Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 13:48:09 -0400
To: Matthew Gaylor <freematt@coil.com>
From: Matthew Gaylor <freematt@coil.com>
Subject: Gun Control and the WTC Tragedy by Dan Mahony
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Gun Control and the WTC Tragedy

by Dan Mahony

The destruction of the WTC last week was the greatest tragedy in the 
history of the Western hemisphere. It may be the be the greatest 
man-made tragedy in the history of the world, dwarfing the bombings 
of Nagasaki, Hiroshima, Dresden and the sacks of Rome and 
Constantinople. Unfortunately, it was also the most successful 
military action of all time.

Hot air-filled politicians and moronic teleprompter-reading TV 
pundits are now beating the war drums. Their propaganda and 
thoughtless blather may start an almost unimaginable round of attack, 
counter attack, and escalation that could eventually lead to nuclear 
and biological Armageddon. When the time comes, it will be 
interesting to see how many members of these two odious groups will 
be in the first wave of assault troops parachuting into Afghanistan.

Instead let me make a simple suggestion that may have eliminated the 
murderous hijackings in the first place.

The second amendment to the US Constitution did not give, it only 
recognized the preexisting and inalienable right of a free people to 
keep and bear arms. George Washington of late memory said in his 
first address to Congress "no man should scruple or hesitate for a 
moment to use arms in defense." On Tuesday the federal government - 
against reason, law and history - actively disarmed every innocent 
citizen before they boarded the four doomed planes.

No one alive in 1970 could imagine a planeload of feminized and 
unarmed Americans sitting quietly by while 3-5 box-cutter wielding 
highjackers heads turned their plane into third world cruise 
missiles. Instead any of the handful of then legally armed Americans 
on a typical plane would have dispatched their tormentors quickly. 
These ordinary Americans may or may not have saved their plane, but 
surely they would have saved the World Trade Center and its thousands 
of innocent victims.

For thirty years closet totalitarians like Senator Hilary Clinton and 
Senator Chuckie Schumer have worked tirelessly to disarm the US 
population. Well-financed and unending propaganda has convinced many 
sensitive moderns that abandonment of any right to personal 
self-defense is the natural state of man.

Both of our NY Senators travel in armored cars with multiple 
well-armed guards ready to protect them. Look at what they do and not 
what they say. What is it that they know about their own personal 
safety that they do not profess in public and what special privilege 
are these worthies unwilling to share with ordinary citizens?

What is to be done? I propose the following easy and wholly voluntary 
experiment. Airlines should be allowed to offer two separate types of 
flights-"Second Amendment Right-to-Carry Flights" and "Weapons-Free 
Flights".

"Right-to-Carry" flights would not require carry on baggage 
inspection or intrusive and clumsy metal detectors at the gate. 
Citizens using these flights could drive to the airport swiftly 
embark and fly off.

Money thus saved would pay for the delay, sophisticated equipment, 
personnel and extra holding rooms needed to do full body searches on 
everyone flying on the "Weapons-Free Flights". This money would also 
pay for special government certificates issued to each of these 
passengers stating that they are, in fact, on a weapons-free flight.

Citizens can freely choose their flight of choice.

True to form the bureaucrats are already suggesting even more 
draconian schemes to disarm free Americans. I heard the improbably 
named Joseph Lawless, Public Safety Director of the Boston MPA, say 
that he wants to outlaw even plastic knives in the airport 
commissaries. Is this jackass for real or did I accidentally surf 
into some sick Comedy Central skit?

Instead we should return to our roots and allow any of our 280 
million fellow Americans who wish to protect themselves to exercise 
their constitutional right do so. I would feel safer and somehow I 
feel most of the victims of the WTC tragedy would agree.

Requiescat in pace.

September 22, 2001

Dan Mahony [dfmahony@yahoo.com] is the managing partner of Lexington 
Research Partners a NYC based investment firm.

Copyright © 2001 LewRockwell.com


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