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Written By Kenneth W. Mays |
"G'Day Mates!" or "Gee Day, dudes and dudette's", as I'm known to say. This section of our web site will be composed of various articles and/or other original works written by me for a variety of publications. Some will also be items written solely for the web itself. All are copyrighted and are not to be printed out for distribution without my written consent. These first two articles are items I wrote for Guns Australia magazine. America, it seemed, had been slandered by several Australian politicians during their cry for gun abolition. When I responded through several friends I have down there, my rebuttal made its way to the editors of the magazine and was then published. As a result I ended up writing several articles for them over a two-year period. The first, simply titled, "The American Path" was a big hit. In print the article was only slightly edited by the magazine, but here, is the complete unabridged version. As a firearms instructor and exporter I come into contact with many non-Americans. In fact it was through my membership in the International Association of Law Enforcement Instructors that I first came to know several Australian instructors. Since that time we have each visited one another on several occasions. It was one of these Australian instructors who, in 1996, mailed me a copy of the proposed legislation, which was about to ban most firearm sales and possession through out most his State of New South Wales. Of course this was an extension of the severe firearm laws, which had already existed through out Australia since the 1920's. Now, they were adding further impositions, extending their ban on handguns to also include most rifles, shotguns, air & pellet guns, flare kits for boats and even paint-ball guns. New laws of this nature were springing up in every Australian State in the emotional wake of the mass killing of 35 people in the town of Port Arthur on the island of Tasmania on April 28th, 1996. Being sensitive to their grief and understanding that it is their country; they can do what they want to. However, America is my country and the New South Wales Minister of Police slandered Her severely during a speech he delivered before the NSW State Legislature. Also, I understand it, this new Minister of Police is not Australian. He is British; and the last time the English allowed open firearm ownership by a colony, we Americans gave them the boot! None the less, it is fair of me to say that of all the Australians I personally know, none of them are pleased with the new law and all are shocked, horrified and dismayed by it. It is equally fair for me to add that none of them were ever pleased with their handgun laws as well. In America we often cite the restrictive gun laws of Nazi Germany of the 30's as the framework for our own Gun Control Act of 1968. I have now begun to wonder if, in fact the Nazi's had simply copied the provisions of Australia's gun control act's of the 1920's. It would be interesting to research that further and find out. But now, in their State Parliament, a Minister of Police, imported from Britain stated, "The bill I am introducing today will make NSW a safer place to live. We want to make NSW a safer place as quickly as possible. These laws represent a cultural change for all Australia. They reflect our decision not to go down the American Path. This legislation puts the public's right to safety before the privilege of gun ownership." Later in the speech he goes on to say, "That personal protection not be regarded, (by provision of this law), as a genuine reason for owning, possessing or using a firearm". In light of their MOP's statement, one must first understand the perspective foreigners have of guns in this country. A myth, sadly to say perpetrated by us Americans ourselves. First in the form of Western dime novel. Then sanctified by Buffalo Bill's traveling Wild West show. Today, film and television has continued the perception of shootouts on every corner through a mass of action adventure and cop-buddy shows. Additionally, our news media perpetuates a myth of crime in this country by devoting 45% of their time on a problem, which only affects about 6% of our population. But, when it comes to foreigners, I find it humorous when a new client comes to me for a purchase actually believing that I can put them on a plane with 100 guns in one week. They are shocked when they discover that the average first shipment process time takes at least one year to gain all the government approvals. Anyway, back to the Ozzies. In my travels and hosting's it seems to me that Australians are infatuated with American culture in many ways. First, I believe it's because we both separated from England and established our own unique identities. However, while they do everything to point out they are not British, their country remains tied to the Commonwealth. Also, in a fractured political climate their government continues to act as if they are British, and, what's worse, they seem to import the Brit's influence just when they are about to get over it. The real culprit, however is economics. Be it cosmetic's to Scotch; Blue jeans or guns; Their dollar buys more here than at home even after the rate of exchange. Historically as well, our cultures have taken a very similar path. Especially when it comes to the displacement of Native Peoples. Such, however, is always the nature of conquest regardless of what century or what forces. But at least the American Indian possessed a noble warrior spirit. The Australian Aborigine could be likened to an innocent, playful, but pathetic child. Anyway; now what is the path taken by the United States? From our perspective we must first understand that the Australian Constitution does not guarantee their citizens the right to bear arms. Even though the logo of one of their State Police Departments says, "Uphold the Right". Right to what? The NSW Police Department's logo reads, "Integrity, Knowledge & Courage". Does this Minister think that both the good people of Australia and America posses, or deserve from their leadership any less? But our Constitution does guarantee our citizens the right to keep and bear arms. It protects us from the government and/or any of its agents. Our founding fathers recognized that certain rights were unalienable; and it was neither within the government's power of prerogative to neither add nor detract what was ours by birthright. That's "The American Path!" Second; Every State Constitution of the United States provides for and allows an individual the right to use force, including deadly force, to defend themselves or others. The Australian law specifically states that personal protection is not a genuine reason for using a firearm. No mention or clarification of what level of threat an individual may be facing. In other words the violent criminal has aright to live at the sacrifice of the right to exist by the innocent. Or, more bluntly; None of the victims of Port Arthur, had they been armed, could have legally defended themselves from massacre under this law! For the last several years I have been lecturing law enforcement groups on the use of force. In preparation for a presentation of that lecture in Sydney Australia, several people were sending me clippings on the use of force by their police and other crime related stories. These articles were filled with the concern for the rise in violent crime. Most of it being blamed on youth and Asian immigrant gangs. Police and security were constantly being chastised for brutality by these same papers. Yet, here were these same officers having to face these criminals with revolvers, while the criminals possessed modern weaponry. Chemical agents, a lesser non-lethal form of control, are like saying nuclear waste. Never mind beanbag and other impact munitions fired from a shotgun that even police departments are not allowed to carry. To restrict the right of protecting oneself and then to restrict the means to do so perpetrates, I guess, the Minister's convent of public safety. Does that make the government financially responsible for their safety? Does that mean they each get their own police escort? Do you, n a free and open society wants the police everywhere? Should they be everywhere? Can they be everywhere? Perhaps the "non-protection" clause in the law is, of itself, immoral. Often times humanity overlooks the fact that there are higher laws by which they must abide. The laws of nature. The laws of the universe. The laws that govern our life's choices as bestowed by our own personal deity. Perhaps, the right to protect one's self, the instinct of survival, is just such a law? But then, Mr. Minister does not want the Australian people to go down the American Path. So let's consider some other paths down which they could go. For example; when I completed the first draft of this article I sent it to one of my friends in Sydney for review. He went on to inform me that gun magazines were getting a lot of negative attention from the Anti-Gunners Party. In fact, he said, they were trying to get gun magazines banned from all the news stands and book stores. "Hmmmmmm", I said; "Book banning. Now that's an interesting path. Definitely Un-American ". Or how about the former Soviet Union? Now there's a social experiment, which reported having no crime. Until it's collapse! Now suddenly, the Russians are crying about the issue. They report that one out of every four Russians display criminal behavior, with 3-million crimes reported each year and an estimated 7-million more which goes unreported. Of course, the biggest concern of the Russian government is organized crime. I don't know why? For decades their organized crime was the government. Then there is that other sterling example of British colonialism, South Africa they have an annual murder rate of approximately 87 per 100,000; making them the most violent country in the world outside of a war zone. The United States has a total murder rate of about 9 per 100,000. Nearly IO-times less. So why did the MOP not want them to go down the path of South Africa? Australia's firearm related murder rate is 4.2. Imagine if Australia went down the path of Israel! There most adults are armed and their murder rate is less than 2 per 100,000. But that path is contradictory to their disarmament. Or how about Switzerland? The Swiss have a military selective-fire rifle in every home and are nearly crime free. No! The Ozzie's can't even whack a burglar with a semi-automatic paint ball gun. And what about this so called New World Order we all keep hearing about? No matter how much stock you put in that claim, one thing is for certain; it requires the disarmament of the countries general population. Further, it is a fact of history; regardless of what century, continent or society; be it spears, swords or guns; when a government rules an unarmed constituency, that government eventually becomes corrupt. It attains absolute power, and criminals; either foreign or domestic eventually take charge. Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Queen Victoria and even Al Capone would all chuckle in their graves at the prospect of this new law. The person who will chuckle on our graves is the next Police Minister who aspires to being the next Supreme Minister. In his speech the minister also mentions incidents which occurred at several other places. Those I'm not familiar with. But one morbidly curious thing is why the 28 day waiting period in the new law. The date of Port Arthur was the 28th of April. Is there a connection? Does that mean that if Port Arthur had happened on May 3rd there would only be a three-day waiting period? Anyway, we've learned several things from such incidents here in the U.S. For example; several years ago there was a mass shooting at a McDonalds in San Ysidro California; we got more gun control. Crime continued to climb. Then there was a shooting in a schoolyard in Stockton California. We got some more gun control, and crime continued to climb. Of course Washington DC. our nations capital, totally disallowed firearm ownership and their homicide rate is now nearly that of South Africa's. In contrast, after a mass shooting in a cafeteria in Killeene Texas, the Texans got concealed weapons permits. Florida already had them, and today the total number of States permitting citizens to carry handguns totals 3 1. In those states crime has dropped significantly. Especially, homicide which is down in some of these areas to pre 1970 levels. But not where there's gun control. All the other 19 states with repressive gun control laws have continued to have increases in their violent crime rates. Except for England, Australia already has some of the most repressive gun laws in the free world and their crime rate is soaring! Now, I ask you to consider this; Australia is roughly the size of America with a population the size of Southern California. In California there has roughly been 250,000 guns sold each year since the L.A. riots. If it were true that an infusion of firearms triggers a crime explosion, then crime rates in California should be off the Richter scale. Instead it is down nearly 8% in all categories. If it were true that the open, controlled but not restricted carry of firearms debased public safety; then with 50,000+ permits issued in Arizona we should have had 50-dozen or so shoot outs over blondes, barstools or parking spaces. Never mind the fact that in the wake of Florida's concealed carry law, their homicide rate is down over 23%. Additionally, of the 285,000 permits owners in Florida only 14 have committed a gun-related crime. 13 of which were for failing to conceal their pistol. Now; Let's take this one step further. Perhaps this Minister of Police IS taking the Australians down the American Path. And that path is the failed experiment called GUN CONTROL. Has anyone ever really wondered why gun control is a failed path? Perhaps it is because it's a lie. Those who attempt to enact it aren't really interested in control; they are interested in ultimately abolishing an unalienable right. That attack on freedom is cleverly disguised under the pretense of good things like mandatory safety and application training, controlled hunting, and sports or recreational shooting legislation. Preventing free and open sales of firearms to those who use any type of weapon in a crime is something everyone wants; Enhanced sentencing for those who use a weapon of any type in a crime is something everyone wants. Yet all these good things get attached as a cover up for the hidden agenda of firearm abolition. Then, those of us who resist this movement are cleverly set up to appear as advocates of violence. People often look aghast, or smile like I'm weird when I mention the concept of the fascist and totalitarian governments that have existed through out history. They cry, "Never in America!" They are those who have forgotten history, and will, therefore, be like others who have been condemned to repeat it. They have forgotten our own Revolutionary War. They have forgotten the Bonus Army of the 30's and our government's response to them. They have forgotten the San Francisco Dock strike of the Depression, and big businesses response to them. They have forgotten the police dogs unleashed on Freedom Marchers in Selma. The deaths of civil right workers. The 1968 Democratic National Convention. Kent State. The debacle of Waco, and the foolishness of Ruby Ridge. Yet, just like those totalitarian states in history, there are special interest groups in this country, which practice the art of the big lie. They disguise their plan of firearm elimination, by the deceitful application of the term gun control. You know it would be nice if we lived in an ideal world, but we don't. Every night the wolf hunts the lamb. But he does not hunt the lion. Gun control does not work because it is a wolf in sheep's clothing. We Americans have chosen to take the path of the lion. I don't know which path the Police Minister is talking about.
But, then, that is The American Path. I've been down that road and downunder. God Bless America! PROLOGUE: The beginning of the end came with a piece called "The Militia Movement. America's new patriots, or society's new menace?" Ian reported that people in the Yaffa Publications building, who never read Guns Australia magazine, were reading this article. Additionally, at this time, Australia's pro-gun groups were caving in to the anti-gunners and selling each other out to appease the anti-gun movement. Ian and I had already discussed how much appeasement by Chamberlain with Hitler had done for the British Empire. Now, as history is prone to do; it was, in some respects, repeating itself. "Militia" had also come along at a time when the average man-on-the-streets in Australia had only a sanitized view of both the Waco and Ruby Ridge incidents. Basically they only knew the "official" versions of these events and were stunned that their press had miss lead them. I was not surprised. I had, by then collected literally hundreds of newspaper articles from Australia, on a broad range of things, and was already shocked that the Australians could be so gullible on so many things. Their press basically always preached a left wing liberal, tree hugging, anti police, pro-criminal, and anti-Aussie viewpoint about virtually everything. On the other hand, personal contacts and acquaintances gave me the impression that the true Australian was fed up with Pahny-British rule, and basically felt their personal freedoms were always being attacked and/or taxed to death. I couldn't agree more. Plus being an American; a Yankee revolutionists, I could say in public what they couldn't. This struck fear in the anti-gunners, who put pressure on the advertisers to shut me up before I start a revolution down there. I felt a great sense of accomplishment. Now, "The Militia Movement" The
Militia Movement: It would seem, at least for now, that the subject of the Militia Movement has fallen from the front pages of America's newspapers and from the lips of the world's anti-gun lobbyists. This will soon change when Timothy McVeigh, accused in the bombing of the Federal building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1996 goes on trial for his role in the deaths of 168 men, women and children killed in that catastrophe. Because of that event, and others, the date itself has become known as Militia Day. For the militia movement the date symbolizes two major events perceived by them as prime examples of freedom and the length to which a government can go to deny someone their basics rights. I'm writing of course about the "shot heard round the world" at Lexington which is the symbolic start of the American Revolution, and the storming of the Branch Dividian compound at Waco Texas. Both of which occurred on April 19th. It is generally and rightly believed that the Oklahoma City bombing was to "pay back" the US government for Waco. Because of McViegh's one time association with the Militia in Michigan, the news media turned their attention to the movement. What was soon discovered through various reports was that McVeigh did not hold membership in any Militia organization. In fact he had been turned out for being far more radical and anti America then the Militia leaders would allow. Prior to these discoveries the image of the movement presented by the press, and the opinion held by many American's, is best described in a promotional blurb for a book titled The Gathering Storm, (by Morris Dee's; Caliber Press publishers). The synopsis for the book reads;
What America actually saw when they tuned in to a series of Nightline specials hosted by Ted Koppel and broadcast by ABC television was anything but a hate group or a coven of terrorists. They saw ordinary Americans, from lawyers, doctors and other professionals to farmers, auto mechanics and barbers. They saw men, women and, what a surprise, white, black, Jew and Gentile alike. Hardly racists and certainly not anti American. Another in depth look at the Militia is the book The Right to Bear Arms, by Jonathan Karl. Mr. Karl is an investigative reporter far the New York Post. Shortly after the Oklahoma City bombing he was commissioned by the Post to do a comprehensive study of the Militia Movement. That book, published in late 1995 by Harper / Collins Publishers, sharply contradicts the way the Patriot Movement, (as the militia prefers to be called) is depicted in The Gathering Storm. Especially where Storm links, by inference, the movement with the white supremacist organizations. Clearly, as reported by Karl, the militia mainstream is anything but racist. One of the most influential leaders in the movement, and head of the militia in Ohio, is a black man named James Johnson, Henry McDaniels, one of the biggest supporters of the movement and who manages an on-line magazine on the subject, is also black. Additionally there are many minorities hold membership in militia's through out the country. The most compelling evidence of the militia's non-racist views are the public comments made about the movement by Richard Butler, head of the most radical and diabolical racist group of them all, the Aryan Nation. Butler has proclaimed nothing but hatred for the militia and considers them just another component of ZOG, (the so-called Zionist Occupational Government). ZOG, according to Butler, is a Jewish organized conspiracy, which has gained control of the United States, UN, banks and media. Butler calls the militia, " . . . traitors to the white race, as they seek to integrate with blacks, Jews and others. " Compare Butler's statements with those of James Johnson made during a speech at the Lincoln Memorial on Washington in May of '95. Johnson said, "If our ancestors, (blacks), had been armed, they would not have been slaves". At another rally in June, Johnson placed his arms around the wife of John Trouchman, (founder of the militia in Montana) and said, "Now I am getting sick and tired of people calling us Klansman ". Additionally, patriot groups often quote and make use of information on gun control which has been gathered and published by the JPFO, (Jews for the Preservation of Firearm Ownership); openly sharing views and supporting each others position. Other militia members, and even leaders, have been thrown out of the movement for expressing and maintaining racist views; such as James Wickstrom of Pennsylvania. Journalist Chip Berlet, who tracks the far right for a Boston based think tank called Political Research Associates, was one of the first to begin researching the movement. He states, "It is inaccurate to call the militia Nazis. The militia members do not see themselves as racist or anti-Semites, and militant racists are not welcome by mainstream leaders. For decades America has had paramilitary groups which have advocated race wars. The current patriot movement is rather recent. " A
GATHERING STORM If there is a gathering storm on the US political front, it is not likely to come from the militia, but from Mr. and Mrs. Mainstream America. This fact is born out in two separate polls. One; completed in 1991 by the Kettering Foundation, reported that, American's felt a legitimate discontent with the government and that the individual citizen no longer controlled it, and that lobbyists and special interest groups held more sway than the people. A more recent survey, completed in May 1995 by, revealed that 39% believe that the government has become so large and powerful that it imposes an immediate threat to the rights and freedoms of ordinary citizens. The militia is a small fraction of the American people, but when two out of every five American citizens share the militia's sentiments on the scope and power of the government; the issue has reached a crisis level. More disturbing than anything was that in a time when government should be scaling back its power, it seems to keep passing legislation granting it even more. A CHANGING WORLD: Many saw in this phrase the coming of a UN World Government that would strip all nations of their individual sovereignty, resulting in a suspension of constitutional rights and the rights of the individual citizen. Also for many, gun control is seen as the first step to achieving this new order. Historically, the act of disarming a populace has been the first step taken by any dictator in their rise to tyranny. To prevent the rise of a tyrannical government was the very reason the US Bill-of-Rights protects the existence of a civilian militia and protects the unalienable right of each citizen to own and possess firearms. While some militia leaders like Koernke of Michigan, Fletcher of Montana and Thompson of Indiana firmly believe in the New World Order conspiracy, most members and leaders maintain the same concerns expressed in the Kettering and CNN/USA surveys. However, all of the leaders profess at times some belief in the various aspects of the overall NW0 plan. However, added to the heap of political conspiracy theories, one must also place into political context what has actually occurred on the American political scene in recent times. Prime examples of which are;
On and on the list can go. Add to that the use of the term global economy by virtually every world leader and the fact that US troops are consistently being applied to UN police actions and the term New World Order does not seem so far fetched. Fresh fuel for this
fire was the discovery of 50-year-old cold-war era maps, which divided
the world into All the fragmented theorists needed was a spark to ignite their imaginations into flames. For the formation of the militia's that spark came in the form of Ruby Ridge and the flames burned at Waco. RUBY
RIDGE: The Weaver's never embraced the Aryan philosophy as they felt the group was to violence and hate oriented. But while at the rally Randy met an undercover agent of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Strapped for money after several years of solitude, he sold the agent two shotguns, and at the agents urging, consented to cut the barrels off to an illegal length. He was then arrested and charged with violating federal firearm violations. In court he was arraigned and released, using his home as security for his bail. After his arraignment several weeks went by until Weaver received a letter with his court appearance date. The date on the letter was incorrect. Weaver, believing he had missed his court date and fearful they would take his house, withdrew even further and failed to appear at all. For his non-appearance a federal warrant was issued. Not being one of the ten-most-wanted, the case set in a stack of others virtually ignored by federal marshals. Through complaints by neighbors for suspected petty thefts, Weaver's name resurfaced and his whereabouts came to the immediate attention of authorities. In subsequent congressional hearings it was latter discovered that the address on the original warrant had been correct all the time. But at the time, the Marshall's office had built a grand conspiracy of their own in terms of Randy Weaver. In their own terms they had despised him as an,
Weaver's lifestyle and past didn't help. An ex-Army Green Beret, his religious beliefs were such as to think the world was coming apart. For that reason, his family was highly trained in weaponry and survival skills. In the summer of 1992 a special unit of the US Marshals office, and several BATF and local law enforcement officers swooped on the mountain to capture and arrest Randy Weaver. Before the standoff was over two US marshals were dead as was Weaver's ten-year old son and his wife. Wounded, Weaver eventually surrendered. When Weaver appeared in court the original weapons charges were dropped, being declared entrapment by the court. US Senate hearings eventual concluded that the Federal agents had behaved negligently in the death of Mrs. Weaver and had grossly misrepresented Weaver's criminal potential as a means of justifying their misuse of force in the killings of the Weaver boy and his mother. Additionally, someone in the FBI had issued a verbal authorization to "shoot on sight" anyone in the Weaver household. In the hearings no one admitted to issuing that order and all the agents interviewed seemed to be unaware of who had actually done so. In light off the Senate committee's finding the Federal government later made an out-of-court settlement in the amount of $3-million for their negligence. In the immediate aftermath of the event, many American's were shocked by the government's behavior. Two such people were John and Carol Trouchman, friends of the Weaver's. They felt that if it could happen to Randy and his family; who would be next. Through the Trouchman's in Montana, inspired by Ruby Ridge, the Militia Movement was born. Simultaneously, in other parts of the country, many others started to ask themselves the same questioned. With the organizational help of the Trouchman's groups begin to form over the next few years until many States boasted of having formalized patriot organizations. The computer inter-net certainly aided in this effort, but radical groups in America were nothing new. The KKK, dating back to the 1860's, and more recently the Weather Underground and Black Panthers of the 1960's. The '70's and '80's saw the rise of racists groups such as the Order, a splinter group of the Aryan Nation and the Posse Comitatus. Pure criminal groups such as the Mafia and powerful prison gangs such as the Mexican Mafia, Guerilla Family and Aryan Brotherhood added to the stereotypical image of "civilian" organizations. But the militia movement was new and remarkably widespread. The difference was it consisted of ordinary law abiding citizens from all ethnic and religious groups. The Patriots were mainstream American's concerned with an insensitive and over powerful government. WACO: Koresh and over 100 of the Dividians from all over the world lived a commune like existence on the ranch and supported the organization by running firearms sales booths at local and several out-of-state gun shows. Their firearms sales activities soon brought them to federal authorities attention. Their life style, reputed to include Koreshs' use of the female members as his personal sex servants, including the under age girls, soon brought them to the attention of local child welfare agencies. On several occasions social workers visited the compound, but could find no evidence of child abuse or neglect. The BATF, however, suspecting that Koresh and his followers posed illegal fully automatic weapons, wanted in. To finance the operation, and gain federal warrant approval the BATF embellished their warrant request by adding the suspicion of drug manufacturing possession and use to their warrant request. As a result of the grossly mismanaged raid on the compound, the BATF became embroiled in a heated and protracted fire fight which resulted in the death of four BATF agents and the wounding of Koresh and many of his followers. The nation's, and the militia' attention was again drawn to yet another government siege. For Koresh and his followers the end-world predictions appeared to now be reality. For two months they kept the BATF, FBI and local authorities at bay at a cost of millions of dollars. Finally US Attorney General Janet Reno ordered another attempt on the compound. It was a disaster. During the raid the entire massive Branch Dividian structure caught fire. What started the firestorm is still a matter of much controversy. But in its wake, of the 130 Dividians, mostly women and children; only nine escaped alive. The date was April 19th. The Waco debacle brought thousands into the Militia Movement. Still it would be another year before a formalized, although not bureaucratic, organization would result. Relative to Waco, the message from some Militia groups was chilling; the government is launching a war against its citizens and Waco is evidence of it. But, if you organize and prepare now, you can head it off. The organizational and recruitment campaign continued heavily through the rest of the year. By late 1994, the Patriot Movement had formed its own political identity and had drawn many law-abiding mainstream Americans into it. People just as concerned about the heavy handed tactics of the Internal Revenue Service, as they were the BATF. The radical fringes, like Timothy McVeigh, who had initially tuned in, had now dropped out or were kicked out. Also, many of the movements leaders themselves had mellowed out, emphasizing that their goal was not to start a war with the government, but to reduce governments power and defend themselves should the government start a war with them. What has become clear to me is that the Militia is far too small, fragmented and disorganized to pose an overt threat to society. Far more dangerous is the loner, who plays out his or her political paranoia in diabolical fashion as opposed to joining a group. For many Americans, this country must address the issue of the widespread discontent that is driving many of them to such organizations. Instead of shrouding their operations in secrecy and investigative cover-ups, the US Government must open their actions to objective review. Such investigations won't change the mind of the most hard-core, but it will help to restore our faith in the system. In the mean time, even the government clean up its act, the lie of gun control looms ominously as a grand cover-up to the total abolishment of firearm ownership. This argument is hard to repute. Evidence of confiscation and rights regulation is everywhere. Those who oppose gun control do so out of fear that their other rights will also be taken. The Weavers were not seen as being in the religious mainstream of society; the Dividians were also of a non-traditional religious sect. But both were certainly viewed by the government as a menace to society. Simultaneously religion is also one of the unalienable rights protected from the government by the Right to Bear Arms. A FEW WORDS OF
ENCOURAGEMENT: To wit, all the recent reports of declining gun violence, murder etc. This includes a tremendous decline in school violence; rape and other assorted front-page items. Nothing points this out more than looking at the facts collectively. It is a fact that firearm sales in this country have never been higher. Then why is gun violence down" It is a fact that 10 years ago more and more states began right to carry laws. About the same time as crime began going down. It is a fact that Australia banned almost all-private gun ownership. Then why has their violent gun crime risen 40% and their murder rate gone up 48%. Why is it that 200,000 Chinese woman in china who are not even allowed a drivers license, let alone a gun, commit suicide? I don't know. My President is Charlton Heston. |
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