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BATF JURISDICTION CHALLENGED IN COURT
BATF JURISDICTION
CHALLENGED IN COURT
BATF JURISDICTION CHALLENGED IN COURT
Gun Kit Maker Challenges ATF's, Court's Jurisdiction
Bob Stewart is confident he will win
a victory for gun owners everywhere.
report by Angel Shamaya
Founder/Executive Director
KeepAndBearArms.com
April 18, 2001
--Day before Anniversary of
Waco and Lexington & Concord
Mesa, Arizona gun-kit manufacturer, Bob Stewart, is challenging the
jurisdiction of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and he's
seeking proof of jurisdiction of the Federal Court itself.
While numbers of liberty advocacy groups have for years doubted the
alleged legitimacy and authority
of the ATF, Mr. Stewart is betting his very life and freedom on the fact
that the BATF is way out of line in their strategies and methodologies --
stating directly that they have no authority to assault or even accuse him
-- and he's doing so without an attorney and by submitting his own truly
explosive documents in his defense.
We have compiled a single-page report that contains links to the documents
Mr. Stewart has filed with the court -- in several formats, for widest
viewability -- and we invite you to take a close
look at this case. The implications are national, far-reaching and could
prove to be the undoing of the ATF.
Here is the link:
http://www.keepandbeararms.com/infor
mation/XcIBViewItem.asp?ID=2019
If it wraps to a second line, it's the first
item in our "Legal Matters" archive:
http://www.KeepAndBearArms.com/legal
--and is linked from our home page, as well: http://www.KeepAndBearArms.com
...and now back to our regularly scheduled programming...
KABA Liberty Advocate
Wednesday, April 18, 2001
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IN TODAY'S REPORT:
Today's Newslinks...
. Feds Respond to Sheriff's ATF Complaint
. Elgin Shooter was a Convicted Violent Felon
. School may expel boy in toy gun incident
. Tucson schools practice double standards
. Conservatism In the Halls of Power
. Neighbors debate home gun sales request
. Parents want man's gun collection confiscated
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TODAY'S NEWSLINKS
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Feds Respond to Sheriff's ATF Complaint
Submitted by: Coprtoppe
Otero County Sheriff John Lee has received response to a letter he wrote
to United States Attorney General John Ashcroft: "Your letter ...
concerning the conduct of agents ... has been referred to the Public
Integrity Section of the Department's Criminal Division. ... We
have forwarded your letter to the Office of
Inspections of the U.S. Department of the
Treasury, for whatever action that office
deems appropriate."
~~I guess we will have to wait to find out
what that "appropriate action" is.
KABA NOTE: Expecting the Department of Treasury to police itself is like
expecting a child to monitor his own rambunctious activities.
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Elgin Shooter was a Convicted Violent Felon
Submitted by: Ken Bach
"How did a felon obtain guns that he allegedly used in a crime? ...
State Police said they don't have a record of Casteel, a construction
truck driver, ever having a state Firearm Owner's Identification Card
needed to buy a gun."
~~Because criminals, by definition, don't obey laws!
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School may expel boy in toy gun incident
Submitted by: Tyree White
The boy, who brought a toy gun to school, was suspended for 3 days and
faces expulsion under the state's "zero-tolerance" law. School
officials were expected to meet today to
discuss the case.
KABA NOTE: What is the difference between "zero tolerance" and
"intolerance?
"Toleration is not the opposite of intolerance but the counterfeit of
it. Both are despotisms: the one assumes to itself the right of
withholding liberty of conscience, the other of granting it."
--Thomas Paine
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Tucson schools practice double standards
Submitted by: David Morris
Jim Sheley told school administrators that his band students were talking
when they should have been paying attention. "If this were a
totalitarian state, I would have them summarily shot," the teacher
wrote.
Some of the students' parents filed a police report against the teacher.
Paul Villafuerte, one of the students involved, has since dropped band
class, despite having A's in it. That's a double standard, he told
television station KVOA: If a student had written such a note, given
today's concern about violence and threats on campus, the student would
have been punished severely.
KABA NOTE: Our citizens are being programmed to believe that students do
not have the same rights as teachers. This is a false piece of
information.
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Conservatism In the Halls of Power
Submitted by: Skypod
"The Liberals' primary business is controlling people and enterprise
through government. As history has shown, this is a very dangerous
proposition. ... Case in point; gun control. ... As soon as Democrats and
liberal celebrities start their propaganda machine, we should be ready to
counterattack. Pull out the FBI figures and start questioning the
opposing side." --Dave Corsi
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Neighbors debate home gun sales request
Submitted by: Skypod
"Long after the Holland Board of Zoning Appeals had tabled a request
for a home gun sales business, a group of neighbors and the applicants
stood in the lobby of city hall debating the issue."
~~What a joke! I wonder if his "neighbors" would be discussing
his home business if he was selling
used cars or opening up a doctor's office -- two businesses that lead to
thousands more deaths per year than firearms do.
KABA NOTE: Nobody has a right to tell you what legal practices you can or
cannot engage in on your own private property -- as long as such
activities do not infringe on the rights of others.
NOTE TO ABOVE: Taking the goal of feeling safe and casting it as a right
is a deceptive and manipulative political tool -- tyranny through
"democracy" in its most destructive form.
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Parents want man's gun collection confiscated
Submitted by: Skypod
At St. Joe, parents are worried enough to call a meeting and ask a police
captain to tell them how this could be: How can there be "drug-free
zones" to make dealers keep their distance, but
no laws to prevent an arsenal from being
stockpiled a few feet from where errant balls drift over the fence at
school recess?
~~Again, what a joke! Would they complain if the man was practicing
medicine or selling cars? And this man isn't even selling anything!
KABA NOTE: When a group of citizens gangs up on another citizen who is
engaged in lawful activity because they don't like that lawful activity,
they should be sued for harrassment.
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Also in today's Newslinks...
. Police Officer Killed Car Thief
--Looks like he was protecting and
serving; hope he's okay after being
dragged by the thief.
. Many federal Web sites track Internet users illegally
--Is anyone surprised? Anyone?
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