Obama's Republicans

Are Liberal Democrats within the Republican leadership calling the shots? The way I look at it they’re not even hiding their allegiances – and have essentially exposed themselves…

Have you ever seen the Republican Party side with Democrats to defeat the Republican Presidential Nominee front-runner? The Republican National Committee has essentially declared open war on Donald Trump. Why would they do this? Is it because the lobbyists can’t control him? Is it because the Republican National Committee can’t control him?

The rhetoric and blatant lies going back and forth is just insane. So what’s the story? What’s going on? I have an idea…

The Republican Party (also known as the ‘Grand Old Party’ GOP) has been supporting Democratic ‘Golden Eggs’ for years… Ever since George Bush was the US President, Republicans have been providing more and more support to Democrat initiatives. February 2012 polls conducted that 20% of Republicans would vote for Obama. I looked up the list of Republican Senators, Congressmen and Governors that endorsed Obama as President in the last election and the list was astounding! ASTOUNDING! They even voted for Obamacare? Why?

It took me about 15 minutes of research to find out why this might be happening… Now I’m Canadian so I may have a different view on this than most Americans might because of something that occurred in Canadian politics many years ago.

In the late 80’s Canada’s Conservative Party went through what I think the Republican Party is about to go through… In 1987 support for the Conservative Party of Canada TANKED and a new right-wing political organization called the Reform Party of Canada was born. These were traditional conservatives that split from the Party because in their opinion the Conservative Party was no longer holding itself to conservative principles and wide discontent and neglect from Canada’s Western Provinces. By 1993 they had amassed enough support to represent a real alternative to the Conservative Party of Canada and in 1997 they became the Official Opposition Party in the House of Commons. The party went through several iterations before combining forces with the Conservative Party of Canada and winning the Federal election in 2006.

Before conservatives could rebuild 20 years of Liberal Power was guaranteed. A lot of pretty terrible stuff occurred during this period. Freedoms were under constant attack and the military was decimated.

This is what happens when a National Party fails to remain consistent to its values and traditions. Right now the Republican Party is repeating the mistakes that Canada’s Conservative Party did in the 1980’s and it will either result in

1.     The continued ineffectiveness of the Republicans in American Politics, or

2.     A splinter group will break from the Republicans into a new national right wing party. This will divide right wing politics in the USA and hand victory to the Democrats;

Right now the Democratic Party is laughing at Republicans all the way to the White House – again….   Is the Republican Party even Republican anymore?

If I were you I’d have a strongly worded meeting with Obama’s Republicans and read these agitators the RIOT ACT before it’s too late. It is obvious that Republican Conservatism is under attack from within its own Party.

Your party has been compromised. 

You need to fix it before it’s too late

As for Trump?

Obama’s Republicans seem to openly hate him

That has to stand for something right?

As a Canadian on the outside looking in – I’d say Trump should probably be your Republican Nominee.

Obama’s Republicans seem to really like Ted CRUZ.

But what do I know eh?

Cheers and as always

MAPLE LEAF UP

RCMP changing criteria to classify firearms (January 2016)

My Letter (feel free to use yourself)

The Honourable Ralph Goodale
Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
House of Commons Ottawa, Ontario
Canada
K1A 0A6

Date: 18 January 2016

Subject: RCMP Reclassification of firearms

Dear Honourable Member Ralph Goodale

I would like to bring to your attention some of my concerns as it applies to how your ministry might interpret and act upon the Ministerial Mandate letter served to you by the Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, P.C., M.P.

The Prime Minister has tasked your ministry with taking action to “Get handguns and assault weapons off the streets by working with the Minister of Justice to strengthen controls on hand-guns and assault weapons, including by repealing some elements of Bill C-42”.

As it applies to ‘getting them off the streets’ I hope that the Prime Minister is referring to the criminal element of our society and not law abiding gun owners. The CBC recently reported on a letter provided to you by the RCMP which identifies 11 semi-automatic rifle platforms, and one handgun platform, identifying concern that they could conceivably be re-manufactured to fire fully automatic. It concerns me greatly that the RCMP is recommending re-classification of firearms based on what the criminal element ‘might do’ rather than use for law abiding Canadians.

As you are probably aware almost anything can be re-manufactured into something else providing they have the intention, the tools and the knowledge to do it. Any rifle or handgun, by itself, is just a semi-automatic firearm and which has passed the thresholds of the RCMP firearms lab to be non-restricted or restricted based on current criteria. While the criteria is not perfect or entirely reasonable (ie basing a classification on the way a rifle looks) it has been better than nothing.

If the RCMP is going to include new classification criteria to identify whether a firearm can be re-manufactured to a fully automatic fire capable state then the ultimate result would be to make all semi-auto firearms prohibited. It has been proven throughout history that with the right knowledge and resources any repeating firearm can be re-manufactured to be fully automatic; including bolt action rifles.

We cannot allow firearm classification criteria to be nebulous or base it on a future remanufactured and illegal condition. Each rifle must be assessed and evaluated on its current state and not on an imaginary future state. The criteria used by the RCMP on these eleven rifles and one handgun is based on perpetrating an illegal act. Altering a rifle or handgun to full automatic fire contravenes section 102 of the Criminal Code and may result in a jail term of up to ten years.

To pursue classification criteria like this is similar to making a Toyota Prius Hybrid prohibited because someone may install a small block chevy V8 into it.

In the Prime Minister’s mandate letter he asked you to make sure that “Canadians trust their government and that the government trusts Canadians”. It is important that we acknowledge mistakes before we make them by thoroughly thinking through a cost / benefit analysis to our country. Before you consider re-defining the firearm classification criteria know that you will be working contrary to this mandate. You will in effect be stating “The Liberal Party of Canada does not trust Canadians”.

After altering the re-classification criteria you will enjoy a cost-benefit relationship resulting in huge economic loss to the firearms industry, lawful gun owners and provide ZERO benefit to violent crime reduction in Canada. The morale and freedoms of law abiding Canadians will be adversely and materially damaged by what is being proposed.

Canadians do not expect you to be perfect but we expect you to be reasonable, fair, honest, sincere and to serve the public interest. Re-classifying these firearms does not meet the public interest test. There is no historical precedent of non-restricted semi-auto rifles being made full auto and used in a violent crime. There is no known, verifiable, measurable or identifiable threat to public safety coming from this.

You need to trust lawful Canadians or history will repeat itself and we will see the beginning of the Liberal power decline.

I own one of the rifle platforms listed and it is the rifle I use to feed my family during hunting season. Please do not hurt our family by making my property illegal to own and use for sustenance gathering. This is especially true for my First Nation friends as well.

I don’t subscribe to any political party. I am fiscally conservative but socially liberal and in many ways have been on the fence when it comes to elections. I can tell you with great confidence that reclassifying non-restricted or restricted rifle & handgun platforms will result is a very large re-consolidation of the right and the Liberals will not win the next election; a self-fulfilling prophesy.

I am asking the Liberal Party to tread carefully and with clarity on this issue because I want to see a continued Liberal presence in the House of Commons. Liberals are an important part of the balance to keep Conservatives and New Democrats in check but I grow very weary of the radical LEFT to RIGHT swing of the pendulum after each election.

Can we please cease the radical left policies, try to pursue middle ground and leave extremist decisions out of our legislature? Justin Trudeau promised bringing Canadians together – not divisive actions. This proposed action sir is very divisive.

Please do not reclassify these long-arms and handguns. Do not pursue reclassification and confiscation.

Yours in Freedom





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BETTER LATE THAN NEVER

Hello friends. Winter has arrived again...
The wood shed is full, house is prepped, weather stripping updated, windows insulated, etc...

2014 was a busy year. I haven't stopped to take a real honest break and I'm sure lots of you have been in the same boat. Since the Cabin Fever Challenge I've produced over 40 youtube videos and about two months ago I got over 1000 subscribers.

Some good and bad stuff happened this year but it was mostly good. Gungeek and I had a falling out over something silly that had to do with Mosin Nagants. He didn't like a video I produced and went on a public campaign blah blah blah... I still don't get it, in either case it's time to move on.

 Another bad thing for 2014 was over politics and power. The RCMP reclassified the CZ-858 and Swiss Arms as prohibited under the firearms act. That really burned my goat.... The Conservatives countered with the 'Common Sense Firearms Act' which was designed to give firearms owners some relief from a little red tape but wasn't any where near the type of change needed. Then the Liberals came out and said Bill C-42 constituted a danger to Canadians and lied through their teeth when they said that. Everything is still up in the air!

The honest truth is that 2014 certainly wasn't boring when it came to the Firearms Act. The GOOD part of all this is that a LOT of Canadians have woken up and started to pay attention to what is going on in Ottawa. I have never seen firearm owners more politically active than in 2014 - and the year isn't over yet.

We have also witnessed Canadians under attack on our own soil. Specifically (so far) it is members of the Canadian Armed Forces. November 11 2014 saw witness to members of the RCMP studying the crowds for jihadist terrorists - loaded and ready. Canada is now a theatre of war. Canadians are greatly saddened by the loss of CPL Cirilo and WO Vincent however what the enemy doesn't understand is our history when faced with adversity. Did Britain give up after the first Nazi bombs started to fall on their cities? No - it strengthened their resolve as a country in a manner no one (especially the Reich) expected.

2014 has also helped us to better understand the character of our political leaders. Many of them remain in denial of Canada's place in the world while our Prime Minister continues to lead from the front and, unfortunately, often alone.

The entire world seems captivated with Kim Kardashian and her heavily photo-shopped posterior while we continue down the slippery slope of economic bankruptcy.

No one cares... No one makes a fuss... We continue on in denial as those in power drive western civilization further into a cesspool of debt and financial despair. I'm forecasting 2015 to continue a trend of more protests, race baiting, riots and civil unrest.... What a downer - so keep prepping and training!

You will continue to see more videos similar in nature to the SHTF Enfield video in 2015. These videos will mainly focus on commonly available platforms that we can more easily afford in a financially unstable environment.

 Until then have a very Merry Christmas full of family and cheer and a Happy New Year. Mrs Riflechair and I will tip our glass of bubbly to you and yours. In either case here is to a better 2015. CHEERS!!! Just for fun I'll leave you with my most recent video...

RIFLECHAIR - MAPLE LEAF UP!

THE SPORTER LEE ENFIELD

RESULTS - 2014 Cabin Fever Challenge

Riflechair's CABIN FEVER Challenge

20 Rounds
Distance to target 100 metres
Upon timer start - advance 5 metres to the firing point and engage your target

5 rnds - standing
5 rnds - kneeling
5 rnds - prone
5 rnds kneeling

All positions unsupported
Any bolt action rifle (unlimited)

5 points / shot on a 8 inch diameter circle
bullet strikes that cut the perimeter of the circle count as hits
bullet strikes outside the circle are misses

points on target
--------------------------- X 100 = score
time in seconds

Have results in by February 28th 2014. The winner will receive a very rare and collectible Canadian Ranger sticker.

Gentleman's Honour Factor applies
Must post #bullet strikes on target, time in seconds and tabulate final score (I'm not doing your math!).

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The Chinese M1A / M14 Clone - A Journey

I try not to refer to these rifles as Norinco products because North China Industries is merely a client of the manufacturer -- Factory 356 but I slip sometimes. So let's refer to this platform as a Chinese M1A clone. Are these Chinese M1A clones worth your hard earned dollars?

In my experience they are worth buying if you are prepared to familiarize yourself intimately with their tolerances, design and ammunition requirements because ultimately you will need to work on your rifle. Numerous Quality Control issues are associated with these rifles and you need to be prepared to either fix it yourself or ship it off to someone if the issue is more than you can tackle. For instance barrel indexing is a real problem with any Chinese M1A clone -- it just is. Swapping out parts for better quality components is a regularity with these rifles. These rifles generally come with head space between +0.014" to +0.017" SAAMI specifications. If this is a problem for you then you may need to invest in a Fulton, TRW, SA or other bolt and internals. It gets expensive pretty quick so please understand you are not buying a match grade M1A rifle for the meager price of $450 alright? The good news is that these Chinese M1A clones come with forged receivers -- not investment cast and as such the foundation for an amazing rifle is there.

So I look at it this way. When you buy a Chinese M1A clone for $450 you may as well agree that you are actually preparing to invest an additional $300 - $500 in gun-smith fee's and/or component replacements (not including your personal time investment). Some of you have been very lucky and have purchased a rifle that runs fabulously right out of the box. While that has not been my experience I know a few lucky individuals that have received good rifles for a very good price.

So are they worth buying?
Only you can answer that question.

For me... The answer is yes. I will always have a M1A in my gun safe, Chinese or otherwise After having transitioned through a M1A learning curve and performed most of the work on this rifle myself, I know it better and trust it with my life. In short, owning a Chinese M1A clone is a journey and a learning opportunity. Having gone through this process I am a more experienced and knowledgeable rifleman. If you don't want the journey then don't buy a Chinese M1A clone.

Here is a break down of the example used in this video.

2009 Polytech M305
Bedded into a USGI Fibreglass stock
Match spring guide
M1 Garand Rear Sight
National Match Flash Arrestor
No Stripper clip Guide
Bore is in excellent condition
Sling swivels replaced with studs
One extra stud for optional bipod
Gas system welded (unitized)
Barrel krylon black
One 5/20 Mag
Brass mic at +.015" ( good headspace ).