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Detailed Letter to Attorney
General John Ashcroft from George
Harris Originally published on this site August 3, 2001 Friends, I hope you all write a letter like this, in your own words to John
Ashcroft, with copies to YOUR Congress"persons". The time for begging
for our rights has gone. Only directness and forthright words will affect the
decisions of the power monger in government. If we ALL write, and encourage our
fellow patriots to do the same, maybe we won't HAVE to shoot later, (except for
recreation). Time grows short. U.S. Department of Justice Dear Mr. Ashcroft, I fully support your position on disposing COMPLETELY of background check
data within 24 hours of approval. In fact, requiring a background check is in itself a contravention of the
Bill of Rights. Nowhere in this most basic of all Constitutional elements is
there ANY qualification about the RIGHT to KEEP AND BEAR arms. Further in
contradiction of public statements you have made, there is no distinction made
in the Bill of Rights between ANY kind of "arms". That word was
clearly chosen over all other terms for a reason. And FWIW, the re-definition
which is SOP for liberals and communists that is involved in the "militia
clause of the 2nd "Amendment" (sic) is nothing more than the same lame
excuses they always use in distorting the truth to persuade un- and mis-informed
well meaning citizens of the non-existent validity of their outright lies. Simple reading of the words of the men who actually WROTE the Constitution
and the Bill of Rights, as opposed to those who now want to claim the authority
to tell us what they meant, will remove any doubt as to the meaning and intent
of ALL of the Articles in the Bill of Rights (they're NOT separate Amendments,
but rather separate ARTICLES of the same Amendment). Even a quick review of
"The Federalist Papers", "The Anti-Federalist Papers" and
other assorted writings of the Founding Fathers will confirm this without any
reservation, doubt, or qualification. The BoR was written, submitted, and
ratified as a single document. And NONE of it is addressed to the citizenry. It
is STRICTLY, without exception, a careful well thought out list of prohibitions
against what the government may legally do. Note that it's preface begins with
the words: "Congress shall make no law.....". As far as the unconstitutional "sporting purposes" concept is
concerned, it doesn't exist. It was a cleverly manufactured but inaccurate piece
of indoctrination fed to politicians and citizens alike as a stepping stone to
further incursions on the RIGHT to KEEP AND BEAR ARMS. While no one can dispute
that people of America before, during and after our revolution DID in fact use
their weapons for hunting, target competition, recreational use, and even
"collecting", that issue was such a given, that it was felt that no
special mention of it was even necessary, even as no need was thought necessary
to guarantee citizens the right to wear whatever color clothes they preferred.
After all, based on their own words collectively, and their own lifestyles, it
was never expected that these purposes even needed clarification, for no
rational person could ever be expected to even question them, or many other
freedoms we take for granted, but are no less correct. This truth
notwithstanding though, from a purely legal standpoint, weapons for these
purposes CAN be legally regulated, for various legitimate purposes, since in
addressing the issue of arms in the first place, they were NOT included in the
terminology used. But military type weapons (like the ones "banned" in
the so-called [inaccurate on it's very face] "Assault Weapons Ban")
may NOT be restricted in any way. The word "infringed" has a very
specific and clear meaning well delineated in the Dictionary that removes doubt
about ANY action regarding these weapons. It clearly and specifically exempts
them from ANY kind of regulation or restriction. Yes sir, to the dismay of
leftists, socialists, and elitists everywhere in America, even the NFA of 1934
is invalid and of no legal standing. As the Attorney General of the United States of America, you are bound by
your sworn oath to defend and protect the Constitution. Absent your every
possible effort to ensure that the unconstitutional, hence illegal AND invalid
so-called "Assault Weapons Ban dies the death it deserves when it sunsets
in 2004, you are unfortunately, in violation of that oath. If you DO violate
that oath by NOT using every legal means at your disposal as Attorney General,
you will yourself become literally a criminal, and one of the worst sort. He who
commits a crime against individuals is certainly abhorrent. But he who commits a
crime against the entire nation, and it's most precious Constitution, cannot
defend against such overwhelming guilt, and is the most reprehensible of all
possible persons. Accordingly, I urge you in the strongest terms possible to honor your duly
sworn oath, and do your part in overturning the so-called "Assault Weapons
Ban", and subsequently, ALL of the illegal firearms restrictions in every
function of the federal government, addressing the many various and sundry other
similar violations in the meantime. IF you do so, and make return to the
original clearly spelled out Bill of Rights your priority and the cornerstone of
your tenure, history will regard you as the greatest patriot and statesman of
modern times. If you fail to meet this challenge, and take this golden
opportunity, your enemies will see to it that you are at worst, considered the
most incompetent and corruptly partisan of all hacks, and at best, a forgotten
meaningless fraud who was easily bested by the "Progressive Democratic
Caucus" and it's equally treacherous but silent supporters. Be advised,
that contrary to accepted practices in the swamp on the Potomac, you cannot
negotiate with liars, thieves, cheats, traitors, and perverts. In view of your
experience, you no doubt will refute that, seeing it as a personal affront.
Nevertheless, that same experience should reveal the truth to you, deep in your
innermost heart. There are uncountable millions of Americans who were also sworn publicly to
defend and protect the Constitution when they entered military service. Absent
public repudiation of this oath, they are still bound to it, unto death. Should
the government ever go too far in it's now popular and "politically
correct" leftist dismissal of and disdain for the Constitution, they WILL
do exactly that. And FWIW, despite all the words ever uttered to you, and all
the assurances and promises made to you, there is NO absolute guarantee that
illegal usurpation of power will not leave YOU and your loved ones victims of
traitors and despots, personal power and influence today notwithstanding. If
such a possible thing ever happens, you will thank God that your rescuers were
able to save you, and were ABLE to do their duty BECAUSE they are armed. Your
participation in assuring our combined ability to "defend against enemies
from without and within" will make the triumph of freedom personally
satisfying. What's more, no amount of incremental efforts to disarm the people of America
will or even CAN succeed, no matter what technology or force is used to
accomplish such a nationally suicidal act. If criminals refuse to voluntarily
surrender their arms, why would decent honest men? They won't. Even now,
millions of arms are already hidden away against the day when they will be
needed to defend our freedom against whatever catastrophe arises. And if push
ever comes to shove, they WILL resist. You see, most of them are too well aware
that in the last century, over 170,000,000 innocent civilian citizens were
massacred in cold blood by their own government. Whether that government rose to
power incrementally as a result of a long term plan, or with sudden violence,
each and every instance was preceded by disarming of the populace to render them
defenseless. And of course, you know who those governments were, and some still
are. It CAN happen here, and the beginnings have already taken deep root. Of
course, I'm sure YOU are well aware that the issues of "crime",
"safety", and "for the children" among the many phony
excuses are nothing more than red herrings, intended to mask the REAL intent
behind rendering our people helpless against totalitarianism, despotism, and
tyranny of every sort. John Ashcroft, I know I speak for most patriotic citizens of these united
sovereign States of America, when I charge you with the duty and the
responsibility as Attorney General of the United States of America, to overturn
every single one of the unconstitutional, invalid, and illegal federal gun laws,
including all of the other euphemisms used to circumvent the proscription of any
body to make law except Congress. And since the States are required as a
condition of union to adopt the federal Constitution, especially including the
Bill of Rights, as their own, such observation of the LAW must be equally
honored by them individually and collectively. Sir, you are well aware of the growing national resentment against an
increasingly despotic federal government across this great nation; Klamath,
Jarbridge, Nashville, these are but a few of the increasing number of instances.
Too, the illegal arming and assignment of police powers to federal agencies in
creation of a police state is alarmingly evident. These illegal
"enforcement agents" are now commonly referred to as "jack-booted
thugs" to the point where it has become common slang, part of the language.
And after seeing the travesties at Ruby Ridge, Waco, the Elian Gonzalez
incident, and other lesser known (thanks to suppression by an amoral public
press and media broadcast entities) travesties, it is a well deserved epithet.
Unless the rule of LAW, including especially the Bill of Rights is returned to
OUR government, and our people, the threat of wide-spread and massive civil
unrest threatens the well-being of all of America. It looms before us as an
ominous materializing cataclysm taking shape which like a forming hurricane or
tornado, endangering everything in it's massive swath, with the potential to
sweep away all in it's path. You, Mr. Attorney General, even more so than the President, have the
opportunity, authority, and even the duty if and when necessary, to apply the
law to ANY "official" that effects or conspires to violate the
Constitution. You CAN, and MUST legally charge, arrest and prosecute ANY
"official", whether elected or appointed, for ANY violation of the
Constitution. This, for your information, INCLUDES members of Congress, the
Administration, and EVEN the Judiciary. I have no doubt that you are all too
aware that such action is long overdue. Had it been done selectively much
earlier by men of conscience, you would not now be faced with such a drastic and
repugnant responsibility. By copy of this letter to them, I charge my Congressmen with the equally
difficult task of supporting you in this endeavor without reservation or
hesitation, for they share with you the same oath, even as I do. Do your duty, Sir. Respectfully submitted, (Name and address deleted from this copy for privacy) George To Get Your Letters Printed Here |
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