug cartels are committing mass murders just across our southern border and we do nothing. The violence has spread into our southern states, with Phoenix now alleged to be the No. 2 city worldwide for kidnapping, and we do nothing… Oh wait, our government did provide the Mexican drug cartels with guns, until two of our own border agents were murdered with the guns we provided. We are on the economic brink of disaster, but Obama just pledged $500 million to the Palestinians and continues to spend money that we do not have. When martial law is declared and your freedom is ripped away, where will you stand?
Please – please contact your representatives and demand answers. We must defend this threat against the citizens of the United States of America before it is too late.
Kali Roche