| I have seen tyranny in government on several occasions. Used to be, you could do pretty much whatever you wanted with your land. Now many cities and towns require their residents to get permission to do just about anything on their land. I have a freind who owns a steel building that sits in a sand pit out in the middle of nowhere in Sanbornville, NH. In that steel building he runs a small machine shop. He decided to build an apartment on the second floor of the building so that he and his family could live there. About a year after he started living above his business, the town found out and decided that he was guilty of living in an industrial zone without permission. They ended up fining him $200,000 for not getting a permit before living in his building. They also demanded that he move out of his building by September 1st 2004, or they will send the sheriff out to his property to remove him, and they will take his property. He has already fought the town in the local courthouse, and lost. The judge told him that if they let everyone do what they wanted with their own land, there would be chaos. He wouldn't even consider the fact that there are still many towns that don't have zoning laws, and they are just as tranquil, or moreso than the towns that have zoning ordnances. My freind is trying to sell his building and get financing for property in MT, but he hasn't yet found a buyer for his property, and he hasn't had any luck yet in getting financing for the property that he wants to buy in MT. If he is unable to to move out of his building before the deadline, we will try to reason with the sheriff. I think I will try to throw a BBQ on his land, and invite as many pro-freedom folks as possible. We will try to prevent the town from removing him from his building. If the sheriff decides to take up arms to oppress us, we will take up arms to defend ourselves.
I have another freind who had a small business in Somersworth, NH for about 20 years. The zoning board rejected his application to renew his business license, forcing him to shut down. Also, the zoning board told a woman who's husband was crippled that she couldn't build a duplex on her land so that her husband's brother could live in the same building with his family to help her take care of her husband. Since a lot of people don't even try to exercise their rights, they don't even realise that their rights are being taken away. Unfortunately, a lot of people have the opinion that you can't fight city hall, but unless we start resisting, they will continue to place more and more restrictions on our freedoms. They will use the color of law to oppress us, and they will use government agents to enforce their whims and to try to make us unable to defend ourselves, all with our tax dollars.
The government buys machine guns, suppressors, and destructive devices at discount prices with our tax dollars, while we have to wait about 6 months and pay exhorbitant prices and a $200 tax for anything more than a semiauto rifle. The machinegun that I caried in the army costs well over $100,000 on the civilian market because of their limited supply. Since 1986, only the government can buy machineguns that were made after the date the law took effect. That leaves most civilians outgunned when up against criminal cops who often have no respect for the rights of those they are supposed to serve. I'm not saying all cops are bad. Unfortunately there are too many who are. I have seen cops drinking on duty, lying in court, lying on police reports, breaking into cars, roughing up innocent bystanders, and enforcing nonexistent laws.
The WMD training book that I got when I took a course taught by the Department of Homeland Security lists types of groups that they consider terrorist threats. Some of those groups include those who oppose "gun control", a "New World order", and those who are "anti-government", "anti-taxation", and "anti-abortion". Since I am opposed to gun control, the UN, big government, high taxes, and abortion, I think they may be targeting people like me, even though I don't plan to blow anything up, and will only use firearms in self defense or in defense of those who do not have the means to adaequately defend themselves. |