U.S.A. – -(Ammoland.com)- “Based on an allegation of ‘militia threats’ Senate President Peter Courtney canceled today’s floor session.” Oregon Firearms Federation informed members in a Saturday alert. “But the good news is that while they are not on the floor they are not allowed to be hunting the Republicans who walked out.”
“Hunting Republicans…?” That was explained in a Friday alert:
“Senate Republicans have walked out to protest the outrageous behavior of the majority party. The Governor has called on the State Police to track down those who left and force them back to the floor… [Governor] Kate Brown is working with law enforcement in other states to try to get them to assist in the arrest of the absent Republicans and all the Republicans are facing fines of $500.00 for every day they are absent.”
Simply put, while Democrats enjoy a supermajority (in both legislative chambers), Republicans are needed to form a required quorum. That means 20 out of the 30 Senate seats (29 as of late May, with one vacancy) are needed to conduct business.
It’s illustrative of her hypocrisy that “progressive” Gov. Brown is demanding other states where Republicans may have sought refuge to cooperate with her on forced detention. After all, this is the chief executive who “issued an executive order that forbids all state agencies and employees from helping federal immigration officials locate or apprehend undocumented immigrants.” Turnabout being fair play, “Second Amendment Sanctuary Sheriffs” could and should tell her to go pound sand.
This walkout is not over the right to keep and bear arms, but rather a tangentially-related freedom issue. The Senate Republican protest is over a radical “cap and trade” bill Democrats couch as being a counter to “climate change,” but is really about wealth redistribution and imposing job-killing requirements on their constituents that competitors, including from communist China, won’t comply with.
So what does this have to do with the calculated excuse being used as justification to shut down the government? Per Oregon Live:
A spokeswoman for the Senate President confirmed late Friday that the “Oregon State Police has recommended that the Capitol be closed tomorrow due to a possible militia threat.”
Some citizens, including “Oregon Three Percenters,” were planning a protest. True to form, gun owners who will not comply with disarmament edicts are being portrayed as “anti-government extremists.” That’s despite the fact that they are the ones calling for rights abusers and infringers to obey the Constitution and observe the entire Bill of Rights.
To seal the smear, many news outlets are pointing out how some in the groups supported the Malheur Refuge protest. Left unsaid in the conflation is that the violence there was committed against one of the protest leaders with the ambush killing of LaVoy Finicum, replete with crime scene evidence tampering and lying by authorities.
As for the “possible threat,” it’s fair to ask what the hell that even means – it either is or it isn’t. What Oregon “progressive” are feigning the vapors over is actually a “quotable” statement made to the media by State Senator Brian Boquist about a response to armed force, not the initiation of it.
“Send bachelors and come heavily armed. I’m not going to be a political prisoner in the state of Oregon. It’s just that simple.”
Compare that to, say the state mottos of New Hampshire (“Live free or die”) or Virginia (“Sic semper tyrannis”).
Supporting statements made by Oregon III% said they would act as bodyguards to dissuade the initiation of force:
“[W]e have vowed to provide security, transportation and refuge for those Senators in need…We will stand together with unwavering resolve, doing whatever it takes to keep these Senators safe.”
That has nothing to do with the planned demonstration. It is a statement that a line in the sand has been drawn on the initiation of force by Brown’s enforcers under very specific circumstances. It is no different than any gun owner saying and meaning “Molon Labe.”
If you think about it, if gun owners were willing to surrender their rights without a fight, the Second Amendment would not be worth the parchment it is written on. If the gun-grabbers don’t want to hear that some will not disarm and go gentle into that good night, they should stop threatening unconstitutional gun bans and confiscation.
As an aside, it’s nice to see Sen. Boquist starting to grok the principle behind defending rights against usurpations. That’s because he was a principle Republican backer of SB 719A, a gun confiscation bill that would ostensibly reduce suicides at the expense of murdering due process.
As for those now feigning outrage over his statement, consider how they are universally silent at Joe Biden’s call to “action” at the Moral Action Congress of the Poor People’s Campaign in Washington, D.C.:
“There are certain things where it just takes a brass knuckle fight…Let’s start a real physical revolution if you’re talking about it.”
Does anyone see any Democrat politicians canceling sessions and making a big deal about “possible threats” when his supporters demonstrate?
About David Codrea:
David Codrea is the winner of multiple journalist awards for investigating/defending the RKBA and a long-time gun owner rights advocate who defiantly challenges the folly of citizen disarmament. He blogs at “The War on Guns: Notes from the Resistance,” is a regularly featured contributor to Firearms News, and posts on Twitter: @dcodrea and Facebook.
The same woman, Kate Brown, publicly stated during the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Standoff “This spectacle of lawlessness must end. And until Harney County is free of it I will not stop insisting that federal officials enforce the law”. She then petitioned FBI Director James Comey and urged him to take “swift” action. Shortly thereafter Roy Finicum was ambushed and murdered. Now Kate Brown has ‘deployed” the Oregon State Police to “roundup” and bring in her political opponents. Oregon has become a thrid-world sh*thole and is being run by a tyrannical, evil, self-important she-thug. This is just the opinion of… Read more »
TORCHES, PITCHFORKS and AUTO RIFLES!!!!!!!!!
“That has nothing to do with the planned demonstration. It is a statement that a line in the sand has been drawn on the initiation of force by Brown’s enforcers under very specific circumstances. It is no different than any gun owner saying and meaning “Molon Labe.” If you think about it, if gun owners were willing to surrender their rights without a fight, the Second Amendment would not be worth the parchment it is written on. If the gun-grabbers don’t want to hear that some will not disarm and go gentle into that good night, they should stop threatening… Read more »
All of these Socialist Dumbocrats think they can skirt the will of the people and the Constitution of the USA. Well I got news for them. Our OATH to the Constitution NEVER ENDS AND WE THE PEOPLE DO NOT BOW TO ANYONE If Oregon NEEDS HELP BY GOD THEY WILL GET IT FROM ALL OF US ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. DON’T GIVE UP OR GIVE IN.
So, just the rumor of armed citizens showing up was enough to shut down the Senate? OUTSTANDING! If just the rumor scares hell out of the liberal politicians, imagine what real action would accomplish. The libtards are pushing gun owners and radical on the right (most of us), to action and they don’t realize what the result would be for them. Looks to me to be a silver lining on the clouds on the horizon.
Lots of carpet munchers there.
This lesbian governor has done significant damage to Oregon. With the help of a deeply partisan Left legislature, she has set in motion a series of oppressive actions that are intended to strip conservative and even moderate Oregonians of the ability to resist a complete transition to a Leftist state, perhaps even in excess to California or New York. I firmly believe these socialist governors are in competition to see who can convert a state into totalitarian socialism. No, I’m not Chicken Little, but the sky damned sure looks to be cracking overhead. What I am is a Marine combat… Read more »
Looks like Gabby Giffords in the picture from the rubber gun squad which is proof lefty’s don’t need brains since hers was replaced with an empty peanut shell.
Rally at Oregon State Fairgrounds, Salem, Thursday June 27th, 6:00AM.
This is a political tactic, more intelligent and dangerous than we’re giving Brown credit for (any relation to Moonbeam?). If she can whip this up into a long term shutdown of the legislature by claiming that Republicans have created a security threat, she can basically hold all other legislation and public services hostage, eventually forcing Republican legislators to return. The useful idiot CNN-bots that keep her and her kind in office all along the West coast will believe it, of course. Someone here mentioned California and illegal aliens. It’s worth mentioning that California was a red state not long ago.… Read more »