----- Original Message ----- From: JPFO Alerts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2000 12:55 PM Subject: ALERT: Federal Agents Storm Private Residence Before Dawn > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > ALERT FROM JEWS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF FIREARMS OWNERSHIP > America's Aggressive Civil Rights Organization > > Date: April 22, 2000 > > Federal Agents Storm Private Residence Before Dawn > > Federal agents stormed a private residence at 5 a.m. on > Saturday, April 22, 2000. Their mission was to capture a > six-year-old boy, Elian Gonzalez, from his sleeping quarters. > The agents were carrying out orders to take young Elian out > of the house by force and reunite him with his father, Juan > Gonzalez, in Washington, D.C. Mr. Gonzalez' expressed > intention is to return with the boy to Cuba. > > The federal agents numbered approximately 20. They smashed > down the front fence gate and then smashed down the front > door of the home with a battering ram. Carrying automatic > rifles, the agents reportedly demanded the boy be turned > over to them, or else they would "shoot" the adults in the > home. > > In a few minutes time, the federal agents obtained the > screaming child at gunpoint and whisked him into a waiting > van. Outside, federal agents, guns drawn, held protesters > face down on the ground. As the vans drove away, the federal > agents launched pepper spray into the crowd. > > No documents we have found suggest that the federal agents > had a warrant to arrest and seize the boy. They operated at > the direction of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, > a division of the Department of Justice. > > We have located no court order to seize the boy. The agents > operated under the authority of Attorney General Janet Reno. > > We have found no provision in the U.S. Constitution that > authorizes the federal government to make and enforce custody > decisions. We have found no provision in the U.S. Constitution > that authorizes warrantless home invasions to capture innocent > persons. > > Whether the "right" thing is to return Elian to his father > and ultimately to communist Cuba or not, this show of federal > force in a custody dispute should worry every American. > > Just imagine how much violent force the Attorney General > will authorize to seize "illegal firearms" held by otherwise > nonviolent citizens who refuse to voluntarily hand over their > guns. > > Many Americans don't see this issue. That is a serious problem. > > We have a potentially large block of supporters among Spanish- > speaking people all across America -- particularly among those > who know what communist Cuba is like. You can take a bold step > for liberty immediately. Here's how: > > Copy the Spanish-language version of the Bill of Rights (and > the article with it) and send it to every Spanish-language > media outlet in the country. Even if you send a copy to just > a handful of newspapers or radio stations, via fax or e-mail, > you will be helping to get the word out. > > Click on http://www.jpfo.org/bor-span.htm and spread the word! > > For Americans who don't know their Bill of Rights, now is the > time to send them a copy of Gran'pa Jack's Common Sense. When > people know the history and the language of their rights, perhaps > they'll see the INS home invasion a little differently. > > Click on http://www.jpfo.org/gpjack3.htm > > The Liberty Crew > > ================================================================ > This Alert archived at http://www.jpfo.org/alert20000422.htm > ================================================================ > Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership > PO Box 270143 > Hartford, Wisconsin 53027 > > Phone: 1-262-673-9745 > Orders only: 1-800-869-1884 (toll-free!) > Fax: 1-262-673-9746 > Web: http://www.jpfo.org/ > > ================================================================ > To SUBSCRIBE to JPFO Alerts: send a blank e-mail to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To UN-SUBSCRIBE to JPFO Alerts: send a blank e-mail to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In either case, respond to the confirmation message you will > get back. > ================================================================ > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGPfreeware 6.5.1 Int. for non-commercial use > <http://www.pgpinternational.com> > > iQA/AwUBOQKMeCYkT7EuY/ZzEQLobwCgvQYA7DAoYmzJnwcRP87SbyYI1BQAn0Kq > AvIs5T4MOuBYEOVSQshaXG/+ > =k6tn > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _________________________________________________________ > Enlighten your in-box. http://www.topica.com/t/15 > ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is the Neither public email list, open for the public and general discussion. 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