This is an important development in the renewed wars on guns and on We the People by our government. As such, every gun rights activist should be informed as to the particulars of the case, and, importantly, to its history.
I'm sure there will be no shortage of forum chat room warriors pompously declaring that Fincher is getting what he asked for by flouting the law in the local media. They will be wrong, and as shallow in their opinions as they are in their commitment to liberty.
If you read the exhaustively detailed "Silver Bullet" report, it will be evident who the real lawbreakers are. Note it is a commitment to get through the entire document and understand it, but we need to ask ourselves if we would rather be informed than lazy.
The Militia of Washington County has duly kept the authorities informed for many years, exercising their right to petition for peaceful redress and pleading for recognition of Constitutionally-guaranteed rights. In response, they been completely ignored by public servants criminally derelict in their duty to honor their oaths of office, and by the media, who the Militia has pleaded with to take notice of their demands for justice (which it has predictably failed to do, just as it failed to exercise its watchdog role at Waco):
I ask you to take notice that Fincher took great pains--for years--to document--and inform "authorities"--of the lawful nature of his activities. I also ask you to take notice of some important points in The Morning News account:
Fincher was arrested without incident at his residence...Fincher has no criminal record...And now consider:
The investigation was conducted under Project Safe Neighborhoods, the U.S. Department of Justice initiative that combines federal, state and local resources to combat violent gun crime.We can see who has committed the "violent gun crime" here.
One last point about "Project Safe Neighborhoods":
"The NRA and our over four million members fully support the Justice Department's Project Safe Neighborhoods," said National Rifle Association spokeswoman Kelly Whitley.I happen to have personally known a man for years, an honorable patriot, a fine human being, and a colleague of Mr. Fincher's in the Militia of Washington County, and have been following this group's novel activism in defense of their (and our) rights for years. I'd like for the slick talkers in Fairfax to explain to me and to other gun owners--who actually believe that "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed"--how the persecution and removal of Mr. Fincher from society will make anyone's neighborhood safer.
People, make no mistake--this is naked tyranny unfolding before us. Our deserved fate as gun owners will depend largely on whether or not we sound the alarm and unify in a demand for justice for Wayne Fincher--or if we just ignore this, or even worse, blame the victim.
I'll follow the US v Fincher blog and report updates as I learn of them, including if help is solicited in Mr. Fincher's defense. In the mean time, I ask my fellow gun owners not to ignore this, and my fellow bloggers to spread the word.
[Via Locking Lug]
I cannot see how anyone who believes in the Constitution and the 2nd Amendment couldn't get behind this case. They make it painfully clear both the 1934 NFA and the US vs Miller case is unConstitutional,(period). But knowing the truth and then getting the Supremes to even hear this case is two different worlds. Likely they won't even hear the case, thereby leaving a still longer paper trail on how "We the People" attempted to redress our grieveness peacefully.
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Here is my letter to the editor of the Arkansas Times that quoted JBT Austin Banks. I will tell you now, if you are timid, don't follow the links to the letters to the editor page, because they require your name address, ph.no., email. So if you're scared be warned. I have been too angry too long to be scared. Fuck 'em and feed 'em fish heads and rice.
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I must ask, in view of the quote you attribute to Austin Banks, why you did not also quote an authority on the constitution, especially the second amendment to it.
Mr. Banks obviously is not literate enough to know just who should have what weapons. I cannot imagine that a journalist wouldn't do background on the story, perhaps going so far as to read the Constitution of the United States of America. Printed out, it only takes 32 8.5x11 pages, very brief, and very clear. If I am wrong and Mr. Banks is literate enough to know that he has violated the Supreme Law of the Land, then he is part of a criminal conspiracy, for all laws and regulations that violate the constitution are null and void. Only through citizen acquiescence does a travesty such as this become commonplace.
The nostrum, "we have removed dangerous weapons" is a lie. Weapons are just like tools or hands or feet or automobiles they are only as dangerous as those persons in possession are. There are laws, rightfully so, that govern behavior of citizens. Laws that seek to govern "potential" behavior of citizens by investing inanimate objects with evil intent are only a prelude to tyranny.
The last century gave us many examples of the inevitable results of such laws. Look to Nazi Germany, Mao's China, Stalin's Soviet Union, et. al. All regimes that sought to limit potential behavior in the interest of public safety. More than 200 million people paid for that safety by forfeiting their lives to those very governments that made them safe, by disarming them.
No man needs another helpless unless he intends him harm. That is an immutable law of human nature. Our founders knew it. It seems we weaker lesser men have pretended not to have heard the lesson.
Please, see what you can do to learn what the words "shall not be infringed" mean. Then report the actions of the Bureau accurately. To date you have failed to do so.
Very Sincerely,
(signed with my real name)
David, glad to see you put this up.
ReplyDeleteI emailed you yesterday about it after I had seen it. Blogged about it and am spreading the word as best I can.
I have been looking into potential challenges, but these brave and intelligent men have done a much better job. I suspect that the only way the supremes will get involved is to overturn a lower court again. I read the silver bullet cover to cover yesterday after emailing you. The case is closed as far as I'm concerned.
God bless Mr Fincher.
Thanks so much, David, for posting this. Will do all I can to help. Folks, this time we've GOT to stick together and get behind Mr. Fincher, and mean it! And, F the traitorious, sellout, back-stabbing NRA!
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http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2006/11/united-states-vs-fincher.html
It is now quite clear that no matter which party is in power, our own government is our worst enemy.
ReplyDeleteDavid, there seems to be enough info on the 'Net about a North American Union, and wit both parties reluctant to secure our borders, I now believe it's coming. You think it's hard to keep the Constitution now, wait until this NAU treaty gets signed. I guarantee our Constitution will be summarily dismissed and discarded by all branches of gov't. It will be war, or we'll just roll over and be slaves. But either way, we're finished as the United States of America.
Keep your powder dry!
I'd much rather reform come by Mr. Fincher's way then by rooftop revolution.
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