-Caveat Lector-
A reminder for the upcoming legislative session.
-----
http://www.webleyweb.com/lneil/banagun.html
Ban a Gun - Go to Jail
by L. Neil Smith
The Constitution, without qualification, states that the individual
right to own and carry weapons will not be infringed. Title 18, U.S.
Code, Sections 241 and 242 http://www.webleyweb.com/lneil/18usc.html,
ordains as a crime the violation of anybody's civil rights. Part of
the XIVth Amendment requires removal of any politician who defies the
Constitution, barring him (or her) from public office in perpetuity.
And, of course, betraying one's oath of office is perjury, which is
a felony.
By attempting to ban semiautomatic weapons (or weapons of any sort),
city authorities in Dayton, Ohio and Rochester, New York have broken
all these laws. It's possible that conspiracy and racketeering
statutes apply to their illicit activities, as well.
We all know how slight the chances are that any of these miscreants
will be prosecuted for having violated our natural, fundamental,
inalienable human, civil, and Constitutional rights under the current
political circumstances. So do they, or they wouldn't have broken
the law. However as students of history, we also know that political
circumstances change -- a fact they seem to have overlooked.
If they can't be prosecuted now, why not a year from now? If they
can't be prosecuted a year from now, why not four years from now?
And if they can't be prosecuted four years from now, why not twenty?
Simon Wiesenthal never gave up on the Nazis. Why should we -- who
feel that the Bill of Rights is all that keeps America from becoming
the world's biggest banana republic - ever give up on the Dayton or
Rochester perpetrators, or on any public servant who introduces,
sponsors, or votes for gun control?
Perhaps more to the point at the moment: why should we have any
more regard for any law they pass than they have for the highest
law of the land supposedly governing us -- and them -- already?
Von Clausewitz, the eminent Prussian strategist, said you should
always give the enemy a way out, so he won't fight like a trapped
animal and be likelier to retreat. So what can these criminals in
Dayton and Rochester do to avoid weeks, months, and possibly years
of looking over their shoulders, waiting for the long arm of the
highest law of the land to seize, humiliate, and punish them?
Three things: they must repeal the offending legislation; they must
resign from office immediately afterward; and they must promise,
publicly and in writing, never to seek or hold public office again.
Meanwhile, we can offer them a few words of advice: don't listen
to the torrent of lies spewed out by Sarah Brady and her fascist
front-group. Don't let that pickle-faced harridan and her
tent-revival meat-puppet get you into more trouble. Her First
Amendment rights are unimpaired by any oath of office to uphold
the Constitution and she's not going to jail when the reckoning
comes due.
You are.
L. Neil Smith is the award-winning author of 19 books including
The Probability Broach, The Crystal Empire, Henry Martyn, The
Lando Calrissian Adventures, Pallas, and (forthcoming) Bretta
Martyn. An NRA Life Member and founder of the Libertarian Second
Amendment Caucus, he has been active in the Libertarian movement
for 34 years and is its most prolific and widely-published living
novelist.
Permission to redistribute this article is herewith granted by
the author -- provided that it is reproduced unedited, in its
entirety, and appropriate credit given.
Talk to me!: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A>
DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER
==========
CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic
screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are
sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis-
directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with
major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought.
That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and
always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no
credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply.
Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector.
========================================================================
Archives Available at:
http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html
<A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of
[EMAIL PROTECTED]</A>
http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
<A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A>
========================================================================
To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email:
SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email:
SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Om
