Illinois judge sparks debate after dropping charges against illegal migrant for possessing a firearm; So you don’t have to be a citizen to legally carry?

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Important Takeaways:

  • Undocumented Immigrants Have Right to Own Guns, Judge Rules
  • A judge this month dropped gun charges against an illegal migrant in Illinois, sparking further debate about the rights associated with the Second Amendment.
  • S. District Court Judge Sharon Coleman of the Northern District of Illinois referenced lower court rulings in dismissing firearm possession charges against Heriberto Carbajal-Flores, who was illegally or unlawfully in the United States when he possessed a handgun in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago on June 1, 2020.
  • “The Court finds that Carbajal-Flores’ criminal record, containing no improper use of a weapon, as well as the non-violent circumstances of his arrest do not support a finding that he poses a risk to public safety such that he cannot be trusted to use a weapon responsibly and should be deprived of his Second Amendment right to bear arms in self-defense,” Coleman, who was appointed under President Barack Obama, wrote in her eight-page ruling filed March 8.
  • Carbajal-Flores was charged under Title 18 of U.S. Criminal Code, which legally disallows undocumented individuals to possess firearms and ammunition “or to receive any firearm or ammunition which has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce.”
  • The defendant, who contended the firearm was possessed for self-defense and protection of property “during a time of documented civil unrest” in the spring of 2020 [during George Floyd], has never been convicted of a felony, a violent crime or a crime involving the use of a weapon.

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DNI releases Annual Threat Assessment saying China will use Supply Chain as a Weapon

Global Supply Chains

Revelations 6:3-4 “when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.

Important Takeaways:

  • US Worries China Will Use Supply Chains As Weapon
  • The “Annual Threat Assessment” issued by the Director of National Intelligence said China is already using its supply chain dominance to force foreign companies and countries to transfer technologies and intellectual property to it.
  • China hit back against the assessment on Thursday, terming the report “slander” and saying it “confuses black with white.”
  • That could be a particular danger if China is able to take over Taiwan, another leading contributor to industrial and technology components, it said.
  • The “Annual Threat” report singled out China’s dominance in technology sectors including semiconductors, critical minerals, batteries, solar panels, and pharmaceuticals.
  • It pointed to an April 2020 speech by Chinese President Xi Jinping, who said China sought to increase control of key supply chains to be “able to use those supply chain dependencies to threaten and cut off foreign countries during a crisis.”
  • In space, by 2030 China will probably be “world-class” in all but a few specific technology areas.

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Chick-fil-A employee jumps in to save a mother and child from carjacker

Romans 15:1 We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves.”

Important Takeaways:

  • Chick-fil-LAID OUT! Fast food restaurant employee uses MMA moves to prevent carjacking attempt after assailant swiped car keys from woman carrying baby
  • A Chick-fil-A employee manhandled a would-be carjacker using an MMA style headlock to prevent him from stealing a car at a location in Florida
  • The near victims of the crime were a woman and her young child
  • At the time of the incident, the carjacker was armed with a stick
  • During the incident, the employee was punched in the face but not seriously injured
  • The suspect is facing attempted carjacking with a weapon and battery charges

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ISIS Using Water As Weapon

The Islamic terrorist group ISIS is reducing the water flowing into Iraq’s Anbar province as the government is trying to retake land from the terrorists.

The tactic is not new to Middle East conflicts.  ISIS had previously restricted water flowing through the ISIS controlled town of Fallujah but reopened locks after residents complained about the lack of water.

Anbar Provincial Council Member Taha Abdul-Ghani told the Associated Press the terrorists are blocking water at a dam on the Euphrates river that will dry up irrigation system and water treatment plans for the government and tribes that are opposed to ISIS.  Other areas to the south and central areas of the country would be provided water from the Tigris River.

The United Nations quickly condemned the terrorist’s actions.

“The use of water as a tool of war is to be condemned in no uncertain terms,” the spokesman for the U.N. secretary-general, Stephane Dujarric, told reporters. “These kinds of reports are disturbing, to say the least.”

He said the U.N. would work to bring water to the impacted residents of the region.

Military experts say the withdrawl of water also lowers the level of the river to where terrorists would be able to walk across, allowing for attacks in locations that previously had been impeded by the water.

Residents of Habbaniya, Husaybah and Khalidiyah have been fleeing out of fear of an assault by the terrorists.