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		<title>Gun control vs. The right to bear arms</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beau Graves</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I got an email from a friend discussing the pressing issue of Gun Control that we are having right now. There was so much good information in the email that I just had to make it a post considering that is what i&#8217;m all about.

In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control. From 1929 to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I got an email from a friend discussing the pressing issue of <a href="http://thealliance13.com">Gun Control</a> that we are having right now. There was so much good information in the email that I just had to make it a post considering that is what i&#8217;m all about.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-152" title="permit-right-to-bear-arms" src="http://www.thealliance13.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/permit-right-to-bear-arms-300x264.gif" alt="permit-right-to-bear-arms" width="300" height="264" /></p>
<blockquote><p>In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control. From 1929 to 1953, about 20 million dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.</p>
<p>In 1911, Turkey established gun control. From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.</p>
<p>Germany established gun control in 1938 and from 1939 to 1945, a total of 13 million Jews and others who were unable to defend themselves were rounded up and exterminated</p>
<p>China established gun control in 1935. From 1948 to 1952, 20 million political dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.</p>
<p>Guatemala established gun control in 1964. From 1964 to 1981, 100,000 Mayan Indians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.</p>
<p>Uganda established gun control in 1970. From 1971 to 1979, 300,000 Christians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.</p>
<p>Cambodia established gun control in 1956. From 1975 to 1977, one million &#8216;educated&#8217; people, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.</p>
<p>Defenseless people rounded up and exterminated in the 20th Century because of gun control: 56 million.</p>
<p>It has now been 12 months since gun owners in Australia were forced by new law to surrender 640,381 personal firearms to be destroyed by their own government, a program costing Australian taxpayers more than $500 million dollars. The first year results are now in:</p>
<p>Australia-wide, homicides are up 3.2 percent</p>
<p>Australia-wide, assaults are up 8.6 percent</p>
<p>Australia-wide, armed robberies are up 44 percent (yes, 44 percent)!</p>
<p>In the state of Victoria alone, homicides with firearms are now up 300 percent. Note that while the law-abiding citizens turned them in, the criminals did not, and criminals still possess their guns!</p>
<p>It will never happen here? I bet the Aussies said that too!</p>
<p>While figures over the previous 25 years showed a steady decrease in armed robbery with firearms, this has changed drastically upward in the past 12 months, since criminals now are guaranteed that their prey is unarmed.</p>
<p>There has also been a dramatic increase in break-ins and assaults of the ELDERLY. Australian politicians are at a loss to explain how public safety has decreased, after such monumental effort and expense was expended in successfully ridding Australian society of guns. The Australian experience and the other historical facts above prove it.</p>
<p>You won&#8217;t see this data on the US evening news, or hear politicians disseminating this information..</p>
<p>Guns in the hands of honest citizens save lives and property and, yes, gun-control laws adversely affect only the law-abiding citizens.</p>
<p>Take note my fellow Americans, before it&#8217;s too late!</p>
<p>The next time someone talks in favor of gun control, please remind him of this history lesson.</p>
<p>With Guns&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;We Are &#8216;Citizens&#8217;.<br />
Without Them&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;We Are &#8216;Subjects&#8217;..</p>
<p>During W.W..II the Japanese decided not to invade America because they knew most Americans were ARMED !</p>
<p>Note: Admiral Yamamoto who crafted the attack on Pearl Harbor had attended Harvard U 1919-1921 &amp; was Naval Attaché to the U. S. 1925-28. Most of our Navy was destroyed at Pearl Harbor &amp; our Army had been deprived of funding &amp; was ill prepared to defend the country.</p>
<p>It was reported that when asked why Japan did not follow up the Pearl Harbor attack with an invasion of the U. S. Mainland, his reply was that he had lived in the U. S. &amp; knew that almost all households had guns.</p>
<p>If you value your freedom, Please spread this anti-gun control message to all your friends!</p>
<p>-UNKNOWN AUTHOR-</p></blockquote>
<p>Sure there is a bunch of people out there that should not have <a href="http://thealliance13.com">the right to bear arms</a>, and <img class="alignright size-full wp-image-149" title="The Right To Bare Arms" src="http://www.thealliance13.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/right-to-bear-arms.jpg" alt="The Right To Bare Arms" width="250" height="282" />that is because they have done things to lose that privilege.  The rest of us still have that right and should be able to keep it.</p>
<p>Just like this article states, the criminals are still going to get the hands on the guns, because they are getting them illegally anyway. for those of us who are trying to acquire them legally, we are the only ones who are going to be effected by this, and with that will not be able to defend ourselves against the criminals who will have them.</p>
<p><strong>There is nothing wrong with bearing arms, and having the right to protect yourself and your family against the the scum of the earth that is out there. </strong></p>
<p>If you want to make sure that your freedoms are not taken away from you, and you are not one of these awful statistics that were not able to defend themselves, then get out there and make your voice heard.<br />
The constitution was not written in vain, there was reason that we have the rights that we do. Make sure that you fight to keep them, so that you don&#8217;t have to fight for your life defenselessly.<br />
<strong></strong></p>
<p><strong>DON&#8217;T LET CONGRESS TAKE AWAY FROM YOU, WHAT YOU HAVE  THE RIGHT TO AS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN!</strong></p>
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		<title>Obama in the bible</title>
		<link>http://www.thealliance13.com/2009/03/22/obama-in-the-bible/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 22:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beau Graves</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I was talking to some of  my people the other day, and came to the conclusion that there is some hope out there for us republicans! There is a bible reference in Daniel chapter 7 that talks about the times that we are currently in right now. For all of the Christians out there you [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was talking to some of  my people the other day, and came to the conclusion that there is some hope out there for us republicans! There is a bible reference in Daniel chapter 7 that talks about the times that we are currently in right now. For all of the Christians out there you know that we ARE currently in the last days of the world.</p>
<p>The following is versus 24-26:</p>
<blockquote><p>24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.<br />
25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to <a href="http://thealliance13.com">change times and laws</a>: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.<br />
26 But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end.</p></blockquote>
<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-130" style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" title="Daniel in the lions den" src="http://www.thealliance13.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/danielinthelionsden-212x300.jpg" alt="Daniel in the lions den" width="212" height="300" />I know that there are going to be plenty of comment out there on what kind of interpretation that I&#8217;m seeing but I just thought that it was a good correlation from the bible.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not saying this because I&#8217;m on any Obama hating band wagon, Im just saying that there is going to be some really tough times ahead of us with all the changes that congress is wanting to see happen. We are going to need to be self sustaining at some point with all the wars that we haven&#8217;t even seen yet!</p>
<p>I know that Daniel had the power with him to survive the the lions den, and live to tell about it. I sure hope that we can withstand the the things of the future and be able to do the same.</p>
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		<title>&#8220;24&#8243; Season 7 prequel &#8220;Redemption&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.thealliance13.com/2008/10/14/24-season-7-prequel-redemption/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:49:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beau Graves</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ALERT All &#8220;24&#8221; fans season 7 is finally on the horizon. November 23rd &#8220;Redemption&#8221; The two hour bridge gap of seasons 6-7 is set to premier . finally we are able to see what the film maker are made of. After all the talk about seasons 5 and 6 not living up to the 24 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ALERT All &#8220;<strong>24</strong>&#8221; fans <strong>season 7</strong> is finally on the horizon. November 23rd &#8220;<strong>Redemption</strong>&#8221; The two hour bridge gap of seasons 6-7 is set to premier . finally we are able to see what the film maker are made of. After all the talk about seasons 5 and 6 not living up to the <strong>24 fans</strong> standards, we are about to embark on what looks like a new era of <strong>24</strong>.</p>
<p>The pre released trailer of 2007 for <strong>season 7</strong>, shows that they are bringing back some old faces to the show that however was before the strike, so who knows how the plot may have changed. On this video below it shows clips and the plot of the <strong>2 hour prequel</strong> to air, and from the looks of it <strong>Jack Bauer</strong> is on a whole new mission of protecting other countries not just the US. Take a look at the video, and leave any comments you think about the new season.</p>
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		<title>Shots Fired</title>
		<link>http://www.thealliance13.com/2008/03/25/shots-fired/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beau Graves</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[You are sitting at work, just a normal day when you hear a confrontation in the office. There is yelling and screaming and all of a sudden there is a string of gunshots&#8230; &#8220;Shots fired&#8221; what do you do? There is a company out there that is trying to make it so that people can [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You are sitting at work, just a normal day when you hear a confrontation in the office. There is yelling and screaming and all of a sudden there is a string of gunshots&#8230; &#8220;Shots fired&#8221; what do you do? There is a company out there that is trying to make it so that people can prevent these situations from becoming bigger then they need to be, and hopefully from ever happening.</p>
<p>With our world as it is today there are so many contributing factors as to why our students, and why common man, can snap at anything.  There are so many things that happen in our daily lives, so many stresses, that can turn a person into a malicious mob. Yesterday in the <a href="http://www.upi.com/International_Security/Emerging_Threats/Briefing/2008/03/24/violence_prevention_training_urged/8930/">United Press international</a>, I found this article on <a href="http://www.upi.com/International_Security/Emerging_Threats/Briefing/2008/03/24/violence_prevention_training_urged/8930/">&#8220;Violence Prevention Training&#8221;</a> and thought that it would be a good blog to post.</p>
<blockquote><p>The Washington-based Center for Personal Safety and Protection is urging university and corporate security officials to take action against violence.</p>
<p>As the anniversary of the Virginia Tech University shootings approaches, the Center for Personal Safety and Protection is calling on security officials in academe and in corporate environments to take preventative measures to safeguard against violence. Virginia Tech student Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 people on April 16, 2007, the worst school shooting in U.S. history.</p>
<p>Center for Personal Safety and Protection officials say workplace violence costs employers $36 billion while affecting millions of Americans each year. The organization announced its training program, <a href="http://www.opsgear.com/Shots-Fired-DVD-p/og-dvd-shots-fired.htm">Shots Fired</a>, is an effort to provide guidance for employees and students on handling an incident similar to what happened at Virginia Tech or more recently at Northern Illinois.</p>
<p>&#8220;Colleges and universities have spent a great deal of time and money since Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois in trying to make their campuses safer,&#8221; Allen Bova, Cornell University director of risk management, said in a statement. &#8220;Showing the <a href="http://www.opsgear.com/Shots-Fired-DVD-p/og-dvd-shots-fired.htm">Shots Fired</a> video to our employees is one of the best things we can do. Every employee that has viewed it says there should be mandatory viewing for every student, staff member and faculty member.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>This article was very interesting to me, so I wanted to research it further and find out more about the shots fired video. I did my research and found that it is done by a company called <a href="http://www.opsgear.com/">OPSGEAR</a> that is out of Salt lake city, Utah. I found a trailer for the video &#8220;<a href="http://www.opsgear.com/Shots-Fired-DVD-p/og-dvd-shots-fired.htm">Shots Fired</a>&#8221; and wanted to show it here on the blog. The full <a href="http://www.opsgear.com/Shots-Fired-DVD-p/og-dvd-shots-fired.htm">video</a> can purchased for $17.99 off of the <a href="http://www.opsgear.com/">OPSGEAR</a> website.</p>
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		<title>Number 3 down&#8230; where&#8217;s number 1?</title>
		<link>http://www.thealliance13.com/2008/01/31/number-3-down-wheres-number-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beau Graves</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ Well today Al-Qaeda&#8217;s  number 3 guy, Abu Laith al-Libi went down in the books. He was killed in Pakistan, the full details have not come in as of yet, but new details, are saying that he was killed by a drone missile.  They are saying that al-Libi was the third ranking official [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.thealliance13.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/abu-laith-al-libi.jpg" alt="Abu Laith al-Libi" hspace="5" align="left" /> Well today Al-Qaeda&#8217;s  number 3 guy, Abu Laith al-Libi went down in the books. He was killed in Pakistan, the full details have not come in as of yet, but new details, are saying that he was killed by a <a title="Drone missile" href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/01/31/alqaeda.death/index.html">drone missile</a>.  They are saying that al-Libi was the third ranking official for Al-Qaeda.</p>
<p>Abu Laith al-Libi was involved in many different conspiracy&#8217;s including, the February 2007 bombing at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan during the time that Dick Cheney was in the country. He is behind the plotting of multiple attacks on the US, and its forces, as well as afghan officials.</p>
<p>So after the events of the day this has got to be stirring some emotions, in the administration of Al-Qaeda. It would be the equivalent of a member of the presidential administration being taken out, which should cause some major chaos for Al-Qaeda.</p>
<p>This would be a prime time to keep a major outlook on the number one man who I would imagine would take one of two steps. One he either bunkers down deep and lays low to make sure that he cannot be found, to keep out of the reach of our intelligence, or any intelligence for that matter.  The second approach that I could see them taking would be for him to keep moving constantly, so that we are always hours behind him, but never catch up.</p>
<p>There is many different tactics that can be taken into consideration, our job would be to find out which one and focus on it.  To be able to catch number one would be an extreme increase in comfort, and would put  a calming feeling in most, but will not be the end of Al-Qaeda. I would imagine that resources are already being put in place, to replace the fallen member today.  Until the complete Al-Qaeda is dissolved, we will not be at peace, nor will the citizen&#8217;s of Afghanistan.</p>
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