A Deadly Proposal
Submitted by Bill St. Clair on Wed, 18 Dec 2002 13:00:00 GMT
Albany Times-Union Editorial -
A deadly loophole - claims that the ATF should be able to shut
down gun stores for paperwork violations or failing to report stolen
guns. I wrote the following letter to the editor:
A deadly proposal
A December 18 editorial proposed closing a "loophole" in the law requiring gun shops to report stolen firearms. There are no "loopholes" in any of the gun laws. The problem with America's 20,000 gun laws is that they exist at all. Every one of them is an unconstitutional infringement on the unalienable individual, civil, Constitutional, and human right of every man, woman, and responsible child to obtain, own, and carry, openly or concealed, any weapon. America was a safer place when a teenager could order a hunting rifle (less than half as expensive and over twice as powerful as the varmint gun used in the DC area killings) through the mail.
There are many reasons for the right to keep and bear arms. We have the right to keep and bear arms so that we can hunt and provide food for our families. We have the right to keep and bear arms so that we can protect ourselves, our families, and our communities, from criminals and terrorists. But, most importantly, we have the right to keep and bear arms to keep our own government in line, to make sure that we can always repel invasions by home-grown terrorists sporting shiny badges, fancy uniforms, and funny hats.
Of course the government wants to restrict this right. Then we will have no way to stop its tyranny. Then we will be like the Jews in WWII Germany, fuel for the ovens. It CAN happen here. Unless We the People remain armed and vigilant. Unless our God-given right to keep and bear arms remains uninfringed.
Ronald N. Neff at The Last Ditch - "Gun-control" libertarians - Minarchism doesn't work. But you knew that. [smith2004]
The News-Record - Man arrested after barricading himself in Greensboro business - trucker is stopped, touches handgun, drives off, barricades self, is arrested by a "special police response team", and: [zem]
Routh is charged with driving with a revoked license, possession of a weapon of mass destruction, carrying a concealed weapon and resisting and delaying a law enforcement officer.So what's the "weapon of mass destruction" here?
