Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 11:24:49 -0500
From: kvc@compuserve.com ("Kent Van Cleave")
Subject: [lpaz-discuss] Re: Taxes and guns and Carla Howell, oh my!
To: sgn@carlahowell.org ("Small Government News")
Reply-To: lpaz-discuss@yahoogroups.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Small Government News <sgn@carlahowell.org>
>We Must Repeal, Not Reform Massachusetts' Anti-Gun Laws. They are
>Destructive and Endanger Innocent and Good Citizens.
>
>Testimony by Carla Howell
>to the Committee on Public Safety
>Tuesday April 3rd, 2001 - Gardner Auditorium
How sad. Walk into a room full of people whose careers are built on the
obscene proposition that they can vote on ANYTHING they want to make law ...
and then never deny that assumption! What kind of libertarian argument is
that?
Your testimony should have begun with a spelling lesson:
"U - N - C - O - N - S - T - I - T - U - T - I - O - N - A - L"
Then continue with an explanation that what makes law LAW is the consent of
the governed, which requires adhering to the rules by which the people
allowed government to exist, strictly for the purpose of performing the
narrowly limited role of protecting individual liberties. None of the gun
laws pass muster, so none are legitimate. Anything ANY legislative body does
in violation of the Constitution is null and void.
Next, give them constructive notice under federal law (I forget the exact
cite, but I think it's something like USC Title 17) that provides penalties
for public officials who violate the rights of citizens under color of law.
No more excuses -- they are obligated to verify the accuracy of your claim
and then perform in strict accordance with the law; failure to do so makes
them PERSONALLY liable for prosecution.
When you accept the premise that they can legitimately pass laws strictly on
the basis of how convincing the utilitarian arguments for it are, you
abandon libertarianism completely.
Kent Van Cleave
Former Secretary
Arizona Libertarian Party
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