-Caveat Lector- From http://www.lewrockwell.com/elkins/elkins10.html }}>Begin The Face of Evil by Jeff Elkins MSNBC, in its documentary The .50-caliber militia has been kind enough to reveal the true nature of one of the state’s most noxious congresspersons: Rep. Henry Waxman, D-California. The central figure of the MSNBC Investigates documentary is Bob Stewart, creator of the Maadi-Griffin .50 caliber rifle kit. Very popular with enthusiasts, the Maadi-Griffin retails for under $1,600 compared to $8,000 for a Barrett .50 caliber rifle. The Maadi-Griffin also has the added advantage of having no serial numbers and under current law, buyers do not have to register the kits with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Rep. Waxman wants to change that, pronto. In fact, Waxman wants to reclassify all .50 caliber rifles as either destructive devices or Class III weapons, thus making them effectively unavailable to commoners. Actually, what Waxman really wants is to take away all your guns…so he can enslave you – or kill you. I’d like to illustrate with some choice Waxman quotes, interspersing my comments. Quoting Waxman: "I don’t think everybody has a right to a weapon that can be used to kill innocent people and maybe threaten the life of a president of the United States." That could cover something as prosaic as a butter knife. Reagan was shot with a cheap .22 caliber revolver. What Waxman is saying here is that you have no right to any weapon. Quoting Waxman: "The legislation we’re trying to get through would upgrade the classification of .50-caliber weapons to the same level as machine guns and other similar kinds of weapons." Until 1934, it was not at all uncommon for free Americans to own select-fire weaponry. Technically, you still can, but the hoops you have to jump through combined with the inflated cost and waiting period makes ownership of any Class III device impractical for most citizens. Additionally, I would never purchase a Class III weapon under the constraints currently imposed by the State . God only knows what kind of list that would put you on at BATF central. Quoting Waxman: "This kind of weapon can blow up a limousine or a helicopter, can take out a vehicle, armored vehicle, maybe even a mile away. It can shoot through seven buildings!" This begins to get to the core of Waxman’s fear. Who commonly rides in limousines, helicopters, and armored vehicles? He’s afraid of the very citizens he was elected to represent. His fear of the general citizenry lurks behind every word from his statist mouth. In addition to fearing you, he hates you as well. Quoting Waxman: "I don’t believe we should wait until another tragedy takes place before we act in an appropriate, common-sense way." Another tragedy? I’m unaware of any crimes committed with a .50 caliber rifle. No school shootings, bank robberies, assassinations or car jackings accomplished with the aid of a .50 caliber rifle have been reported, to my knowledge. Anyone who can afford a .50 caliber rifle is probably fairly upstanding, at least in an economic sense. Quoting Waxman: "If they are militia people who think they’re going to defend America from Americans by having these weapons, and using them for that purpose, I don’t think they ought to have them." I’m ecstatic that the honorable Representative Waxman was not an attendee for the events following a certain shot heard in Concord many, many years ago. Perhaps his spiritual forefathers were…we called them Tories and most of them fled to Canada. They seem to have made a comeback, unfortunately. Quoting Waxman: "If I had my druthers, I’d go further than legislation. I don’t wanna see some people with this weapon at all." I don’t "wanna" see a statist slavemaster like Waxman as an elected official of my country and it is amazing that so-called citizens would elect such a peculiar animal to a position of street sweeper, much less to the United States House of Representatives. It almost makes one think fondly of the poll tax and perhaps a property ownership requirement for voting. And I’m curious as to what he means by "further than legislation." Concentration camps, perhaps? Quoting Waxman: "If someone is so fearful that, that they’re going to start using their weapons to protect their rights, makes me very nervous that these people have these weapons at all!" I saved the worst quote for last. Please read that quote. Then read it again and memorize it. It’s the perfect illustration of the face of evil we confront. Waxman is correct to be nervous. In fact, he should be terrified. I rather think he is, don’t you? May 16, 2001 Jeff Elkins [send him mail] is a freelance consultant and writer living in North Central Florida. His personal website is located at www.elkins.org. 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