OBAMA ADMINISTRATION QUIETLY DISARMING BORDER PATROL AGENTS

11/15/2014

The M4 Carbine is the standard Border Patrol weapon

Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) has removed almost half of the weapons from our Border Patrol Agents.

Immigration and Border Patrol

I have NEVER believed in coincidence.  As the president has made it clear he will utilize his pen, outside of the authority he is vested by the U.S. Constitution, to grant amnesty to millions of illegal aliens, ICE, and Agency under the Department of Homeland Security, has been disarming our Border Patrol Agents.

Agents have had their personal weapons, an M4 Carbine, removed, supposedly for safety concerns.  Agents are now forced to share weapons between multiple agents.

M4 Carbine

The M4 is a variant of the M16 fully automatic combat rifle.  The M4 is shorter, with a 16” versus 20” barrel, lighter and usually fitted with a collapsible stock.  The M4 can operate in semi-auto mode, firing once for each pull of the trigger, or can be selected to fire a 3 round burst when the trigger is pulled.  For this reason, the M4 is considered a fully automatic rifle.

The AR15 is a civilian variant of the military M16 and M4 rifle.  Similar in every, with one very important difference.  Civilian AR15s are NOT fully automatic.  AR15s can only fire in semi-automatic mode.

The M16, M4 and AR15 rifles comprise the moist widely produced and sold rifles in America.

This author is intimately familiar with the M16-A1 having carried one in the Marine Corps, and the civilian AR15 having owned multiple copies.

Safety Concern?

As the most widely sold and owned rifle in America, if there were a safety concern or recall, it would be well known.  The internet would be awash with warnings.

Yet, Customs officials claim the large number of M4s being taken from Border Patrol agents is because the weapons were found to be unserviceable and posed safety concerns.

Representative Steve King (R, Iowa) isn’t accepting that explanation.  King said,

“THERE’S NO MORE RELIABLE WEAPON IN THE WORLD.”

“ANY AGENCY LIKE THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY THAT HAS BOUGHT MILLIONS OF ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS COULD CERTAINLY AFFORD TO REPLACE WITH NEW SERVICEABLE M4S ALL THE WEAPONS THEY ARE FOR TESTING.”

“THIS SOUNDS TO ME LIKE A RUSE TO START TO TAKE THE WEAPONS OUT OF THE HANDS OF THE BORDER PATROL.”

Congressman King said that if there were legitimate concerns about the safety and serviceability of the M4s,

“I WOULD KNOW ABOUT IT BY NOW.  AS FAR AS I KNOW, THERE’S NOTHING OUT THERE ABOUT THE OPERABILITY OF THE M4.”

“IF THERE WERE ANY PROBLEM WITH THEM AS FAR AS SAFETY WAS CONCERNED, IT WOULD BE ALL OVER THE INTERNET.  AND IT’S THE EXACT OPPOSITE; THE WEAPON IS SO RELIABLE.”

King said DHS must be held accountable.

“I DON’T GET IT. HOW DOES DHS GO FROM ‘FAST AND FURIOUS’ TO DISARMING THE BORDER PATROL?”

“THE MEXICAN DRUG CARTELS ARE SHOOTING AT THE BORDER PATROL WITH 50-CALIBER ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE.  I’M CONCERNED THE BORDER PATROL DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH PROTECTION GOING OUT WITH JUST M4S.”

Agenda? 

Some have questioned past Border Patrol actions and use of force.  Clearly, maintaining Border Security is a difficult and dangerous task.  The Administration has put out the doormat for immigrants with questionable guidelines.  In recent months Border Patrol agents have been working more as nannies and nursemaids, rather than law enforcement.

While Border Agents have been seeking command guidance on ever changing procedures, Mexican military and drug cartels continue to breach our border with impunity.  Human and drug smuggling through American border towns have brought local Sheriff Departments into the fray as border crime increases.

If the president issues an executive order of amnesty, or something similar, the flood of illegal immigrants, along with possible terrorists,  across the southern border will be unstoppable.  Representative King recognizes this.  He expressed a determination to find out exactly why DHS was taking the action now.  Wanting answers, King said,

“THINK OF THE MARINE CORPS IF THE TROOPS HAD TO SHARE A WEAPON.  YOU SLEEP WITH YOUR WEAPON, AND YOU LIVE WITH YOUR WEAPON. YOU TEAR DOWN YOUR WEAPON, CLEAN IT AND PUT IT BACK TOGETHER AGAIN UNTIL YOU CAN DO IT BLINDFOLDED. SO WHAT U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION IS DOING IS LIKE SAYING TO A COWBOY THAT YOU DON’T GET YOUR OWN HORSE.”

“IT WOULD BE VERY DISTURBING TO ME TO KNOW I HAD TO GO OUT AND PUT MY LIFE ON THE LINE, BUT I HAD TO CHECK SOMEBODY ELSE’S WEAPON OUT OF THE GUN CABINET IN THE POOL.”

“IF YOU DISARM THE BORDER PATROL IN PREPARATION FOR ISSUING AN EXECUTIVE EDICT OF UNCONSTITUTIONAL AMNESTY, THAT STARTS A FLOOD OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS INTO THE UNITED STATES, AND WE CAN’T PROTECT OUR BORDERS.”

And THAT may be exactly what President Obama and his administration want to occur.

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