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1. TAPS ACT - what it is and why it should scare you

Great instruction by Constitutional Lawyer KrisAnne Hall 👇

Constitutional America Episode 2 (T.A.P.S. Act) via @YouTube
2. #TAPS Act HR 838

Threat Assessment, Prevention and Safety Act of 2019

The “solution to the gun violence problem.”

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3A. #TAPS ACT

A. The TAPS act will create a brand new bureaucracy under the authority of the Department of Homeland Security

B. The purpose of this bureaucracy will be to create State & federal policing bodies ruling over the perceived behavior of the American people- KGB-style
3B. #TAPS ACT

This creates an arbitrary unchecked unconstitutional federal power & puts it in the hands of the DHS

It establishes a database of those exhibiting “Concerning behavior”

It creates a behavioral assessment task force - a task force established by Congress
4. #TAPS ACT

Creates another arm of the American Bureaucracy

“And for other purposes...”

-This phrase allows Congress or the Bureaucracy to EXPAND LAWS

The only limit on the power rests solely upon the whim of the individual bureaucrat and the bureaucracy to limit itself.
5. #TAPS ACT

THIS IS NOT THE SOLUTION TO GUN VIOLENCE

GUNS ARE NOT EVEN MENTIONED IN THIS ACT

Ammunition is not mentioned

Possession of firearms is not mentioned

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6. TAPS ACT

The purpose is NOT to control gun violence

The PURPOSE is to CONTROL PEOPLE

Invented authority for government agents to MANAGE OUR BEHAVIOR

Championed by multiple members of the GOP including Dan Crenshaw and Matt Gaetz

There is NO WAY to PREVENT gun violence
7. #TAPS ACT

Blatant infringement of several aspects of due process, rights to property, free speech, rights to assemble, freedom of the press, right to petition the govt for a redress of your grievances

Totally unconstitutional

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8. #TAPS ACT

According to this act, no crime need be committed... before the government establishes a database with your name and your data in it..
9. #TAPS Act

No crime has to happen before your property is seized. No crime need happen before government agents are employed to start “Managing” your behavior
All someone has 2 say is This person has an “interest in carrying out an act of violence..” And then u r targeted
10A. #TAPS Act

And what is “Concerning Behavior?” It is not defined in the Act...

According to the Supreme Court, when Congress does not define something in an ACT, it is up to the AGENCY to apply a definition....
10B. #TAPS Act

So the DHS gets to define what THEY believe is the definition of “Concerning Behavior.”

DHS will also be able to define motive, and an “ability to display” “Concerning behavior”
11. #TAPS ACT

A Recent FBI report out of the Phoenix office is ALREADY right in line with this TAPS ACT- it is a pre-crime behavioral report, - no crime need be committed before you R identified as a DOMESTIC TERRORIST - the FBI need only identify IN YOU certain “Tendencies.”
12. #TAPS ACT

With this TAPS Act combined with the FBI, DHS, and state law enforcement - you are not only identified, but DHS is permitted to “MANAGE” your Concerning behavior

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13. TAPS ACT

If you believe the UN is a rogue agency or a threat to American sovereignty-> you ARE a domestic terrorist

If you believe certain things the govt tells you are happening in America are NOT happening - you ARE a domestic terrorist according to the FBI
14A. #TAPS ACT

The Constitution says before the govt can seize anything - your phone records, emails, data - there must be probable cause supported by oath or affirmation

Obviously this TAPS Act is a violation on multiple levels of our individual rights
14B. #TAPS ACT

Government gets to search and seize based on “ARTICULABLE FACTS” of “Concerning behavior”

Oh my

No due process
No hearing
No warrant
15. #TAPS ACT

In order for this ACT to work, the 4th Amendment must be completely disregarded

If government determines you are interested in bad things, they can search and seize, and then MANAGE your behavior
16. #TAPS ACT

Your congressmen will say

Trust us we are government - if you are not displaying terrorist tendencies you have nothing to fear
17. #TAPS ACT

What’s to prevent a rogue FBI agent or DHS agent from wrecking havoc on a law-abiding citizen

Or a local police officer doesn’t like you - all he has to do is come up with some “articulable facts”
18. #TAPS ACT

“Articulable facts” - nothing needs to be proven, no court of law to prove anything

This is to be a national strategy with the DHS in charge of managing behavior .... Liberty destroyed , the constitution undermined
19. #TAPS ACT

No mention of guns
No mention of ammunition
No mention of AR-15
No mention of mass shootings

A national strategy for behavioral control of the American people - where is that in the Constitution again??
20. #TAPS ACT

If it doesn’t exist as an Enumerated Power in the Constitution then it doesn’t exist in the hands of Congress

Whichever member of Congress votes for this should be targeted for Term Limits
21. #TAPS ACT

A BRAND NEW BUREAUCRACY of 24 unelected bureaucrats TO WRITE AND DEFINE TERMS CONCERNING BEHAVIOR, INTEREST, MOTIVE, INTENTION

A bureaucracy elected by no one, answerable to no one, given the ability to make up definitions and a plan to manage our behavior
22A. #TAPS ACT

There is a Section labeled POWERS OF THE TASK FORCE - “Any member of the Task Force, may, if authorized by the Task Force, take any action which the Task Force is authorized to take by this Task Force.”
22B. #TAPS ACT
Powers of the Task Force

Huh?

What is the LIMIT of the Task Force?? The Task Force IS the limit ....

What is the authority for defining Concerning behavior? The Task Force

What is the authority to define “articulable facts?” The Task Force
23. #TAPS ACT

In the entire ACT, there is NOT ONE MENTION OF THE CONSTITUTION

The task force is hereby given the authority by Congress to defy the constitution and threaten individual liberty
24A. #TAPS ACT

Invokes Mutual Jurisdiction - local, state, tribal, & federal authorities are going to collaborate to collect data, seize property, and manage behavior and create threat assessment units
24B. #TAPS ACT

The DHS and the FBI are now the heads of these local units of BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT

Wow
25. The #TAPS ACT should terrify all Americans

How in the world is this even up for consideration ?

Congress and the American Bureaucracy.... Enemies of the #Constitution

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