In case you haven't already heard...

One quick post before I collapse for the day because it's too good to pass up.

Josh Sugarmann, head of the Violence Policy Center, has a Federal Firearms License. His business address is the VPC headquarters.

This is the same VPC that wants to ban all law-abiding private citizens from owning firearms, the same VPC that wants to outlaw a citizen from holding a FFL so he can sell firearms from his own home.

And it may be that having a FFL at that address violates zoning restrictions.

In any case, the BATF takes a very dim view of any individual holding a FFL and not actually being in the business of selling firearms. In fact, if any regular Joe such as myself for example were to have a FFL and not be using it to operate a firearms business, there would an inevitable visit from jack-booted thugs and my house would probably be a badly ventilated smoking pile of rubble in the morning.

So will Sugarmann get a pass on this, now that he's been outed? Of course he will. Just put it on the list with all the other items that show the hypocrisy and elitism of all the enemies of liberty.

Department of (In)Justice

Art or Bioterrorism: Who Cares?

RU: According to the CAE defense fund FAQ, you were originally charged under prohibitions on biological weapons, but a grand jury instead handed down indictments related to "wire fraud" and "mail fraud." And then it also states that the terrorism charges could come back to haunt you.

I wonder how your attorneys are coping with all this. Are they simply trying to get across the absurdity of the whole mess, or are their any legal fine points?

SK: What they have been arguing in motion hearings is that the Department of Justice is making an absurd interpretation of the mail fraud law. The DoJ has thrown away its guidelines (which state my case should not be prosecuted) and interpreted the law in a way that is unique for my situation. [emphasis added -- ed.]

My co-defendant Bob Ferrell and I are the first citizens to ever be indicted for mail or wire fraud because we supposedly broke a material transfer agreement. The “defrauded” parties do not believe we did anything to harm them — the crime is a DoJ fantasy that they hope to prove. We’ll see at trial if rationality prevails.

If it doesn’t, the case will set a precedent that will mean that the Justice Department can drop a major felony on someone for filling out a warranty card incorrectly and mailing it. This will be a major tool for them. Talk about being able to pick off people at will!

Man's wife dies of heart failure. Responding "authorities" see "suspicious stuff" mainly because they're a bunch of ignorant punks so they send him through hell.

But he did nothing wrong. Certain "authorities" are embarrassed about how bad they screwed up, so instead of apologizing, they ruin his life just to teach him his place.

Notice the emphasized part above. Remind you of any other famous government agencies?

Via The Agitator.