Not a G*N thread, honest, was Re: Civilization and Enemies, was Re: CONFESSIONS OF A CHEERFUL LIBERTARIAN By David Brin

From: Michael M. Butler (butler@comp-lib.org)
Date: Mon Dec 04 2000 - 18:07:21 MST

> > 1) Flash or print a concealed weapon in New Mexico, one of those rural
> > places you and I both tend to like. Get arrested. Resist arrest and
> > escape, claiming that your constitutional rights are being violated.
> > Return to your home. Wait for the SWAT team and negotiators. I am not
> > saying it's right, I am saying it happens; at some point, if you act
> > "weird" enough, you will be presumed to be a danger to others and you
> > will be called a wacko. Even in Ojai.
>
> Resisting arrest and escape are dumb ideas in any event, and will get
> you negative attention no matter where you go. Best to just sit it out
> and kick their asses in the courtroom.

No, best not to arouse attention: concealed carry of a handgun is flat
out illegal in NM, regardless of whether it should be or not. I am not
picking on NM, I just selected it because on the face of it, it seems
like a pretty free-living place.

Let's not drag out the FIJA/appeal-this-all-the-way-to-the-SCotUS
setpiece. OK?

To sum up: I am talking about some people wondering if one might be
tetched in the head. I am saying that just being oneself can sometimes
get people to wondering. You really want to say that isn't so? Fine. We
should then agree to disagree.

Move along, nothing to see here...

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