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Our governments exist to serve ■ America’s citizens, not to chaperon,, dominate, direct their thoughts off,, herd them around a la Hitler, Stalin.-,; Mao or Castro. Why did the ATF-j stage the Feb. 28th raid? BecauseJ there were weapons, even many,,, weapons, in the compound? The Sec-Ia ond Amendment guarantees “the right of the people to keep and bean I arms.” It is the irresponsible use oik> misuse of arms that constitutes art crime; nothing so far published1' shows the cult did, or might evened had planned to do, that.
Is the United States becoming^ another country whose citizens live in fear of sudden attacks by their*' governments’ agents? The Holo-'l caust Memorial Museum dedication' should remind us of the need, al- ' ways, to restrain the constant tendency of governments to grow in,*! size, power, control.
There was no excuse for the inbr . tial assault. There was no excuse for the final assault. Those responsible,. - the heads of the ATF, FBI and Department of Justice should resign at “ once. Failing that, they should be discharged, impeached, possibly-, prosecuted. .It.
It is not as if there are no proper tasks for our law enforcement agencies: between one and three million, illegal immigrants enter annually;our Congress and Courts make them immediately eligible for welfareT Medicaid — i.e., pay them for stealing, breaking the law! Murders,^ mainly connected with illegal drug* traffic, are over 20,000 a year; in*, stead of really punishing the perpetrators, our authorities hound legitimate private citizens exercis-.ing their Second Amendment right!
" When convicts rebel against th£’ ridiculously brief average prison^ stays and the. semi-luxurious conditions in modern American prison^,” governments negotiate; a Davidiart-" style assault against Southern Ohio’s1' 400 inmates would have been justi— lied. Nothing of the sort happened.
Time to wake up, America! His*., tory’s lessons show that governL ments’ growth inevitably leads to the loss of freedom, of independence, of prosperity. Our governments today move steadily in that direction.
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Let our elected representative^ at all levels know we abhor what happened in Waco. Tell them w£ want an end to expanding govern-, ments and their generally failed pra^’. grams — budget balancing, loajQ. guarantees, economic and regulatory controls, welfare, and so on.
Let us turn things around while* there is time!
JOHN L. MAROCCHI;
Sperryville;
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