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According to FoxNews.com, “President Obama on Tuesday will formally announce plans to expand background checks and make other changes to America's gun laws via executive action‎, going around Congress and fueling allegations of executive overreach.”

Republicans accused the president of going too far, already threatening to fight the new measures by withholding DOJ funding. As a practical matter though, the executive actions don’t seem to be much more than fulfilling the long-time administration goal of narrowing a gun show loophole.  

On the other hand, however, what’s far more interesting is that by making gun ownership a target (no pun intended,) the POTUS and his cohorts seem to be a primary stimulant to gun sales nationwide as people worry that their gun rights will be taken away.

Stephen Gutowski @freebeacon.com, writes that: “The FBI processed a record number of firearms-related background checks last year, indicating that more guns were sold in 2015 than in any previous year in American history.

“More than 23 million checks were processed through the National Instant Background Check System in 2015, an all-time record.” 

Whereas gun purchasing statistics are huge and growing, perhaps instead of demonizing gun owners, the administration ought to examine what’s driving the buying frenzy. Because it seems that a major reason that citizens desire weapons is concern that their government can’t, or won’t, protect them in a constantly more threatening world.   

In the second half of 2015, terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, California drove gun and ammunition sales higher than ever. According to Mr.Gutowski: “Some dealers reported seeing their business triple in the wake of the attacks, cautioning that the spike was drying up supply in some areas.”

Along the same lines, concerning citizens feeling the need to protect themselves, a friend sent some information this morning regarding Juval Aviv. He was Golda Meir's bodyguard and the Israeli Agent upon whom the movie ' Munich ' was based. 

To his credit: “Aviv predicted the London subway bombing on the Bill O'Reilly show on 'Fox News', stating publicly that it would happen within a week. At the time, O'Reilly laughed and mocked him, saying that in a week he wanted Aviv back on the show. Unfortunately, within a week the terrorist attack had occurred. 

“Aviv also gave intelligence to the Bush Administration about 9/11 a month before it occurred. His report specifically said that they would use planes as bombs and target high profile buildings and monuments... I think we all know what happened, right? 

“Congress has since hired Aviv as a security consultant.

Aviv predicts that the next terrorist attack on the U.S. will occur within the next few months. "Forget hijacking airplanes, because he says terrorists will NEVER try hijacking a plane again as they know the people on board will never go down quietly again. Aviv says that our airport security is a joke 'that we have been reactionary' rather than proactive in developing strategies that are truly effective.” 

Most importantly worth considering is Aviv’s theorizing that, “Americans don't have to be concerned about being nuked. He says the terrorists who want to destroy America will not use sophisticated weapons. Instead, they like to use suicide, as it's cheap, it's easy, and it's effective and they have an infinite abundance of young, ignorant, fanatic militants more than willing to 'go see Allah'.” 

Thus, “the next level of terrorists over which America should be most concerned will not be coming from abroad. They will instead be 'home grown' meaning they will have attended and been educated in our own schools and universities right here in the U.S. These young terrorists will be most dangerous because they will know our language and will fully understand the habits of Americans; but that we Americans won't know/understand a thing about them. 

“So, what can America do to protect itself? From an intelligence perspective, Aviv says the U.S. needs to stop relying on satellites and technology for its intelligence. Instead, we need to follow Israel 's, Ireland 's and England 's  hands-on examples of human intelligence, both from an infiltration perspective as well as to trust 'aware' citizens to help. We need to engage and educate ourselves as citizens; however, our U.S. Government continues to treat us, its citizens, 'like babies'. Our government thinks we can't handle the truth' and are concerned that we'll panic if we understand the realities of terrorism. Aviv says this is a deadly mistake. 

“He stresses the importance of having a plan that's agreed upon within your family, to respond to in the event of a terrorist emergency. He urges parents to contact their children's schools and demand that the schools, too, develop plans of actions, as they do in Israel. He says we should all have a plan that is easy enough for even our youngest children to remember and follow.” 

And then, Aviv gets to the most important question for everyone, asking: “Does your family know what to do if you can't contact one another by phone? Where would you gather in an emergency? 

My friend then suggested: “If you believe what you have just read, then you must feel compelled to send it to every concerned parent or guardian, grandparents, uncles, aunts, whatever and whomever. Nothing will happen if you choose not to do so, but in the event it does happen, I promise this particular email will haunt you."

In conclusion, my friend warns: “Don't be in the category of saying, "I should have sent this to...," but I didn't believe it and just deleted it as so much trash."

Which brings us to today’s update on Bill Clinton’s wife, which comes from a former avid supporter who worked in the Clinton administration.

Kirsten Powers, now a columnist for USA Today, Newsweek and The Daily Beast, and a contributor on Fox News, began her career as a Democratic Party staff assistant with the Clinton-Gore presidential transition team in 1992. Followed by an appointment as Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Public Affairs in the Clinton administration from 1993-1998, she subsequently worked in various roles including press secretary, communications consultant and party consultant, according to Wikipedia. 

Considering her background, which assumedly provides her an inside perspective regarding what transpires in the Clinton camp, her predictions carry significantly more weight than others. Including the following from Fox News Sunday, where she explained why it was her view that former President Bill Clinton’s past now being raised could be a problem for his wife's campaign. 

According to Powers, the Bill Cosby situation shows that attitudes across the country have changed about allegations of rape and that could be problematic for Hillary Clinton’s bid. 

“I think that what was once referred to as Bill Clinton’s bimbo eruptions, which now sounds like something that people wouldn’t say today, are going to become problems for Hillary during the campaign,” Powers said.  “The conventional wisdom says this has all been hashed out, and nobody cares about it anymore, but I think if we look at the Bill Cosby situation, we can see the country has definitely changed in terms of how we look at these issues, and these are serious allegations, and her role in them as well.” 

So, what Ms Powers current conclusions seem to indicate, is that even the most ardent supporters are tiring of having to contend with the inappropriate, self-serving and likely illegal propensities of both Clinton’s. 

Added to that is the nation’s present unwillingness to be as forgiving as in the past of lewd and lascivious behavior and those supporting it. Which leads to the ongoing question: Joe Biden, Mayor Bloomberg, Jerry Brown, and Starbuck’s chairman and CEO, Howard Schultz, are you guys reading this? 

That’s it for today folks.  

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