Ides of May, 2003

Submitted by Bill St. Clair on Thu, 15 May 2003 12:00:00 GMT

From Doing Freedom!:

"You can have a lord, you can have a king, but the man to fear is the tax collector." -- ancient Sumerian proverb

Carl Bussjaeger has posted the May, 2003 issue of Doing Freedom!. Don't miss it! My mirror is here.

Editor's Corner: Surviving, victory, Sunni's book.
Carl Bussjaeger

A New Idea?: Selling liberty.
Louis James

Buying Guns Off-Paper: We don' need no steenkin' registration.
Columba

Libertarian Radio Theater: A proposal.
Nathan Barton

Low End Reloading: Using the Lee Loader
Lee N. Field

Making Yard Sales Pay: Helpful hints.
Mike Ruff

The Well-Equipped Protester: Body armor.
Carl Bussjaeger

The Freedom Advisor: More on noncoercive parenting.
(Send questions to: The Advisor.)

The Improv: Blow guns and darts, flash blinders, more.
(Send how-to questions to: The Improv.)
Tom Spooner

Freedom History: Revolution!

Russmo: Statues and principles.
Russmo

Claim Jumper: SF.
Carl Bussjaeger

Letters to DF!: Dumpster diving, concealed carry, incorporation, more.

Freedom's Friends: DF!'s benefactors.

The Classifieds: Buy, Sell, Swap, Work, Meet.

Columba at Doing Freedom! - Buying Guns Off-Paper - some ideas for getting guns without filling out any federal paperwork that would allow the BATFE to find you when your dealer goes out of business or they decide to "request" a look at his 4473s. One legal option is muzzle loaders, which require no paperwork, and can be ordered through the mail, as should be, but isn't currently, the case for all guns. Interesting to me, living in New York state where you cannot legally purchase a non-"antique" handgun without obtaining a license and registering each one, is the following (you can have the gun, but it's a Class A misdemeanor [up to a year in prison] to possess cap, ball, powder, and gun together without a license). Taylor Firearms sells Remington 1858 revolver reproductions and R&D Gun Shop Cylinders (5728 E County RD X, Beloit, WI 53511-9546, 608-676-5628) to convert them from .44 black powder cap and ball to .45LC. The revolvers are pretty cheap at $200 to $275, but the cylinders cost just as much. You can get the high-end stainless steel model and one cylinder for $525. A little steep, and not a bear killer, but 460 foot pounds of security without a paper trail. Navy arms also sells 1858 clones for similar prices. Cabelas has a large selection, including some with an adjustable rear sight (most of these revolvers do NOT have adjustable sights). Note that the cylinders on different reproductions are slightly different, so you need to buy a replacement cylinder that matches your gun. Cheaper Than Dirt sells Traditions and Connecticut Valley Arms black powder revolvers. Clear Creek has Pieta Revolvers for $139 to $150 (not stainless). Links to more black powder revolver dealers here. Addresses, phone numbers, and some web links for more black powder guns and supplies here *.

From stanleyscoop:

MEDIA RELEASE

Rick Stanley
Constitutional Activist
Phone: 303-329-0481
E-mail: rick@stanley2002.org

Rick Stanley, Constitutional Activist, and former 2002 U.S. Senate Candidate, gave the following written release to the media:

THE RESISTANCE

This website (www.stanley2002.org) is dedicated to returning America to a constitutional government. To those inside and outside of the government, that has overthrown America, turning our beloved country into the Police State of America, I have this to say: "We will destroy what you are doing. Millions of us, individuals and yet great numbers of Americans, who are Patriots to the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence: "WE THE PEOPLE, will not be dominated and enslaved by the unconstitutional actions of those in government who are breaking the supreme law of the land under the guise of "color of law."

You have accepted "OUR" power and with each step you take outside the boundaries of the People's law to those of you in the government, and your continuing arrogance in violating your oath of office to defend the U.S. Constitution through the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the government, is TREASON. The U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence are OUR guiding documents of retribution. Read them carefully. America demands that each and every act by all three branches of this unconstitutional government since 1789 be renounced and overturned. "WE THE PEOPLE" will accept nothing less. Each and every one of you will one day be put on trial in the COURT OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. If you don't do this, we know who you are. From the highest to the lowest level of government, you will be picked out."

May God have mercy on your souls.

Sincerely,
Rick Stanley
Constitutional Activist
Warrior for God and America

Edgar J. Steele - You Get What You Need - Americans say they want freedom, but what they've gotten, hence what they must in some sinister way need, is fascism. Don't listen to the newspeak. Don't trust anything the press or the government says. Disobey. Defy. Be Free.

Even so, we must speak out and defy the fascism that the American government has become. We must disobey, for there is nothing else that we can do. "Disobedience, in the eyes of any one who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and rebellion." (Oscar Wilde)

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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.

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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.

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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