Minuteman Monthly Issue 4 (November 2000)

     As the multitude of Minuteman Monthly subscribers receive
this month's newsletter, the most important election cycle in the
last 50 years is about to commence.

     Election Day 2000 is on Tuesday November 7th.  The 70
million + lawful gun owners can send a powerful message to the
members of our three levels of government.  All three levels of
government (Federal, State and local) must get the strongest
message possible concerning our feelings on the Second Amendment.

     In the past few months, active and involved gun owners from
all walks of life have tried to get lawful gun owners registered
to vote in this election cycle.  I commend all of them for their
phenomenal efforts in this regard.  Making sure that America's
gun owning public get to the polls on Tuesday is essential to the
future of this country.

     Again, I fear that if the Democrats gain control of both
houses of Congress and the White House, we could literally see
the end of lawful gun ownership as we now know it.

     But, I subscribe to the thoughts of some of our forefathers
and modern Constitutional Law scholars who hold the belief that
any law that violates the original intention of the Constitution
is null and void and need not be obeyed.

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Allow me to quote:

"An act against the Constitution is void.  An act against natural
equity is void."

James Otis (1725-1783)

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"The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the
sword, because the whole body of the people are armed, and
constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops..."

Noah Webster, An Examination of The Leading Principles of the
Federal Constitution,  Philadelphia 1787

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"Congress has no power to disarm the militia. Their swords, and
every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the
birth-right of an American. . . . The unlimited power of the
sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state
governments, but, where I trust in God it will ever remain, in
the hands of the People."
Tench Coxe, Pennsylvania Gazette, February 20, 1788.

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     If the tens of thousands of gun clubs in the country, made
sure their individual members got a chance to vote in the
November 7th election, we could make sure that we are not going
to have another anti-Second Amendment administration.

     But Marc, what can gun clubs do to help?  They can:

1.)  Send out a message either by mail or phone to each member to
make sure they will make it to the polls.

2.)  Make sure that transportation is available for those who
don't have access to a car for whatever reason.  Gun clubs can
even rent a van or bus to make sure gun owners can get to vote.

3.)  Make certain that their members have not been misled by
campaign advertisements and they know for certain which
candidates properly represent the pro-gun view.


MAKE SURE YOUR GUN CLUB IS DOING AT LEAST ONE OF THESE THINGS.



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     I realize of course that to some extent, in these Minuteman
Monthly Newsletters, I have been "preaching to the choir".

     However, my sincere hope is that these newsletters are being
forwarded, printed, posted, faxed, and distributed more widely
than to just my subscribers.  I have every confidence that
supermarket bulletin boards, community news boards and electronic
message boards all over the country have copies or excerpts from
these newsletters on them.

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     Have you sent an E-mail to the President lately?  Have you
encouraged others to do so?  How about the U.S. House of
Representatives Democratic Leaders?  If not, here is another
opportunity.

President@whitehouse.gov

d.leadership@mail.house.gov

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     What is coming for www.Savetheguns.com?  I have many things
planned in the near future.  I have posted a brand new page:
http://www.savetheguns.com/government_links.htm .  On this
"Government Links" page, I want to place:

*  Links to the founding documents of the United States.
*  Links to each homepage of the fifty States.
*  Links to contact information for each of the fifty State
Governors.
*  Links to each State's Constitution.
*  Links to the contact information on all statewide legislators.

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     I plan on expanding my product line from just t-shirts and
pin-on buttons to more useful things that the average gun owner
can use.  I have plans to sell trigger locks, personal gun safes,
and many other things.  But I must be honest with you first.  I
am quickly running out of money.  I had zero sales in the months
of September and October.  Not even a single pro-gun button or
T-shirt was sold.

     No donations have been received by WWW.SAVETHEGUNS.COM since
the site was posted here is January of 2000.  Nothing, not even a




roll of pennies.

     Don't get me wrong, I am not discouraged. My country,
liberty, freedom and my rights mean more to me than my dwindling
bank account.  But the fact remains that Savetheguns.com will be
totally void of money by Late Spring 2001.

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UNITED STATES JUSTICE DEPARTMENT

     Some of you might have read about the comments made by a
United States Justice Department lawyer during the Emerson case.
If you have not seen these comments on this case, go here now...
http://www.gunnery.net/RKBA/emerson.html .

     It seems as though the official Justice Department position
in this case is that the Second Amendment ONLY refers to a
State's right to form militias and the militia's right to bear
arms.

     In fact, the United States Justice Department holds the
position that the Second Amendment ONLY protects the firearms of
those currently enrolled in the National Guard, AND ONLY PROTECTS
the firearms that are used in the service of the National Guard.
The Justice Department feels that even the private arms of
National Guardsmen are subject to government restriction.

     The Founding Fathers did not hold this inaccurate position,
however.
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"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms."

Thomas Jefferson, Proposed Virginia Constitution, 1776

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"Arms in the hands of individual citizens [may] be used at
individual discretion...in private self-defense..."

John Adams, A Defense of the Constitution of Government of the
United States of America, 1788

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"(The Constitution preserves) the advantage of being armed which
Americans possess over the people of almost every other
nation...(where) the governments are afraid to trust the people
with arms."

James Madison, The Federalist, Number 46
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"Arms in the hands of the citizens may be used at individual
discretion for the defense of the country, the overthrow of
tyranny or private self-defense."
John Adams
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"The power of the sword, say the minority of Pennsylvania, is in
the hands of Congress. My friends and countrymen, it is not so,
for the powers of the sword are in the hands of the yeomanry of
America from 16 to 60. The militia of these free commonwealths,
entitled and accustomed to their arms, when compared with any
possible army, must be tremendous and irresistible. Who are the
militia? Are they not ourselves? It is feared, then, that we
shall turn our arms each man against his own bosom? Congress has
no power to disarm the militia. Their swords, and every other
terrible implement of the soldier, are the birthright of an
> American. The unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands
of
either the federal or state governments, but where I trust in God
it will ever remain, in the hands of the people."

Tench Coxe, writing as "the Pennsylvanian" in the Philadelphia
Federal Gazette, 1788

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"All persons shall bear arms, and every male person shall have in
continual readiness a good musket or other gun, fit for service."
Connecticut Gun Code of 1650

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     You see, the argument that the United States Justice
Department holds in the Emerson case completely revolves around
the ungrounded and delusive belief that the Militia Act of 1903
changed to meaning of the word militia enough to change the
meaning of the Second Amendment too!!!

     The fact is that no part of the Militia Act of 1903 or the
National defense Act of 1916 or any Act or Law since then, has
the power to change the meaning of the Second Amendment.
        The ONLY way for the Justice Department's version of the
Second Amendment to hold any water, there would have to be a
Constitutional convention held to change the Second Amendment to
reflect their new version of the word militia.  That is plain,
simple, cold fact.

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Last word for this issue:

This is the very last communication I will make regarding the
November 7th election.

Why should we vote for George W. Bush?  12 Reasons

1. Abortion?

Bush wants to push for less abortion and more adoption.

Gore thinks that partial birth abortion where the baby's brain
has to be scrambled for success, is just fine for him.
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2. Military Spending?

Bush wants to strengthen our military and upgrade our
preparedness, back to where it was before we pushed Saddam
Hussein back to Iraq.

Gore is part of the current administration's slashing of our
military to a hazardous level.  Under the current administration
we have lost 709,000 Regular (active duty) Service Personnel,
293,000 Reserve Troops, Eight (8) Standing Army Divisions, 2,000
combat aircraft, 232 Strategic Bombers, 13 Submarines and four
(4) aircraft carriers.  We have lost enough of our military
strength under the current administration to fully equip another
entire country.
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3. Second Amendment?

Bush believes in the original intention of the Second Amendment
and believes that lawful gun owners are not a problem.  He knows
that those willing or inclined to commit violent crime don't
bother with firearm permits and gun control.

Gore thinks that lawful gun ownership is dangerous and wants to
restrict the Constitutional Right to own the firearm of our
choice.  He thinks that the BATF and the FBI should know what
firearms are owned by whom.....this of course is a precursor to
future confiscation as was done in Great Britain and Australia.

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4. Honesty?

Bush has been remarkably honest in all areas of his life.

Gore lied twenty one (21) times during the first presidential
debate alone.

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5. Campaign Reform?

Bush has made great strides in campaign reform, and wants to do
more.

Gore raises his right hand for campaign reform, but with his left
hand has accepted ILLEGAL campaign donations from the Chinese
government, Buddhist Temple and through vote buying on special
interest legislation in Congress.

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6. Taxes?

Bush thinks that taxes are too high and that the American
Citizens can do a better job of spending for their families than
the government can.  He knows that we can spend down the national
debt AND afford a tax cut too.

Gore thinks that our high tax rate is just fine where it is.  He
thinks that the Clinton-Gore marriage penalty tax is just fine
and should not be repealed.

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7.  Death Penalty?

Bush is for Capital Punishment.  He thinks that those vile and
heinous evildoers who think nothing of the sanctity of life
should also die once they get caught.

Gore thinks that those same vile and heinous evildoers and
vicious murderers should be supported with our tax dollars.  That
they should have access to government paid college degrees and
other amenities that the average working family cannot even
afford.

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 8.  Balance of Power?

Bush thinks as the Founding Fathers did.  He thinks that a
powerful central government is a dangerous thing and that more
power and more decisions should be left to the States.

Gore thinks that the Federal Government knows best and wants more
federal programs.

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9.  Foreign Policy?

Bush would be better at foreign policy without a single doubt.
He would surround himself with the top military minds in the
country.  His runningmate Dick Cheney was Secretary of Defense
under his father and is a foreign policy genius.

Gore would continue the same Middle East failures as the current
administration.  Saddam Hussein would continue to get away with
no nuclear inspectors.  Iraq and terrorist organizations would
not be brought to justice as has happened under Clinton-Gore.

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10.  Energy?

Bush thinks that we should not rely so much on oil for our energy
needs and believes that we should have a comprehensive energy
policy to make sure we have more alternatives in the future.

Gore would continue the same old NON-EXISTENT energy policy of
the current administration.  Our nearly total dependence on
foreign oil has been a disaster and is a dangerous plan.

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 11. Economy?

Bush would enhance the low inflation, low unemployment and low
interest rates that are the result of the hard-won victories of
the REPUBLICAN LED CONGRESS.

Gore and a Democrat led Congress would spend us back to the days
of the Carter Administration.  Remember the last time we had both
a Democrat Congress and a Democrat President...what a
disaster....

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12.  Social Security?

Bush knows that there will not be enough wage earners in the next
thirty years to support those retirees who would rely on Social
Security.  The current policy would fail, and George W. Bush has
a plan for individual investment accounts where each Citizen
plays more of a part in their own future and be more in charge of
their own financial security.

Gore also knows that Social Security will completely fail by 2025
or 2030.  But he has no plan for that.  I guess he thinks we
should pass this burden off to our children who will have to
figure it out for themselves.
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Vote Freedom First.
Vote for a better future.
Vote George W. Bush on November 7th

(Please pass this on to your whole Address Book, not just the ten
people that you are normally asked to pass things on to)