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Remember Jeff Foxworthy’s comedy routines?  Well here’s the latest and it isn’t funny:  “You might be a rightwing extremist” … by former governor, now Minister of Internal State Security.  On April 7,  Napolitano’s office issued a report titled “Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment.”

Recall Napolitano’s remarks her first time before Congress as Secretary she avoided using the word “terrorism” or “terrorist”?  However, she instead used the euphinism, “man-caused disasters.  In the April 7th report on “Rightwing Extremism” she uses the word “terrorist” 14 times in 10 pages, and the word “rightwing” is used 47 times in conjunction with “terrorism” or “extremism”.

We all know by now that if you’re a Pro-Life Catholic priest, you could be a “terrorist”.  Or if you’re a conservative Republican who supports marriage you could be a “terrorist”.  Or if you’re a Veteran who enjoys hunting, you might especially be a target of terrorist recruitment (especially down at the American Legion Hall on Saturday nights).  Or if you’re a Pro-Marriage Christian you could be a terrorist.  Well, you have the idea.

We all laughed at Janet.  There were calls for her to be fired.  She even appologized to Ron Paul supporters. But what if we were premature in our laughter?  What if it was by no design of Napolitano’s at all that the report found its way into the public’s awareness?

Let me introduce you to, H.R. 2159: Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2009

Wow do I feel safe now!  A new law to deny firearms and explosives to dangerous terrorists!  Wonderful!

Wait a minute, why would they be on the streets even attempting to buy such things in the first place?  Shouldn’t they already be in custody, prison or Gitmo?  What’s up with a law against those folks who should already be being hunted and locked up?  What else is going on here?

Standard for Exercising Attorney General Discretion Regarding Transferring Firearms or Issuing Firearms Permits to Dangerous Terrorists…

That would be Eric Holder right?  We know how he feels about the Second Amendment.  But lets read on…

Sec. 922A. Attorney General’s discretion to deny transfer of a firearm

‘The Attorney General may deny the transfer of a firearm pursuant to section 922(t)(1)(B)(ii) if the Attorney General determines that the transferee is known (or appropriately suspected) to be or have been engaged in conduct constituting, in preparation for, in aid of, or related to terrorism, or providing material support thereof, and the Attorney General has a reasonable belief that the prospective transferee may use a firearm in connection with terrorism…”

Have you read enough?  Do you think its by accident that law enforcement officers received their copies of the report on “rightwing extremism” concurrent with Charlie Rangle (and others) introducing a bill Obama is sure to sign?

Remember, Napolitano never resinded that report, she only mildly appologized to Veterans groups, the contents and attitude of the report stands.  So will H.R. 2159 – a clear violation of the U.S. Constitution if it is allowed to pass.

Like her mentor Janet Reno, Napolitano never speaks of foreign threats to the Homeland, only those preceived to be a threat to the government like Elian Gonzalez or Vicki Weaver.