Future Enemy of the State and Father of Three
February 26, 2015
Years ago, I thought I was going to be a lawyer, FBI agent or something in law or law enforcement. So, naturally, I took a few law-type classes in order to fulfill my ambitions. During one of these classes, a professor asked the class, “What makes a person a criminal?” The question was intended for us to guess at the reasons a person would have for breaking the law. However, my quick answer to the professor didn’t fit his line of questioning, but certainly seems to be coming eerily and ironically true in my own life. I told him that laws make people criminals. Not so many years ago, when the fledgling Obama administration began flexing its left-wing, liberal fascist/communist ideology; I started to see that I might prophetically become a victim of my own answer.
I have written more than a few times that laws do not make right and wrong. Laws (should be) are put in place to provide for a civil, stable and somewhat universal expectation for sensible behavior in a given society. I don’t bother a soul and I rarely interact with law enforcement outside of my friends who serve in that capacity. Further, I understand that laws change. For example, a lower speed limit may be put in place on a road as it transitions from being sparse to more densely populated. That makes sense. So, last week I could drive 55 on that road right by a police officer and just get a wave. Then, the day they put up the 35MPH sign, I can be fined by that same officer I waved at for driving the same 55MPH. I get it. But, I am not talking about that or those types of law transitions. What I am talking about is the creation and imposition of laws and regulations for the purpose of creating and/or diminishing power among selected groups. So in other words, I can use the power that citizens gave me to create rules and punishments to eliminate my enemies.
So, today, I read a story in the news about the ATF (US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) attempting to ban a certain ammunition round as well as the overall caliber of rifle. For some of these, the FEDGOV required me to purchase two tax stamps in order for me to possess them. Now, they want to make them and ME illegal. I wondered, “What changed?” Then I wondered, “Who are they going to send to get me?” Then I thought about the message that would be put out about me that led to my attempted arrest and unfortunate death during the standoff.
So, ahead of time, I will tell you about the guy they had to kill/destroy in order to uphold the law and protect the public.
Hmmm, this is sort of like trying to talk about yourself on a first date! I am a Pisces, I like walks on the beach… 🙂 Seriously, I am married. I have three children and we live on a small farm in Southeast Alabama. I am a Deacon of my Church, I am the Counselor for my Church and I serve in the youth ministry as a volunteer. I pay whatever taxes that my CPA tells me to according to the IRS rules. I volunteer at my children’s school. I volunteer my professional time in my community to help those who may not otherwise get mental health counseling. I do not violate any serious laws that I know of. I do not use any illicit substances. I drive the speed limit. I pay property taxes and just recently have opened a small business that will employ maybe eight people with good paying jobs that will be beneficial to our community. That is about it.
I guess I should also admit some other things that I am. Well, currently, I am just an annoyance. I write about and question authority. I “incite” others to question their leadership as well. I openly promote rebellion against my ever-increasingly oppressive government. I freely admit that I want people to ignore and rail against oppression that is disguised as laws to protect the public. Currently, yes, I am just an annoyance. But soon, I believe, I will graduate to being a threat.
If/when the day comes that the FEDGOV sends agents or military or whatever to take care of me, I doubt seriously they will give me a whole lot of time to plead my case. I also doubt very seriously that I will be painted in a good light. Further, I predict that I will not make it to a trial. No, I will be labeled as some dangerous lunatic threat to society that was resisting arrest. Unfortunately, deadly forced was used in order to protect the agents/officer/soldiers… Or maybe I will just have some fancy and salacious charges brought against me. I will end up disappearing into prison. The rumors will be spread, “I didn’t know he was an arms dealer/arsonist/assassin/terrorist/drug dealer!” (I am not any of those things) I am writing this now in hopes that when it all goes down, someone will remember this post. If you do, will you please share the part above about who I really am? Maybe I will get lucky and you will share it with the men and women sent to get me… before they get me. 🙂 Because today, I am those things a few paragraphs up. Tomorrow, I am really afraid that I will be an enemy of the state that must be removed in order to serve the greater good of society.
— R. A. Grier