Time: Tue Mar 04 21:03:39 1997
by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA26066;
Tue, 4 Mar 1997 16:28:43 -0700 (MST)
id SAA13733; Tue, 4 Mar 1997 18:20:52 -0500 (EST)
id SAA13724; Tue, 4 Mar 1997 18:20:51 -0500 (EST)
id AA11172; Tue, 4 Mar 1997 18:20:47 -0500
by usr04.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA26305
for <snetnews@world.std.com>; Tue, 4 Mar 1997 16:20:46 -0700 (MST)
by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id QAA05014
for <snetnews@world.std.com>; Tue, 4 Mar 1997 16:20:26 -0700 (MST)
Date: Tue, 04 Mar 1997 20:32:48 -0800
To: snetnews@world.std.com
From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Subject: SNET: Rep. Ron Paul and guns
-> SearchNet's SNETNEWS Mailing List
Just a slight correction to the
body of this message: Rep. Ron Paul
is not a Senator, so "Sen. Ron Paul"
is incorrect. You have it right in
the first paragraph:
"Congressman Ron Paul".
Now, if *I* were in the U.S. Senate
(not very likely in the near future:)
then you could call me Sen. Paul and
I would not mind.
/s/ Paul Mitchell
At 05:01 PM 3/4/97 -0500, you wrote:
>
>-> SearchNet's SNETNEWS Mailing List
>
>>Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) is an outspoken advocate of gun
>>rights. He is also a pro-Bill of Rights advocate too.
>>
>>The following is recorded in the House records for February 27, 1997.
>>--
>>Doug
>>
>> TAKING ISSUE WITH COMMENTS MADE BY FELLOW MEMBER OF CONGRESS (House of
>> Representatives - February 27, 1997)
>>
>> [Page: H680]
>>
>>The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the gentleman
>>from Texas [Mr. Edwards] is recognized for 5 minutes.
>>
>>Mr. EDWARDS. Mr. Speaker, in my 5 years at this House I have very rarely
>>come to the well of this great body to criticize the comments of one of my
>>colleagues. I have great respect for the bipartisan and diverse views of
>>all Members of this House, and their right to express the views and
>>concerns and ideas of the people they represent in their respective
>>districts.
>>
>>But once in a while, a Member of this House makes a comment that is so
>>irresponsible and so outrageous that I simply cannot remain silent.
>>Yesterday one of my colleagues from Texas, the gentleman from Texas, [Mr.
>>Paul] made a statement that I feel is so irresponsible that in good
>>conscience I simply cannot remain silent.
>>
>>In his statement on C-SPAN's Washington Journal yesterday Mr. Paul said
>>this:
>>
>>I fear and there are a lot of people in this country who fear they may be
>>bombed by the Federal Government at another Waco. I mean, these people
>>committed no crimes.
>>
>>Mr. Speaker, it is astounding to me that a member of this Federal
>>Government, a Member of this Congress, would say publicly that he fears
>>being bombed by the Federal Government. My fear is that kind of statement
>>made by a public official of this Congress simply expands the hysterical
>>paranoia of those around this country who might be hiding in their closets
>>thinking that the Federal Government is somehow going to bomb them in the
>>sanctity of their private homes.
>>
>>I think that is sheer lunacy, at best. At worst, it could create and
>>engender the kind of hatred toward our Federal Government that leads to
>>tragedies such as that we all sadly witnessed in Oklahoma City.
>>
>>Second, as the Member of Congress who represents Waco and the Waco area,
>>and as someone who watched and followed very carefully the proceedings and
>>the tragedy of the Branch Davidian compound, I must say that I am astounded
>>that the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Paul], a Member of this House, would
>>say, despite all of the facts on the table, would suggest that the Branch
>>Davidians and David Koresh committed no crimes.
>>
>>At best, that is flat wrong and denies the fact and reality. At worst, it
>>is a misrepresentation intentionally of what was done there.
>>
>>Let me say what the facts were. The facts were that David Koresh raped a
>>10-year-old girl. We heard that dramatic testimony of that girl, now 14,
>>just a few months ago in the Halls of this House.
>>
>>Fact: The Federal officials who went into that compound found 48 illegal
>>machine guns and illegal hand grenades.
>>
>>I would suggest to the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Paul] that the possession
>>of 48 illegal machine guns and illegal hand grenades, I would suggest rape,
>>arson, and murder are a crime in the book of every American family, if it
>>is not a crime in the book of the gentleman from Texas.
>>
>>I think these statements, Mr. Speaker, deserve a response to the people of
>>Waco, to the people of Mr. Paul's district, and to the people of this
>>country. I would like to hear him explain his comments that he lives in
>>fear of the Federal Government bombing him, and I would like to hear him
>>explain how, despite all of the clear facts, the facts that the Branch
>>Davidians lit the fires that killed, tragically, those children near Waco,
>>I would like to hear him explain away those facts.
>>
>>Instead of saying, perhaps I made a misstatement, or I apologize for what I
>>said, or I did not intend to say that, when Mr. Paul responded to my
>>response yesterday in the Houston Chronicle he accused me of McCarthyism.
>>Mr. Speaker, I hardly believe that saying that arson, rape, and murder is a
>>crime in this country is anything close to McCarthyism. He went on to
>>defend his contention that the Davidians had committed no crimes.
>>
>>I would challenge the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Paul], to meet with me in
>>the well of this House during special orders and let us debate this. I
>>believe good people of good will, both Republicans and Democrats alike, who
>>look at the statements of the gentleman from Texas will see that they were
>>irresponsible and dangerous to have been made by a public Member of this
>>House.
>>
>>---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>
>Bravo Sen. Paul. Funny, how Mr. Edwards spouts all these inequities about
>the Branch Davidians and David Koresh, and that they were guilty. Soooo, I
>assume that the Hon. Sen. Edwards would have us execute all people guilty
>of these crimes, that is before an *honest* trial.
>
>Bravo Sen. Paul....go for it!
>
>Barbara in Austin
>
>
>
>-> Send "subscribe snetnews " to majordomo@world.std.com
>-> Posted by: byates@mail.utexas.edu (Barbara Yates)
>
>
========================================================================
Paul Andrew, Mitchell, B.A., M.S. : Counselor at Law, federal witness
email: [address in tool bar] : Eudora Pro 3.0.1 on Intel 586 CPU
web site: http://www.supremelaw.com : library & law school registration
ship to: c/o 2509 N. Campbell, #1776 : this is free speech, at its best
Tucson, Arizona state : state zone, not the federal zone
Postal Zone 85719/tdc : USPS delays first class w/o this
========================================================================
-> Send "subscribe snetnews " to majordomo@world.std.com
-> Posted by: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Return to Table of Contents for
Supreme Law School: E-mail