Don't Blame Me...

Submitted by Bill St. Clair on Sun, 13 Nov 2005 12:33:40 GMT

Unix response to terrorism:

rm -fr /usr/local/bin/laden

Mike Shelton at the Orange County Register - Don't Tread on Me - cartoon commentary on the change in the American psyche in Black Tuesday's aftermath.

Terrorist Hunting License - hehe. [kaba]

View from the Heart has a new, patriotic, look. [heart]

Jerry Sapienza - anti-state.com bumper stickers - Hehe. "Don't blame me... I didn't vote!"

Rob Moody at LewRockwell.com - It's Easy - Mr. Moody is preaching peace. He recommends that you fly the International peace flag, pictured to the right of these words. I'm tempted to put a smaller version of the US peace flag, below, in my blog template, but haven't made up my mind yet. [lew]

Jerusalem Post - 'Israelis caught with gun holsters in Sydney' - Apparently my Political Carry idea didn't fly a year ago in Australia. Alex Shiels sent the link in this message:

Related to your "political carry/empty holsters" articles: even empty holsters appear to be illegal in Australia. Most (I think all) states restrict the sale or possession of body armour as a "prohibited weapon"; I'm not sure whether holsters are similarly prohibited or just banned from import by customs laws.

From September last year:

http://www.jpost.com/Editions/2000/09/06/News/News.11821.html

"Security agents accompanying the Israeli Olympic team have had bullet-proof vests and gun holsters confiscated by Australian Customs officials, according to reports in the Australian media."

A google search for "sydney olympics israel holsters" turns up a number of similar reports.

Then again, maybe it was just the body armor that was illegal to import. A later message fom Mr. Shiels:

Just did a quick search on www.austlii.edu.au through all Australian state & commonwealth legistlation. "holster" only shows up in some regulations for police and security guards, plus customs tarrif stuff.

"body armour vests" are prohibited by various state laws, e.g. the NSW Weapons Prohibition Act 1998:

http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/wpa1998231/sch1.html
Also silencers, handcuffs etc.

Dave Kopel and Captain David Petteysat at National Review - Making the Air Safe for Terror: Turning airplanes into safe zones for hijackers - Those f.a.a. regulations that are supposed to make flying safer? Guess what? They do the opposite. But you knew that. Another voice for airline carry. [market]

Years ago, airlines used to offer "smoking" and "non-smoking" flights. It would be interesting to see what would happen if airlines began offering "armed" and "unarmed flights." Which planes do you think that would-be hijackers would prefer to take?

We also know that the greater publicity given to an anti-crime program, the greater its potential deterrent effect. The introduction of sky marshals ended hijackings, without a single marshal having to fire a single shot. When Kennesaw, Georgia, enacted a nationally publicized law to require mandatory gun ownership for families, violent crime and home burglaries plunged. Again, the announcement of a viable program to stop criminals resulted in crime being stopped without a need for actually firing weapons.

J.J. Johnson at Sierra Times - Rules of Engagement: Declaring our Intent - Changing the Protocol - Mr. Johnson is turning Sierra Times into an intelligence gathering service. He warns the feds to stay out of the way. Or what? Or the American people will choose to remain silent instead of helping to stop further attacks. [sierra]

J.J. & Nancy Johnson at Sierra Times - An Open Letter to the Airline Industry - a serious proposal on airline carry. The f.a.a. wouldn't even consider this, so they sent it "to every major U.S. passenger commercial air carrier." [sierra]

Sean Finnegan at Sierra Times - Capitalism at Its Finest: A Modest Proposal for Citizen's War - a constitutional way to combat terrorism: Letters of Marque and Reprisal. In my uninformed opinion, this would work better than any army. [sierra]

Upon the Apprehension and Delivery, or the Proved Termination, of a listed target of these letters of Marque and Reprisal, the Congress shall disburse such Bounty as the Department of Defense has deemed appropriate, according to the following schedule of Payment:

Al-Qaeda Cell Operative: $250,000
Al-Qaeda Cell Leader or low-level political Agent: $1,000,000
Al-Qaeda regional commandant or high-level political Agent: $10,000,000
Usama Bin-Laden: $100,000,000

Dimitri Vassilaros at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - A bounty on guns? Target criminals - Uses Pittsburgh's "Gun Stoppers" program as a launch pad for advocating the right to keep and bear arms by felons (after they've served their time). I agree with him completely. If we won't allow felons who have served their time to protect themselves, we're in effect giving every one of them a death sentence. The second amendment says that the right to keep and bear arms "shall not be infringed". For the life of me I can't find the section where it says that you lose this right just because a jury found you guilty of something many years ago. This is especially true in the light of the host of felony "crimes" that Congress has a penchant for inventing out of whole cloth.

The government cannot violate his First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth amendment rights, yet no one seems to mind he's no longer protected by the Second Amendment.

If an ex-con still has the right of free speech, he should still have the right to own a gun. If he doesn't have to worry about an informant turning him in because of what he says, he shouldn't have to worry about being turned in for what he owns.

Does that thought make you uncomfortable? I suspect it makes a lot of folks uncomfortable, but either the Bill of Rights applies to all free people equally or else the government has the power to decide which citizens are covered by what amendments - kind of like the system we have now for ex-felons who own guns.

Brad King at Wired - Radio Sings Self-Censorship Tune - looks like I won't be hearing "Stairway to Heaven" on WPYX. Bummer. [market]

Emmett Harris at anti-state.com - Patriotic Profiteering - Jeb Bush and his state attorney general are attempting to stop "profiteering" on American flags. When will America learn that communist price fixing doesn't work. Ever. [anti-state]

What, it should be asked, is the best outcome with respect to the sale of U.S. flags? Is it better to maintain prices at levels that existed before the burgeoning demand, only to watch as store shelves become barren? Or is it better to let prices rise, so that flags will be available to wave proudly in the breeze? The questions sound rhetorical, but they are the ones that must honestly be considered.

Jeremy Sapienza at anti-war.com - Only Terrorists Kill Innocents - the recent terrorist attacks have turned many Americans into... terrorists. [anti-state]

The monsters who killed all those innocents and destroyed an entire neighborhood were definitely not libertarians. They had no problem with the slaughter because of the principles they are taught, among which the idea that civilians are responsible for the criminal actions of their rulers is prominent.

Guess what? It's also the dominating principle in Americans' view of war. A group of fanatics assault our land. Americans call for blood first, and investigation later. Let's pick the number one bad guy on the list: Osama bin Laden. Where does he supposedly hide out? In Afghanistan! Who runs Afghanistan? The Taliban regime! Who does the Taliban rule? Innocent civilians! There's our target, boys, to keep the blood-lust of the American people satiated, let's murder as many toothless old women and stumbling toddlers as we can!

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Government doesn't work. Never did. Never will. Can't. But there are lots of good people. Love them.

-- Bill St. Clair

The Atlanta Declaration

Every man, woman, and responsible child has an unalienable individual, civil, Constitutional, and human right to obtain, own, and carry, openly or concealed, any weapon -- rifle, shotgun, handgun, machinegun, anything -- any time, any place, without asking anyone's permission.

-- L. Neil Smith

Reread that pesky first clause of the Second Amendment. It doesn't say what any of us thought it said. What it says is that infringing the right of the people to keep and bear arms is treason. What else do you call an act that endangers "the security of a free state"? And if it's treason, then it's punishable by death. I suggest due process, speedy trials, and public hangings.

-- L. Neil Smith

A Penalty Clause for the Bill of Rights

Any official, appointed or elected, at any level of government, who attempts, through legislative act or other means, to nullify, evade, or avoid the provisions of the first ten amendments to this Constitution, or of the Thirteenth Amendment, shall be summarily removed from office, and, upon conviction, deprived of all pay and benefits including pension, and sentenced to imprisonment for life.

-- L. Neil Smith

Based on 253 journal articles, 99 books, 43 government publications, and some of its own empirical work, the panel couldn't identify a single gun control regulation that reduced violent crime, suicide or accidents.

-- John Lott, commenting on the National Academy of Sciences report on gun control laws.

Who is a libertarian?

Zero Aggression Principle ("Zap")

"A libertarian is a person who believes that no one has the right, under any circumstances, to initiate force against another human being, or to advocate or delegate its initiation. Those who act consistently with this principle are libertarians, whether they realize it or not. Those who fail to act consistently with it are not libertarians, regardless of what they may claim."

-- L. Neil Smith

(Formerly called the "Non-Aggression Principle", or "NAP")

Why Did It Have to be... Guns?

Make no mistake: all politicians -- even those ostensibly on the side of guns and gun ownership -- hate the issue and anyone, like me, who insists on bringing it up. They hate it because it's an X-ray machine. It's a Vulcan mind-meld. It's the ultimate test to which any politician -- or political philosophy -- can be put.

If a politician isn't perfectly comfortable with the idea of his average constituent, any man, woman, or responsible child, walking into a hardware store and paying cash -- for any rifle, shotgun, handgun, machinegun, anything -- without producing ID or signing one scrap of paper, he isn't your friend no matter what he tells you.

If he isn't genuinely enthusiastic about his average constituent stuffing that weapon into a purse or pocket or tucking it under a coat and walking home without asking anybody's permission, he's a four-flusher, no matter what he claims.

What his attitude -- toward your ownership and use of weapons -- conveys is his real attitude about you. And if he doesn't trust you, then why in the name of John Moses Browning should you trust him?

-- L. Neil Smith

Concise

"Tell me," I was once asked, "What do you think about gun control? Give me the short answer." To which I replied, "If you try to take our firearms we will kill you."

-- Mike Vanderboegh

Also from The Atlanta Declaration:

... like going to the bathroom, breathing, eating, sleeping, or making love, it turns out that self-defense is a bodily function one cannot safely or effectively delegate to a second party.

-- L. Neil Smith

This does not mean that "Marijuana should be available by prescription." It means that morphine sulfate should be available in five pound bags at the supermarket for a couple of bucks, like sugar... but probably in a different aisle, to avoid confusion.

-- Vin Suprynowicz

If you refuse to pay unjust taxes, your property will be confiscated. If you attempt to defend your property, you will be arrested. If you resist arrest, you will be clubbed. If you defend yourself against clubbing, you will be shot dead. These procedures are known as the Rule of Law.

-- Edward Abbey

The state can only survive as long as a majority is programmed to believe that theft isn't wrong if it's called taxation or asset forfeiture or eminent domain, that assault and kidnapping isn't wrong if it's called arrest, that mass murder isn't wrong if it's called war.

-- Bill St. Clair