The Obama Agenda of Fear on US Streets, Gun Control and Sheltered Illegal Immigrant Criminals

An October Gallup survey shows that, on average, 37% of Americans are afraid to go out walking alone near their homes after dark. The percentage is highest among young Americans under 30 and among lower income Americans, but even among higher income and older Americans, approximately 30% are afraid to go out walking alone after dark. And another October Gallup survey shows that, on average, 63% of Americans feel their home is safer if they have a gun in it. This is an all-time high for this issue in Gallup surveys. Sixty-seven percent of men and 58% of women said having a gun in the house makes it a safer place. Sixty-five percent of whites and 56% of nonwhites said having a gun in the house makes it safer. Fifty-nine percent of people in the East, 62% in the Midwest, 68% in the South, and 59% in the West said having a gun in the house makes it safer. Eighty-one percent of Republicans and 64% of Independents said having a gun in the house makes it safer. But only 41% of Democrats said having a gun in the house makes it safer. ~~~~~ Meanwhile, the National Rifle Association warns that the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty that will take effect on December 24 could lead to increased gun control if President Obama implements it via executive order. NRA spokeswoman Catherine Mortensen told The Blaze : "We are worried about an end-run around Congress...Barack Obama or a future anti-gun President could use [the treaty] and international norms compliance to rationalize enacting gun control politics through executive actions, especially in the import and export realms." Under the terms of the UN treaty, participating nations must set up export and import controls for combat vehicles, aircraft, and small arms. The treaty also requires those nations to "establish and maintain a national control system, including a national control list, in order to implement the provisions," according to the Washington Times. The treaty was approved by the UN General Assembly in April 2013. The NRA says the treaty is an "attempt by other countries, including some despotic regimes, to try and infringe on our constitutional rights. This treaty is a very real threat." The United States delegation to the UN supports the treaty, but the Senate, soon to be controlled by Republicans, is "less than likely" to ratify it, the Times says. The Obama administration is publicly voicing support for the treaty, and the NRA fears that could eventually result in implementation via executive order. "Even now, with an existing appropriations rider prohibiting action to implement the treaty unless it is approved by Congress, administration officials are publicly professing support for international efforts to bring the treaty into effect," Mortensen said. "That's outrageous. The United Nations is trying to establish what they call basic norms and bring international pressure on the United States to eviscerate our Second Amendment Rights and they have found willing allies in the Obama administration and John Kerry," the NRA's Mortensen added. ~~~~~ And as President Obama pushes ahead with his constitutionally questionable reform of US immigration law by means of executive order - while the new Republican Congress awaits its opportunity to counter Obama in January when it takes over - several parts of Obama's decisions are coming to light. Newsmax reports that lower-tier criminals such as drunken drivers, sex offenders and drug dealers -- yes, drug dealers -- aren't on the Priority One list of people to deport, according to Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, whose guidelines are being prepared for the nation's immigration officers who will administer President Obama's new executive order. Johnson has prepared a DHS memo in which he writes : "In general, our enforcement and removal policies should continue to prioritize threats to national security, public safety, and border security. Due to limited resources, DHS and its components cannot respond to all immigration violations or remove all persons illegally in the United States." So, Johnson will direct immigration authorities to seek and deport terror suspects and felons, reports the Washington Examiner. And, lower-level criminals will be considered secondary priorities, thus an illegal immigrant can be in prison for a year for a violent crime but still not be considered a primary removal priority. Johnson's DHS memo says that there are three priorities for detaining illegal immigrants. Priority One lists the first illegals to be deported : "aliens engaged in or suspected of terrorism or espionage, or who otherwise pose a danger to national security," including people trying to "unlawfully enter" the country, immigrants convicted of felonies, if the immigrant status is "not an essential element" of the offence, and those convicted of an aggravated felony. Priority One status immigrants could have their deportations delayed, though, if they qualify for asylum or there are factors showing they are not a threat. Priority Two offenders, the second group to be subject to deportation, include people guilty of a "significant misdemeanor" that includes domestic violence or sexual offenders, burglars, people guilty of gun offenses, drug dealers, or drunken drivers. A significant misdemeanor means that the person can be sentenced to a maximum of one year in jail, but not less than five days. This status also includes "aliens convicted of three or more misdemeanor offenses" other than traffic offenses. Finally, the Priority Three level includes those who have simply violated immigration laws, and they may be allowed to stay if an officer determines they are not a threat to the United States and its laws. But, the Johnson memo is said to suggest that even those falling within the Priority One designation are not to be targeted for immediate deportation -- immigration officers are permitted to determine if there are "compelling and exceptional factors that clearly indicate the [Priority One] alien is not a threat to national security, border security, or public safety and should not therefore be an enforcement priority." ~~~~~ Dear readers, Americans afraid to walk alone in their neighborhoods after dark, feeling safer inside their homes if they have a gun, worried that the UN, with Obama's help, may try to interfere with their constitutional right to bear arms, while Obama and DHS allow illegal immigrants who are criminals, including drug dealers and sex offenders, to be protected from deportation by an executive order that is, itself, very likely an illegal abuse of presidential power. Certainly, fear on the streets is not solely an American phenomenon; it exists all around the world and is worse in many countries than in the US. But, most countries have long since stripped the right to bear arms from their citizens. In this, Americans stand alone - the inheritors of the only Founders in history who feared the tyranncal excesses of government more than they feared their fellow Americans. That America's current President should agree with any foreign body that attempts to tamper with the US Constitution and the Second Amendment right to protect liberty and oppose tyranny -- for that is the soul of the Second Amendment -- is scandalous. That he should, at the same time try to force Americans to accept illegally-entered criminals as if they deserved to be in America, or could enter legally - because if they applied in their home country and declared a felony in their past, they would not receive a green card - is also a scandal. But, Americans are a strong and determined people. Neither illegal immigrant felons nor a President who has wandered far from the Constitution will long prevail.