A Call to Arms in Utah - Protecting LDS Congregations

Since submitting through my Stake President, my recommendations to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) concerning the PROHIBITION against Concealed Carry in LDS chapels in Utah, and releasing that letter for others to use through the Open Carry Utah, Facebook Page (November 18, 2017), much has happened that is not positive.

1. In Dec 2017, “a pro-ISIS media group” allegedly showed a picture of an ISIS soldier  looking at a burning San Diego, LDS Temple, with the statement, “Coming Soon.”
2. In Jan 2018, the LDS church renewed its annual PROHIBITION against Concealed Carry in LDS chapels. Sadly this indicates the Church has again:
• Identified LDS chapels as soft targets.
• Placed itself opposite “… the Lord, (who) justify you, and your brethren of my church, in befriending that law which is the constitutional law of the land … (which) I (the Lord) established … by the hands of wise men whom I raised up unto this very purpose ….” (D&C 98:6-7; 101:80). Specifically, the Church is exercising a Utah option in law, to infringe on the 2^nd Amendment of the US Constitution, but which the US Supreme Court has ruled as an individual right. The Church is attempting to deny individuals the right to protect themselves by use of arms in an LDS chapel – contrary to the Lord’s statement of our rights in LDS scripture.
3. The day after the Florida High School shooting, in which 17 persons were killed, an ISIS flag was raised at Hurricane High School, Washington County, Southern Utah. The message “ISIS IS COMI” was written on an exterior wall of the school.
4. The teen who raised the ISIS flag at Hurricane High School then conducted a failed bomb attack on Pineview High School.
5. A retired Supreme Court Justice is called for the Second Amendment to be repealed. The Church PROHIBITION policy is more closely aligned with this sentiment than the Prophet Joseph Smith's declaration that “We believe that no government can exist in peace, except such laws are framed and held inviolate as will secure to each individual the free exercise of conscience, the right and control of property, and the protection of life.” (D&C 134:2).  

Sustaining the Lord and His Constitution by removing the PROHIBITION will resolve both problems.

In the year 2000, as I departed the Middle East, I knew that radical Islam would seek to bring the USA under constant attack at home, just as they have done to Israel. The first World Trade Center bombing had already occurred, and 911 was soon to happen. Attacks within the USA have continued to grow. To maintain religious legitimacy, Islamic terrorists are obliged to give warning – then come the attacks. While the FBI may not be “aware of any specific and credible threat” to Utah, this does not mean there is no threat. The FBI was specifically warned of the Florida school shooter by name, and failed to act. Neither was the FBI aware that an ISIS flag would be flying over a Utah High School. I am confident the threat is aware of our gun free zones and that LDS Chapels are open for slaughter. Infringing on the rights granted by the Lord, and hoping that a law enforcement officer is attending church when an attack occurs, is poor policy.

Considering these facts, I call for the following:

1. Citizens of Utah act in solidarity with our law enforcement officers and Constitution by being visibly armed in public places as a deterrent to those who seek us harm.
2. Members of the LDS church in Utah act in obedience to their individual obligation to the Lord, to defend their lives and the lives of their families, the right of such as granted by the Lord’s US Constitution, including in LDS chapels.
3. President Nelson, by public announcement, rescind the legalistic but unconstitutional PROHIBITION against Concealed Carry in LDS chapels in Utah.
4. President Nelson, by public announcement, affirm the LDS Church’s support of the US Constitution, including the Second Amendment, as having been established by the Lord, and that all members of the Church are justified in defending that Constitution, as the Lord himself declared to the Prophet Joseph Smith. (D&C 101: 76-80; 98: 4-10; 109: 54)
5. That the LDS Church actively advocate by legal action for the whole of the US Constitution, not just the First Amendment.
6. That the LDS Church develop a system by which the expressed concerns of members are responded to and addressed - the current experience is a bureaucratic black hole.
7. Stake Presidents in Utah, take immediate action to provide armed protection for members and their guests at LDS Chapels.
8. Utah legislators immediately remove all State infringements on the Second Amendment.
9. Utah Representatives to the Congress of the United States act to remove all infringements on the Second Amendment.
10. All candidates for State or National office in the USA, declare themselves for this issue.
11. Citizens of the USA, wherever they are able, sue all laws/regulations infringing on the Second Amendment, considering the US Supreme Court’s rulings that the Second Amendment is an individual right that the Constitution declares “shall not be infringed.”

By making this public declaration I also declare that I am using my agency in full support of the Lord and His Constitution. I also sustain the Lord’s servants in leadership positions in His Church and call upon them to act in accord with the Lord’s revelations, and if the Lord has spoken anew on this topic (or any other) that they promptly declare it. Let us all be found in obedience to the Lord’s will, in pure doctrine, and not in political correctness as defined by those who routinely stand in defiance of God’s commandments.

NATO Must Destroy ISIS - A Strategy to Defeat Radical Islam

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) attack in Brussels, Belgium, like the recent attack in Paris, France, is an attack on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Belgium and France are members of NATO along with other Western European countries, Turkey, the US and Canada. I encourage Belgium and France to invoke the NATO treaty, just as the US invoked the NATO treaty immediately after 9-11 when NATO E-3 AWACS flew over the United States to help protect our skies. Similarly NATO is in Afghanistan because of 9-11. NATO needs to declare war on ISIS and it’s allies and destroy them - quickly - not withholding any of our combined capabilities other than Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). NATO nations are already engaged against ISIS in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya, but these efforts lack political and military resolve.

NATO should use all National capabilities to accomplish the destruction of ISIS.  

Specifically:

A. Political Power - Assemble a broader alliance of the willing to augment NATO and strengthen freedom of thought and religion in the Middle East. 

1. Invite Russia (already in Syria) to participate, but do not allow them to constrain NATO in any way. Require Russia to contain themselves and their allies (Syria, and Iran) in Syria. Working with Russia recognizes its own threat from Islamic terrorism and it’s long alliance with Syria. It also sends a strong deterrent message that NATO will stand up for the security of it’s member states if Russia continues it’s expansion into Western Europe.
2. Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and the Gulf States will assist, as well as Egypt. 
3. Muslim states in the Middle East who are unwilling to assist, must suffer economic consequences. 
4. The destruction of ISIS will send a strong deterrent message to Iran, an Islamist state that supports terrorism and sees ISIS as a competitor to its own global Caliphate agenda.
5. At end state, return conquered territories to representative Republics that will guarantee freedom of thought and religion.
6. Stop the flow of refugees to Europe by establishing safe zones for refugees in northern Syria and Libya to be administered by the UN until political agreements are complete to return such territory to an appropriate sovereign state.

B. Economic Power - Cut the flow of cash to ISIS and any supporting state. Seize the assets of any entity supporting ISIS.

C. Military Power - Except for WMD, use unconstrained military power to cut off ISIS’ ability to wage war and destroy (not capture) its fighters.

1. Conduct an intensive air and land campaign to destroy ISIS and it’s allies in Syria, Iraq, and beyond. Rules of engagement should be very limited so that NATO forces can be effective in accomplishing their mission. ISIS forces should be attacked until they are destroyed - not captured. The ISIS Caliphate must be completely eradicated.
2. If Russia and its allies do not effectively engage ISIS in Syria, perform the mission in their place and retain conquered territory until political agreements are complete to return such territory to an appropriate sovereign state.
3. Remove the oil fields in northern Iraq as a source of revenue and fuel for ISIS. Retain them for NATO use until political agreements are complete to return them to an appropriate sovereign state.
4. With Egypt as an ally, destroy ISIS in Libya and retain conquered territory until political agreements are completed to return such territory to an appropriate sovereign state.
5. Work with Egypt to destroy ISIS in the Sinai.
6. Support Saudi Arabia going into Yemen to destroy Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and restore regular governance in Yemen.

I believe these actions will destroy ISIS, but they will not destroy the larger threat of the radical Islamist Movement. The strategy to accomplish that is much broader and long term and involves what I call a Free State Coalition.

The Strategy to Defeat the Radical Islamist Movement.*

*Any Islamic entity (Shi’a or Sunni) that seeks to (1) deny individual liberty, (2) overthrow free institutions, (3) institute the rule of Sharia to replace constitutional law, and (4) establish the global Islamic Caliphate. Examples of such entities are ISIS, the Muslim Brotherhood, Iran and its surrogates such as Hezbollah.

The Challenge:

Islam, like Christianity, calls for all to repent and convert to their faith. The Radical Islamist takes this to the extreme of declaring war against the “unbelievers” - this is considered their religious duty (Jihad). The Islamists pursue a global Islamic State (or Caliphate) through force of arms and the killing of all who oppose them or will not convert to their brand of Islam. Radical Islamists do not promote freedom of religion, speech, or thought. The question we must ask is: Shall we give up our liberty to an Islamic dictatorship, and secondly, should we allow a significant percentage of the world population to be enslaved to their ideology? 

As the Islamists recruit soldiers from within free societies, governments that support individual liberty will be forced to stand against this threat and defeat it, or be destroyed from within. Free citizens must call Free States to action. It is a time to preserve individual liberty and to free those under the rule of radical Islamists, indeed it is a war for the liberty of all men and women, not initiated by us, but by the Islamists who wish to enslave us to their religious ideology.

The Strategy:

The principles of liberty unite Free States, including freedom-loving Muslims, against radical Islam. The US Declaration of Independence is the source of the Free States unifying principle: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” The First Amendment of the US Constitution is also a critical principle to be maintained by any Free State: "(Free State Governments) shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." The United Nations (UN) is not a coalition of Free States, therefore the United States of America, as the most capable Free State, must form and lead a Free States coalition, perhaps through an adaptation of the Proliferation Security Initiative, a coalition of more than 100 States, that currently works to stop the spread of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). The Free States Coalition defeats the Islamist cause by (1) liberating and thereby strengthening their own economies; (2) promoting liberty and tolerance to counter radicalization; (3) destroying Islamist fighting elements; and (4) liberating populations enslaved under Islamist ideology.

Name: 

The Free State Coalition

Alternate:

Liberty Coalition

Principle: 

All men and women are Created equal, with the unalienable Rights of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

Banner: 

LIBERTY FOR ALL 

Mission:

United Free States preserve and expand liberty 

Essential elements of the Free State strategy include:

1. Strengthening Liberty at home:

Liberty must not be confused with license. For example the license to abort terminates life and liberty for the unborn. The license of anything-goes sexual relations leads to justification for the license to kill infants. These two licenses are signifiant recruiting tools for the Islamist. They represent a significant threat to their society that places greater value on the process of creating and giving life to the unborn than the West. 

Liberty of economy is also significantly constrained by government regulation, or license, that favors special interests over individual economic liberty.

We need to increase our birth rates to counter the demographic shift to a predominant Muslim population in Europe and elsewhere. Muslim men with up to four wives are out populating the West. Returning to more traditional values of marriage and large families is crucial to countering the Muslim demographic wave. In any Free State, no man should be restricted to one wife.

2. Denying Islamists WMD:

While we are horrified by the ISIS slaughter across Syria, Iraq, and Libya, we must be careful to not avert our eyes from Iran. This Islamist state has the same goals as ISIS and is on the verge of acquiring nuclear weapons technology. This cannot be permitted. A very high priority is to keep WMD, including Chemical, Biological, Radiological,  Nuclear, and Explosive (CBRNE) weapons material out of the hands of radical Islamists. For this reason it makes sense to continue the Proliferation Security Initiative and build the Free State Coalition around it. Free States should also support legitimate UN efforts while not being constrained by the UN.

3. Stopping Islamist Proliferation within Free States: 

Islamist inspired attacks within the US and other Free States are on the rise. The Islamist ideology propagates easily across national borders, especially among Muslim populations, as seen by the allegiance given to ISIS by radical elements within an increasing number of nations. The strategy to defeat them must therefore engage all elements of Free State societies. Western Europe is rapidly becoming Muslim due to the very low birth rates among Europeans - this must be reversed. Muslim immigrants and their children must also be taught to value individual liberty and preserve the Free States. Those seeking to overthrow Free States from within must be identified and stopped. The Islamic State and its advocates, wherever they are found must be stopped and destroyed.

4. Recruiting Muslim States to join the Free States Coalition: 

Freedom of religion is required of Muslim states for them to be considered a Free State. State institutional proscriptions against religions other than Islam, or penalties for conversion from Islam, support the Islamist movement and cannot be permitted in a Muslim state that desires to be in the Free State Coalition. Muslim states unwilling to support freedom of religion must be considered belligerents and an active political and economic campaign to encourage them to adopt liberty should be pursued. If they permit Islamists to operate within their borders then they are considered a state supporting Islamist movements. In Free States Muslims will enjoy the privilege of worshipping Allah according to the dictates of their own conscience, not the dictates of a theocratic State that stands between them and Allah and dictates how they shall worship.

5. Destroying and Overthrowing Islamists in their Home and Supporting States:

9-11 was a strategically significant victory for the Islamists. The successful post 9-11 campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq by the US and its allies are put at risk by not following up with equally committed campaigns against ISIS and Iran, and any other State that harbors the Islamist threat. Misguided US and European policy in the Middle East and Libya during the Obama administration has destabilized Middle East nations and given space for ISIS and other Islamist movements to grow. In addition the democracy movement in Iran was not supported. The full weight of Free State political, economic, and military power must be brought to bear against the threat. United Free States must engage the Islamists economically and militarily in their home and supporting states before they can effectively engage us with WMD in our States. Opposition forces that stand for liberty within these Islamist states must be encouraged and fully supported until full liberty is established.

New Yorkers! Defend yourselves from ISIS!

In the last few days ISIS has directly threatened New York City and Washington DC, yet on Megyn Kelly’s news show (the Kelly File) a former US Navy SEAL said that since he lives in the city (of NY) he cannot carry a weapon (for self defense). Subsequently he carries a small high intensity flashlight. EXCUSE ME!? A man who can save himself and many New Yorkers is forbidden to carry a firearm for protection!? 

In light of the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) 2008 decision in District of Columbia vs Heller, why can he not!? In this landmark decision SCOTUS found that having a handgun for self defense was an “individual right” under the Second Amendment of our Constitution. The Heller case involved home defense in a “federal enclave” (such as Washington DC) but federal courts since this ruling have extended this individual right to the States. In 2014 a Federal Court also found “… that the District of Columbia's complete ban on the carrying of handguns in public is unconstitutional.” 

As a result of these rulings people in Washington DC can carry a pistol to protect themselves. New York City has refused to change its laws on the pretense that their laws are “reasonable.” The Second Amendment is very clear - “the (individual [SCOTUS 2008]) right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” Why are “we the people” - the sovereigns of this nation -  oppressed by unconstitutional laws that we must break in order to overthrow them in Court!? 

Is it time for a New York City Civil Obedience Movement to the Constitution? Is it time for New Yorkers to arm themselves under the right to defend themselves and send a clear message to ISIS, “Come here at your own risk!” - and to their politicians, “Come down from your ivory towers and bear your throats to ISIS - we will not!” Let New Yorkers be obedient to the Second Amendment - not to the unconstitutional restrictions they are under. 

It is time for American’s to arm and train themselves in self defense as our Constitution allows - even in New York City. As for those politicians who want to restrict this right, such as President Obama and Hillary Clinton, let them surrender their Secret Service protection and bear their throats to ISIS - unless of course they choose to carry their own protection as Donald Trump admits to.

NATO Must Destroy ISIS and, A Strategy to Defeat Radical Islamists

Today I am French. Vive la France! The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) attack on Paris, France, is an attack on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). France is a member of NATO along with other Western European countries, Turkey, the US and Canada. I encourage France to invoke the NATO treaty, just as the US invoked the NATO treaty immediately after 9-11 when NATO E-3 AWACS flew over the United States to help protect our skies. Similarly NATO is in Afghanistan because of 9-11. NATO needs to declare war on ISIS and it’s allies and destroy them - quickly - not withholding any of our combined capabilities other than Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). NATO is already engaged against ISIS in Afghanistan.

NATO should use all National capabilities to accomplish the destruction of ISIS.  

Specifically:

A. Political Power - Assemble a broader alliance of the willing to augment NATO and strengthen freedom of thought and religion in the Middle East. 

1. Invite Russia (already in Syria) to participate, but do not allow them to constrain NATO in any way. Require Russia to contain themselves and their allies (Syria, and Iran) in Syria. Working with Russia recognizes its own threat from Islamic terrorism and it’s long alliance with Syria. It also sends a strong deterrent message that NATO will stand up for the security of it’s member states if Russia continues it’s expansion into Western Europe.
2. Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and the Gulf States will assist, as well as Egypt. 
3. Muslim states in the Middle East who are unwilling to assist, should suffer economic consequences. 
4. The destruction of ISIS will send a strong deterrent message to Iran, an Islamist state that supports terrorism and sees ISIS as a competitor to its own global Caliphate agenda.
5. At end state, return conquered territories to representative Republics that will guarantee freedom of thought and religion.
6. Stop the flow of refugees to Europe by establishing a safe zone for refugees in northern Syria and Libya to be administered by the UN until political agreements are complete to return such territory to an appropriate sovereign state.

B. Economic Power - Cut the flow of cash to ISIS and any supporting state. Seize the assets of any entity supporting ISIS.

C. Military Power - Except for WMD, use unconstrained military power to cut off ISIS’ ability to wage war and destroy (not capture) its fighters.

1. Conduct an intensive air and land campaign to destroy ISIS and it’s allies in Syria, Iraq, and beyond. Rules of engagement should be very limited so that NATO forces can be effective in accomplishing their mission. ISIS forces should be attacked until they are destroyed - not captured. 
2. If Russia and its allies do not effectively engage ISIS in Syria, perform the mission in their place and retain conquered territory until political agreements are complete to return such territory to an appropriate sovereign state.
3. Remove the oil fields in northern Iraq as a source of revenue and fuel for ISIS. Retain them for NATO use until political agreements are complete to return them to an appropriate sovereign state.
4. With Egypt as an ally, destroy ISIS in Libya and retain conquered territory until political agreements are completed to return such territory to an appropriate sovereign state.
5. Work with Egypt to destroy ISIS in the Sinai.
6. Support Saudi Arabia going into Yemen to destroy Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and restore regular governance in Yemen.

I believe these actions will destroy ISIS, but they will not destroy the larger threat of the radical Islamist Movement. The strategy to accomplish that is much broader and long term and involves what I call a Free State Coalition.

The Strategy to Defeat the Radical Islamist Movement.*

*Any Islamic entity (Shi’a or Sunni) that seeks to (1) deny individual liberty, (2) overthrow free institutions, (3) institute the rule of Sharia to replace constitutional law, and (4) establish the global Islamic Caliphate. Examples of such entities are ISIS, the Muslim Brotherhood, Iran and its surrogates such as Hezbollah.

The Challenge:

Islam, like Christianity, calls for all to repent and convert to their faith. The Radical Islamist takes this to the extreme of declaring war against the “unbelievers” - this is considered their religious duty (Jihad). The Islamists pursue a global Islamic State (or Caliphate) through force of arms and the killing of all who oppose them or will not convert to their brand of Islam. Radical Islamists do not promote freedom of religion, speech, or thought. The question we must ask is: Shall we give up our liberty to an Islamic dictatorship, and secondly, should we allow a significant percentage of the world population to be enslaved to their ideology? 

As the Islamists recruit soldiers from within free societies, governments that support individual liberty will be forced to stand against this threat and defeat it, or be destroyed from within. Free citizens must call Free States to action. It is a time to preserve individual liberty and to free those under the rule of radical Islamists, indeed it is a war for the liberty of all men and women, not initiated by us, but by the Islamists who wish to enslave us to their religion.

The Strategy:

The principles of liberty unite Free States, including freedom-loving Muslims, against radical Islam. The US Declaration of Independence is the source of the Free States unifying principle: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” The United Nations (UN) is not a coalition of Free States, therefore the United States of America, as the most capable Free State, must form and lead a Free States coalition, perhaps through an adaptation of the Proliferation Security Initiative, a coalition of more than 100 States, that currently works to stop the spread of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). The Free States Coalition defeats the Islamist cause by (1) liberating and thereby strengthening their own economies; (2) promoting liberty and tolerance to counter radicalization; (3) destroying Islamist fighting elements; and (4) liberating populations enslaved under Islamist ideology.

Name:

The Free State Coalition

Alternate:

Liberty Coalition

Principle:

All men are Created equal, with the unalienable Rights of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

Banner:

LIBERTY FOR ALL 

Mission:

United Free States preserve and expand liberty 

Essential elements of the Free State strategy include:

1. Strengthening Liberty at home:

Liberty must not be confused with license. For example the license to abort terminates life and liberty for the unborn. The license of anything-goes sexual relations leads to justification for the license to kill infants. These two licenses are signifiant recruiting tools for the Islamist. They represent a significant threat to their society that places greater value on the process of creating and giving life to the unborn than the West. 

Liberty of economy is also significantly constrained by government regulation, or license, that favors special interests over individual economic liberty.

We need to increase our birth rates to counter the demographic shift to a predominant Muslim population in Europe and elsewhere. Muslim men with up to four wives are out populating the West. Returning to more traditional values of marriage and large families is crucial to countering the Muslim demographic wave.

2. Denying Islamists WMD:

While we are horrified by the ISIS slaughter across Syria, Iraq, and Libya, we must be careful to not avert our eyes from Iran. This Islamist state has the same goals as ISIS and is on the verge of acquiring nuclear weapons technology. This cannot be permitted. A very high priority is to keep WMD, including Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive (CBRNE) weapons material out of the hands of radical Islamists. For this reason it makes sense to continue the Proliferation Security Initiative and build the Free State Coalition around it. Free States should also support legitimate UN efforts while not being constrained by the UN.

3. Stopping Islamist Proliferation within Free States: 

Islamist inspired attacks within the US and other Free States are on the rise. The Islamist ideology propagates easily across national borders, especially among Muslim populations, as seen by the allegiance given to ISIS by radical elements within an increasing number of nations. The strategy to defeat them must therefore engage all elements of Free State societies. Western Europe is rapidly becoming Muslim due to the very low birth rates among Europeans - this must be reversed. Muslim immigrants and their children must also be taught to value individual liberty and preserve the Free States. Those seeking to overthrow Free States from within must be identified and stopped. The Islamic State and its advocates, wherever they are found must be stopped and destroyed.

4. Recruiting Muslim States to join the Free States Coalition:

Freedom of religion is required of Muslim states for them to be considered a Free State. State institutional proscriptions against religions other than Islam, or penalties for conversion from Islam, support the Islamist movement and cannot be permitted in a Muslim state that desires to be in the Free State Coalition. Muslim states unwilling to support freedom of religion must be considered belligerents and an active political and economic campaign to encourage them to adopt liberty should be pursued. If they permit Islamists to operate within their borders then they are considered a state supporting Islamist movements.

5. Destroying and Overthrowing Islamists in their Home and Supporting States:

9-11 was a strategically significant victory for the Islamists. The successful post 9-11 campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq by the US and its allies are put at risk by not following up with equally committed campaigns against ISIS and Iran, and any other State that harbors the Islamist threat. Misguided US and European policy in the Middle East and Libya during the Obama administration has destabilized Middle East nations and given space for ISIS and other Islamist movements to grow. In addition the democracy movement in Iran was not supported. The full weight of Free State political, economic, and military power must be brought to bear against the threat. United Free States must engage the Islamists economically and militarily in their home and supporting states before they can effectively engage us with WMD in our States. Opposition forces that stand for liberty within these Islamist states must be encouraged and fully supported until full liberty is established.