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                        Terrorism Against Gun Owners,
                       Civil Disobedience, and Killing

                              by Brian Puckett

                                April 4, 2002

 Hundreds of thousands of Americans � perhaps millions � faced with ongoing
 state-sponsored terrorism against gun ownership, believe that they will
 never regain the free exercise of their right to own, carry, and use
 firearms unless many leading anti-gun politicians and activists are
 killed. In human terms, this is perfectly understandable. In fact it is
 absolutely logical.



 Grotesque Contradictions

 It requires neither a black-robed judge nor a tweed-coated university
 professor to interpret the Constitution's Second Amendment. It says that
 an armed citizenry capable of military action is necessary to maintain a
 free nation, therefore the right to own and carry arms may not be
 restricted. Both gun owners and anti-gun activists understand this, yet
 severe unconstitutional restrictions exist right now.

 Gun owners know that the law forbids imposing fees, registration, or
 background checks before allowing a person to exercise constitutional
 right, yet all are imposed on gun buyers and owners.

 Gun owners know that the US Supreme Court eagerly rules on cases involving
 the First Amendment, Fifth Amendment, and other Amendments, and that the
 Supreme Court even finds time to pass judgement the rules of professional
 golf. But the Supreme Court seems unwilling to hear a Second Amendment
 case � even when the infamous Ninth Circuit Court repudiates the clear and
 historical meaning of the Second Amendment.

 Gun owners know that the Constitution, via Article VI, is the supreme law
 of the land, and therefore extends protection of the right to own and use
 firearms to all Americans. Yet they observe the state of California, for
 example, banning the very firearms best suited to the primary
 militia-related purpose of the Second Amendment. That is, California has
 banned rifles with common ergonomic features like pistol grips, and
 required registration of those already in the state.

 Gun owners know that Attorney General John Ashcroft personally affirmed
 that the Second Amendment protects the individual right to keep and bear
 arms. They know it is his sworn duty to defend this right. Yet Ashcroft
 does nothing at all about the militia rifle ban (above). Ashcroft does
 nothing at all when the incompetent socialist governor of California, Gray
 Davis, claims in Bird v. Davis that "Plaintiff [Mr. Bird] has no legally
 recognized right to bear arms under the Second Amendment of the United
 States Constitution"; and that "...the Constitution does not provide a
 private right to bear arms"; and that "...the Second Amendment does not
 protect the possession of a weapon by a private citizen."

 Gun owners know they have the historical, natural, and legal right to own
 and use firearms, yet they observe the wretched band of thugs, sociopaths,
 and murderous misfits known as the BATF invading peoples homes, destroying
 their lives and property, falsely accusing them of "crimes", and even
 shooting them to death for�what? For simply doing what the Constitution
 says they have a right to do.

 Gun owners read the daily newspaper or watch the nightly news and learn of
 robberies, rapes, mutilations, muggings, carjackings, home invasions, and
 murders occurring by the hundreds every day. Obviously the police didn't
 stop any of these crimes. Gun owners know they have the moral and
 constitutional right to carry firearms to defend themselves and their
 families. Yet in many cities politicians have decreed that if they do so,
 they will be arrested, fined, and/or imprisoned. Incredibly, these
 anti-gun hypocrites often live in communities protected by armed guards,
 and are often provided 24-hour, taxpayer-paid armed security.

 Gun owners know that all members of the U.S. Congress have sworn to uphold
 the Constitution. Yet a lying, oath-breaking majority of these members
 voted for 1994 "Crime Bill" edict, which arbitrarily restricts new firearm
 magazines to 10 rounds, and bans the import, sale, or transfer of
 perfectly legitimate militia rifles � in complete defiance of the Second
 Amendment.

 Gun owners know that ex post facto laws are illegal under the
 Constitution, yet the ex post facto Lautenberg Act was passed into
 unconstitutional "law", taking away the firearms rights of thousands of
 Americans � for simple misdemeanors committed decades ago.

 Gun owners live with the daily, grinding, oppressive fear that they will
 be caught violating some unconstitutional gun control edict, or some
 foolish paperwork technicality, and will find themselves at the mercy
of a
 black-suited SWAT team, or a swarm of traitorous police officers with
 drawn guns, and will have their homes, businesses, families destroyed � or
 worse, that they will be shot to death in an "accident" or for "resisting
 arrest".

 Gun owners know their historical, natural, and legal right to own and
 carry firearms is "protected" by the Second Amendment. Yet the U.N., the
 U.S. government, various state governments, and most of the U.S.
 communications media conglomerates are engaged in an unending propaganda
 war of lies and sensationalism intended to wipe out civilian gun ownership
 � and they see the propaganda war working, as more and more gun control
 edicts are passed.

 Finally, gun owners know that the management of the largest, richest, and
 most powerful "pro-gun" organization in the nation, the NRA, has never
 used any of the tens of millions of dollars it rakes in to wage a
 meaningful or widespread ongoing public pro-gun rights advertising
 campaign. Even more shocking, they see that same NRA management now
 calling for strict enforcement of all existing gun "laws", even though the
 NRA previously claimed these "laws" were unconstitutional. Of course, many
 of them wonder what hold the government has over the NRA management.



 The Natural Result

 Faced with this unending, blatant disregard for the law of the land, faced
 with unending government-sponsored terrorism against gun owners, faced
 with the disregard for their plight by all three branches of the federal
 government and most state governments, faced with a sellout by the current
 NRA management, faced with a massive, unanswered anti-gun propaganda war
 directed at the voting public � faced with all that, hundreds of thousands
 of gun owners, perhaps millions, believe there is no peaceful way to
 regain the free exercise of their rights.

 It is no wonder that these Americans have concluded that their oppression
 will end only by literally eliminating the source of their oppression �
 the anti-gun, anti-self-defense, anti-Constitution zealots themselves �
 and then repealing unconstitutional gun "laws". It is no wonder that they
 imagine these anti-gun zealots being shot in their homes, in their cars,
 or as they deliver speeches in public. It is no wonder that John Ross'
 novel Unintended Consequences is viewed as a preview of things to come.

 Again, it is all quite understandable in human terms, and even logical. In
 fact this non-peaceful fight to restore Second Amendment rights may have
 already begun. Tom Wales, a federal attorney and president of Washington
 CeaseFire, the state's largest gun-control group, was shot to death in his
 home last year in a planned "hit".



 Lip Service, Terrorism, and Civil Disobedience

 As noted, John Ashcroft stated in a letter to NRA official James Baker
 that the Second Amendment protects an individual right. Therefore, it is
 Mr. Ashcroft's sworn duty to protect citizens from a state government that
 is clearly abrogating this right � in exactly the same way that the
 federal government came to the aid of Black Americans in the south who
 were being discriminated against during the 50's and 60's.

 So far Mr. Ashcroft's statement about the Second Amendment being an
 individual right appears to be simply a collection of
 politically-motivated words with nothing behind them. We are attempting to
 find out if this is the case with our Petition for Enforcement of the
 Second Amendment (the "Ashcroft Petition"), which you may wish to read
 when you finish this article.

 Regardless of what John Ashcroft does, or does not do, many gun owners
 (myself included) believe that these unconstitutional gun control edicts,
 and the hordes of government agents who will happily help imprison or kill
 their fellow citizens to enforce them, and the draconian penalties imposed
 for violating them, are nothing less than government-sponsored,
 government-inflicted terrorism against law-abiding citizens.

 Yet even when faced with all of this, many gun owners (myself included)
 believe they owe a duty to their wives, their children, their
 Constitution, and their country to disobey any unconstitutional laws �
 especially gun laws, which strike at the very heart of what it means to be
 a free, responsible, self-sufficient human � and an American.

 Most gun owners simply want to be left alone. But the
 socialist/world-government fanatics, the elitists, and the child-like
 adults so prevalent in this country have not left us alone, and they are
 never going to let us alone until they are stopped, legally or otherwise.
 As the particular case may be, we threaten either their social control
 plans, their fear of the unwashed masses, and/or their feelings of
 inferiority as men and women.



 Rosa Parks and Gun Owners

 Rosa Parks � the black woman who refused to sit in the back of a city bus
 in Montgomery, Alabama � is often cited as a primary catalyst in the civil
 rights movement in America.

 But if Rosa Parks had the courage displayed by most gun owners, Black
 Americans might have gone from having to sit in the back of buses to being
 completely banned from boarding the buses. Fortunately for all of us, this
 great American woman knew when enough was enough.

 Am I comparing ownership of high-powered rifles to the plight of Black
 Americans before the civil rights movement? Yes I am, absolutely. Both
 involve basic human rights (self-defense in the one case, equality under
 the law in the other). Both are Constitutionally protected rights. Both
 involve, or involved, "laws" that, if violated, could lead to arrest,
 fines, imprisonment.



 New Consciousness, New Action

 Aren't you sick and tired of going to your gun club meetings, or going to
 your state or local gun rights organization meetings, and complaining to
 one another about your rights being stripped away?

 Of course you are. So beginning right now, say to yourself every day, "I
 have a right and a duty to protect my family at all times, and I have the
 right to use a gun to do it. I have a right and a duty to disobey
 unconstitutional laws, including those that violate the Second
 Amendment."

 You might try saying those words aloud, right now, just to see how it
 feels.

 In the future, instead of doing the usual complaining at your monthly
 meeting, gather together and take ten minutes to write your local and
 state politicians, telling them that you will no longer obey
 unconstitutional gun control edicts. Every time you meet, write to them,
 seal and stamp the letters, and mail them.

 Are you worried about being put on a "list"? You're already on a list. If
 you've bought a gun in the last 20 years or more, you're either on a list,
 or you're currently being put on a list by the BATF, or you can be put on
 a list in a matter of weeks. If you belong to any gun rights organization,
 or subscribe to any gun magazines, or have bought reloading supplies,
 etc., then if the government really wants to find you, it can.

 For gun owners � and for all Americans who believe in the moral,
 historical, and legal rightness of our Constitutional system of government
 � in order to return to this system of government, and to lead us out of
 the oppression, moral chaos, and police state terror that is becoming more
 and more a part of life in this nation, we must do something that is
 simple, yet essential.

 We must hold in our thoughts and prayers every day the idea that we will
 no longer obey immoral or unconstitutional edicts.



 California and the Future of Gun Control

 If you're an American interested in your right to own and use guns, you'd
 better understand something: California contains about 30 million
people �
 over ten percent of the U.S. population all in one state. You should
 recognize that California is arguably the communications media capital of
 the world. You should understand that this massive socialist-leaning media
 sprays the rest of the country with whatever lies and propaganda they
 wish, whenever they wish.

 For the gun confiscation forces (and their goal is indeed gun
 confiscation, not "control") gun bans in California serve three vitally
 important purposes.

 First, gun bans essentially eliminate a particular group of guns from the
 public arena. You can't buy the banned guns any longer, you can't
 "legally" bring them into the state, and those who own them usually cease
 using them publicly � or ship them out of the state � for fear of
 harassment. The skill in using them, the exchange of information about
 them, the passing on of guns from father and mother to son and daughter �
 all essentially disappear.

 Second, gun bans test whether or not gun owners will raise a fuss � or do
 anything at all � outside of whining about their "rights" for a while,
 then giving up and waiting for the next outrage. So far we're sending the
 clear message that no matter what edict is issued, gun owners will grumble
 a bit but won't confront anyone over it.

 Third, gun bans (including national edicts like Clinton's 1994 10-round
 magazine limit and militia rifle ban) set legal precedents for issuing
 future bans based on size, ergonomic features, or other whims. For
 example, if forcing gun owners to go from normal 30-round magazines to
 10-round magazines is "good" for the public, then who can argue that
 7-round magazines aren't better?

 For these reasons, any unconstitutional California edict must be fought
 tooth and nail.



 New Illegal Edict Considered

 California's Democrat/socialist-led government is now busy examining AB
 2222, which proposes to ban ownership of .50 caliber rifles. You probably
 think "That's too bad for Californians". But remember � California is the
 testing ground for gun control "laws" in other states and for the nation.
 And in fact, this California law is supported by the same people who hope
 to impose the ban nationally � people like Dianne Feinstein, Henry Waxman,
 Charles Schumer, Hillary Clinton.

 These gun confiscators know the .50 caliber ban will set a precedent. It's
 simple: if .50 caliber rifles should be banned because their bullets are
 "armor-piercing", then shouldn't .30-'06 rifles, whose regular bullets
 will pierce 3/8" thick steel plate, also be banned? This is not just a
 rhetorical question; it is the plan of gun confiscators.

 Gun confiscators are attempting to simultaneously set another legal
 precedent by describing .50 caliber rifles as "sniper rifles". This is
 also simple; if .50 caliber rifles should be banned because they can be
 used for 1,200-yard sniping, then shouldn't .308 caliber rifles, used for
 1,000-yard sniping, also be banned? Furthermore, the most common sniper
 rifles are .30 caliber, so if it makes "public safety" sense to ban the
 rare .50 caliber "sniper rifle", then it certainly makes sense to ban the
 more common .30 caliber sniper rifles, doesn't it? In fact, shouldn't all
 high-powered scoped rifles be banned, or at least registered?

 This isn't just a rhetorical question, either. It is the plan of the gun
 confiscators, and they are pushing steadily toward it. If you don't think
 it can happen in your state, or on a national level as a "temporary
 homeland security measure", you're fooling yourself.



 Stand Up With Us

 Because we believe so strongly in the issues involved, both I and gun
 rights activist Barry Laws have faxed letters to California Assembly's
 Public Safety Committee stating that we will not obey a .50 caliber rifle
 ban if such an edict is issued, nor will we register our rifles.

 We know that many .50 caliber rifle owners are upper middle class or even
 well-to-do people: doctors, lawyers, other professionals, businessmen,
 skilled tradesmen. Standing together, all of us, we can have a tremendous
 effect on the entire outrageous, immoral, traitorous, unconstitutional
 assault on gun owners. We urge you to fax the California PSC right now,
 and tell them you will not obey any such "law".

 Keep in mind that even if you don't yet own such a firearm, or even if you
 don't live in the state of California, you can still fax the PSC and tell
 them what you think. The fax numbers are at the end of this article. At a
 minimum, send a fax to Carl Washington at 916-319 2152 . At a minimum,
 tell him if they approve this bill, you'll work harder than ever to defeat
 the Democrat Party (which spearheads the national gun confiscation
 movement) at every level in every state.

 Remember, you can simply hand-write a note on typing paper and fax it. You
 can find time to send a fax today, can't you?



 Why We Must Disobey

 If we don't stand up and say NO right now, I believe we will see the
 continued escalation of spiritual and economic oppression and police state
 barbarism that overwhelmed Russia and the other countries of the Soviet
 Union, and which overwhelmed, a mere sixty-five years ago, what was
 arguably the most scientifically and culturally advanced nation in the
 world � Germany.

 If you don't think it can happen here, you aren't paying attention: Ruby
 Ridge, Waco, "drug war", wiretaps, asset forfeiture, gun bans, Carnivore,
 random police stops, "Campaign Finance Reform" censorship, IRS, BATF, FBI,
 DEA, OSHA, EPA, etc. etc. etc.

 Furthermore, if we don't stand up and say NO right now, it is likely that
 those who refuse to become de facto slaves or victims of the police state
 will begin in earnest the calculated killing of anti-gun,
 anti-Constitution politicians and activists. While this may indeed
 ultimately lead to a repeal of gun laws and of other unconstitutional
 laws, it will likely force the American people to endure even more
 oppression and severe civil turmoil � even civil war � in the meantime.

 Some will say that is exactly what this country needs, and perhaps they
 are correct. But we should try the peaceful alternative first. This
 requires that we overcome this pervasive fear of our own government, that
 we stand up together, and that we speak out publicly. We must continue
 disobeying unconstitutional edicts � even if we do so privately � and
 continue informing our "representatives" that we are doing so � even if we
 do so via an anonymous letter � for as long as it takes.

 If we do not do this, it will be difficult not to conclude that a solitary
 Black woman living in Alabama had more courage and more conviction in her
 human and Constitutional rights than millions of gun owners and
 self-described Constitutionalists put together.

      "All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do
      nothing"

                                              � Edmund Burke

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 NOTE:  Take a moment to jot a note saying what you think about a .50
 caliber rifle ban and about the Democrats' gun control agenda. Then fax it
 to one or more of the people below. Emails are worthless, and there's no
 time for regular mail � so fax it, today. Then remind yourself not to obey
 unconstitutional laws.

      California Assembly Public Safety Committee Members

      Carl Washington, Chair 916-319 2152
      Jay La Suer, Vice Chair 916-319 2177
      Richard L. Dickerson 916-319 2102
      Fred Keeley 916-319 2127
      Gil Cedillo 916-319 2146
      Manny Diaz 916-319 2123
      Jackie Goldberg 916-319 2145

 Mr. Puckett is a free-lance writer whose past work includes articles on
 U.S. foreign, domestic, and military policy for the Houston Post. His
 firearms and Second Amendment articles have appeared in the magazines
 Handguns, Combat Handguns, Guns and Ammo, SWAT, and Police, and numerous
 smaller publications. He believes that much of the annual slaughter of
 Americans by criminals can be blamed directly on those who advocate gun
 control, and that any politician who advocates gun control neither trusts
 his constituents nor cares about their lives or property. He currently
 serves as president of Citizens of America. Other writings from Mr.
 Puckett can be found here: http://www.KeepAndBearArms.com/Puckett.