Well Scout...I DO understand your actions. You are passionate about a cause, and you want to fight for it.
Obviously, I don't think you are doing the right thing by getting yourself arrested, but I do not question your resolve or the purity of your intentions. I will be totally honest with you, because you have always been so with us: I hope your efforts fail, and that more gun restrictions are imposed in this country. But more importantly, I hope the personal outcome of your actions work out OK for you, and most importantly, I hope no one gets hurt. Just try to remember that whatever happens, we are ALL Americans, even those of us that view what's best for each other a little differently. I have such immense respect for you and for people like you, that I can disagree with your positions without ever once calling into question your character. I think if that were true for the majority of disagreements in this country, our discourse would be a LOT more civil. Yes, i'm looking at you Congress! On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 9:16 AM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > Understand this. We live in a constitutional republic, not a democracy. > Even if 99% of our population wants to violate the rights of the 1% they > CANNOT legally do so. This is the United States, not Canada or England or > Australia. I don't care if the evidence showed that gun control worked, > according to our philosophy it wouldn't matter. > > Going the route of executive order is the act of a despot and a tyrant. > Make no mistake, executive orders are decrees that carry the strength of > law, totally outside of the normal checks and balances of our government. > This is not accetable. > > On Feb. 8th there will be a series of nationwide pro-gun rallies > nationwide. These will be armed demonstrations, conducted in a legal and > safe manner to demonstrae to this administration that we the people will no > longer accept any type of unconstitutional laws oe limits on the free > expression and execution of our natural inalienable rights. > > In continuing my on going fight against the immoral and unconstitutional > restrictions laced against me by the federal government I will be attending > and will be carrying both a side arm and a long gun. I will be doing so > openly and in violation of both federal and state laws. I have already > notified both local and federal law enforcement of my intentions. It is my > desire and expectation that I will be arrested during this protest. > > The arrest will provide me with standing to challenge existing laws in > local and federal court. Without proving you have been impacted by a law, > you may not challange it. > > I don't mind sitting in a cell in order to defend my rights and the rights > of over 100,000 veterans. Civil disobiedience has a long and storied > history in our nation, being used in every major political change in our > nation since and including the revoluton itself. I feel as though I am the > ideal candidate for such an action. I am a decorated combat veteran, a > person who spent years in both uniformed and civilian government service. > I am not a felon, have never been accused of domestic abuse, and I have > never been forcibly committed against my will. I have medical opinions > showing that I am neither homicidal nor suicidal. I have had no due > process or other protections afforded to me, and I have been told that a VA > appeal can take as long as 4 years, certainly a "speedy trial" violation. > My child support is handled automatically and will contine even if I'm > locked up. > > I do not want to see violence in my country. I will submit peacefully to > arrest or detainment. I will not however stop my fight for our natural > rights no matter the results. > > I know most of you will not understand this decision. We are for the most > part comfortable, and still mainly free, even though with things like the > NDAA and the NDRP the framework for total control is already in place. > This is not acceptable. Ask yourself, who started the revoltuionary war? > Was it the colonists insistance that their rights be respected, or was it > insane taxation, tariffs, lack of due process and finally gun control that > kicked off the war? Enough is enough and if we wish to prtect the republic > and roll back the thousands of unconstitutional and therefore illegal laws > and regulations on the books we must act now. > > I am a free man. Make whatever laws you wish, and I will still be free in > that my actions and my thoughts are my own, and nothing anyone ever does > will change this short of my death, and I refuse to provide anyone with a > reason to legally take my life. > On Jan 10, 2013 9:17 AM, "Sam" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > That worked so well for drugs too. > > If you take guns away from law abiding citizens then only the > > criminals will have them. > > > > . > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 9:10 AM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Gun control works if it's area wide.....country wide......it hasn't > > worked > > > in America because it's isolated. I mean, it's like diving to the > middle > > of > > > the Pacific, and declaring it a "water-free zone"...then wondering why > > > everything there is still wet. > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:359851 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
