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November 18, 2008 | Tagged "Campaign Finance Reform", Carnivore, Echelon, fairness doctrine, illusion of privacy, pro-gun rights organizations, Second Amendment | 1 Comment
Sometimes, at gun shows, I meet people who don’t want to join a pro-individual rights organization, because they don’t want to be “on a list.” They don’t want “Those People” to know who they are. The non-participants in the debate won’t write letters or make phone calls, because “They” will identify the low profile folks as individuals who are interested in guns.
I tell the would-be “under the radar” folks that “They” know who you are. If you have ever purchased a gun from a dealer, that yellow sheet is almost undoubtedly still on file somewhere.
If you have ever attended a gun show and parked in the parking lot, I believe there is a strong possibility that a federal agent or a police intelligence officer has recorded your license number as a gun show patron. There was an incident a few years ago in Colorado where vendors at a show noticed an officer taking an exceptional interest in the license plates in a gun show parking lot.
Ever send an E-Mail or talk to someone on the phone about guns? Ever hear of Echelon and Carnivore? These are code names for massive electronic surveillance operations that target electronic communications. Sophisticated computers scan messages and conversations for key words and phrases. “Guns,” “ammunition,” “hunting,” “shooting,” and “bullets,” would be good guesses on targeted words.
Go to a shooting range or gun club? Park in the parking lot? Patronize one of the big box stores that sell guns, ammunition and hunting supplies? Do you know the background of everyone in your gun club or collectors’ association? Ever subscribe to a hunting or shooting magazine?
I’m not trying to make you paranoid. I’m telling you that the chances of you flying “under the radar” are not good, unless you never used a credit card to buy ammunition, never bought cammo through a catalog, or never associated with anyone in “the Gun Culture.”
How do you know that your visit to this Blog hasn’t triggered a trace on your browser? Are you accessing the net from a library, or from your very own computer in your very own home? Privacy? No such thing in the electronic age!
Did you EVER belong to the NRA, GOA, JPFO, RMGO, FCC, or other pro-Second Amendment Organization? Ever attend a CCRKBA/SAF gun rights conference? (If those initials don’t mean anything to you, I strongly recommend that you find out about gun rights groups, before “They” pay you an unfriendly visit or send you a letter “requesting” your immediate presence at “Headquarters.”)
OK! So “They” know who you are. How do you keep “Them” from coming after you?
You join one or more of the above organizations and support them with your money and your time. You write letters to newspapers. You E-mail, write, and call your elected officials and inform them of your opinions on your individual right to armed self-defense against crime and tyranny. You keep visiting Blogs and Websites that deal with Second Amendment issues. You talk to your friends about the need for armed citizens and the beneficial effects of guns in a free society.
You save Conservative Talk Radio from the “Fairness Doctrine” and resist any attempt at additional “Campaign Finance Reform.” You protect the First Amendment with all the zeal that you bring to protect the Second. Work to keep the UN out of US affairs.
You read the studies from the CDC, the NAS, the Small Arms Survey, and Kates and Mauser, so you can talk intelligently about the scientific basis for the desirability of civilian gun ownership. You get out and campaign, or campaign more, and give money, or give more money to candidates who will support your natural, fundamental right to self-defense. You vote for electable candidates who will support your rights better than their opponents. You will not throw away your vote on a third party candidate with no chance to win.
You go to the range and practice to increase your skill and gain enjoyment from a worthwhile sport. You live your life one day at a time, realizing that freedom isn’t free and that history hasn’t stopped. If you hunt, you enjoy the outdoors and the other benefits of being with friends. You realize that no human being lives forever, but that you can make a positive difference by supporting individual rights.
You never EVER give up on America and its promise of freedom. If even ten percent of 80 million gun owners in America stand up as one and say not “NO,” but “HELL NO!” to gun control, we will keep our legacy as a sovereign people and will regain some of the rights that we have already lost.
If you try to hide in a hole, or plan to head to the mountains, or move to another state, in the face of nanny state oppression, believe me, “They” will find you. “They” have ways of dealing mit people like you. If you don’t work harder than ever to retain your fundamental, natural right to armed self-defense, you will lose it. You will also contribute to the demise of the greatest experiment in self-government ever attempted on this tiny, spinning ball of mud and water.
The friend of the tyrant is merely his last victim. Hiding is not an option. Speak up or lose out!
Def Mech
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