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The Tyranny of Seatbelt Laws
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Szandor Blestman
Uncover the News
July 7, 2008
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In Illinois there is a law that says one must wear their seatbelt when driving their car. Should a member of a state sanctioned gang known as the police pull you over and find you are not wearing your seatbelt, they are instructed to write a citation instructing you to either mail your tribute to one of their collection agencies or report to one of their superiors should you decide you don’t agree with their “law” and you don’t want to pay them their extortion because you feel doing so would be unjust. Of course, should you decide to do the latter, the cards are stacked against you as it is their system that would be put on trial and they are not about to admit that their system is fundamentally flawed. And shame on you, citizen, for daring to question the system. These seatbelt laws simply create more victimless crimes that do nothing except steal money from those who are victimized by government enforcers looking for violators, and in the worst case scenarios can destroy an individual’s life.
Now, Illinois is not the only state in this nation that has created these unconstitutional seatbelt laws. In fact, the only state that doesn’t have a seatbelt law is New Hampshire, and I applaud them for having the courage to stand up to the federal government and tell them “No, we will not subject our citizens to such intrusive laws simply to receive your bribe money,” but that is an article in itself. This is an article about a friend of mine named Jon who one day decided to stand up to this gang of thugs known as the government and did his best to defeat this behemoth against impossible odds. It is an article about how we have lost our freedoms, even in the smallest of matters, and how too few of us care.
Personally, I wear a seatbelt. I have always worn my seatbelt, and certainly since long before legislators decided to make a law forcing me to. But if I decided not to wear one for whatever reason, I don’t think it’s right that I be forced to wear one by government mandate. What right have they to determine the level of risk I am willing to take with my life? What right have they to tell me how to conduct my affairs whilst driving in my car, which is my private property? In fact, I remember that when the law was passed I almost decided to stop wearing my seatbelt just to say “screw ‘em,” but I didn’t. I know quite a number of people who felt the same way I did. Yet I just kept wearing my seatbelt, kept obeying like all the good little sheep, only vaguely aware that a tiny bit of my freedom had been taken away, that a tiny portion of my ability to determine what is best for me had been delegated to strangers, that a smidgeon of my private, personal life had been intruded upon by faceless bureaucrats working for the heartless state.
But, as many people would say, what difference does all that matter? They pass these laws for your own good. The same can be said for a myriad of other laws. After all, citizen, you are too stupid and juvenile to look after yourself. You can’t possibly make such tough decisions on your own, without the government’s help. Besides, we live in a democracy, right? And what the majority says, what the majority wants must be correct. But we don’t live in a democracy, we live in a republic, and I urge those of you who don’t know the difference to learn on your own what the differences are. One of the purposes of a republic is to keep the majority from abusing minorities. Majority rule is not always fair and just, in fact many times it’s very tyrannical. It has been referred to as the tyranny of the majority. This nation was set up at its inception to protect the ultimate minority, the individual. It was supposed to be set up in such a fashion as to prevent the government, or the majority, from infringing upon the God given rights of the individual. Seatbelt laws are a perfect example of how these fine concepts have been forgotten and discarded by so many living in this nation.
These concepts were not lost on Jon, however. He received a citation for not wearing his seatbelt and decided he was going to try to fight it. He wasn’t a sheep. He wasn’t just going to simply follow the herd, grumble a little, pay the extortionists and just go merrily on his way without so much as uttering a protest. He wasn’t going to just stand there while the shepherd known as government grabbed him and had its way with him. He would challenge the law, and challenge the legality of how such laws are enforced. Sure, he would have to do so in their courts arguing with their judges and follow their convoluted words, but his voice would speak out against what they were doing and he would be heard.
Now, Jon made a mistake. It was a simple mistake most of us would make. When he went to court the first time he was asked to plead and he pled not guilty. By doing so he more or less admitted that the court had purview and could judge him on whether or not he was guilty of this particular crime. Of course, many of us would have done the same believing that we are not guilty of committing a crime when in reality what we want to do is challenge the validity of a certain law and the proper function of the court in regards to that law. He had no real understanding of what he was doing, or even what the charges were against him, yet the judge asked him to enter a plea. This is actually true of most of us, that we have no real understanding of courtroom procedure, as the legislators and lawyers of this nation have so perverted the English language when writing these laws as to make them nearly impossible to understand. There’s a reason most people refer to such language as legalese. If you’re mad about the Hispanics not wanting to learn English, you should be livid about lawyers and judges who don’t wish to use it. Jon got a continuance.
The next time Jon went to court he was not allowed to make his arguments. He was not allowed to challenge the law. He was not allowed to challenge the court’s jurisdiction over him. When he asked his questions the judge told him he was dangerously close to a contempt of court charge. He had pled not guilty and all the judge was interested in was seeing the evidence that he was in fact not guilty and hearing from witnesses. But that wasn’t what Jon’s case was about. He didn’t believe a crime had been committed. There was no victim. There was no harm done to another. There was no property damaged. The judge didn’t care. He proclaimed Jon guilty and demanded the fine be paid. If the fine wasn’t paid, he threatened Jon with a charge of contempt of court and jail time. This is an example of how lives get ruined by a law that seems so simple, that is supposed to protect people from themselves, and yet all it does is steal from innocent people who believe they should be the ones to determine for themselves what safety measures to take while driving, making them victims of the heartless state. And where there are victims, there is crime.
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And what of this contempt charge? What of this tool the courts use to be able to silence dissent without so much as even pretending to care? Have not the courts earned our contempt by upholding such blatantly unconstitutional laws? Is it not despicable how they victimize the public with extortionist schemes meant to pick the pockets of the citizenry? The courts are allowed to show contempt for the individuals it drags before it with impunity, but God forbid they should show the contempt the courts deserve or they will be thrown in a cold cell for as long as it takes to break them. It’s even conceivable that one could be declared an enemy combatant by showing such disdain for these extortionists and be thrown in some hell hole in some foreign land and then tortured until one screams “The courts in the United States of America are the best courts in the world! Now please stop!” and then breaks down in tears. This is certainly not fair or just. This is certainly not why these courts were set up. And then they wonder why people hold them in contempt? This is just another way for them to infringe upon one’s first amendment rights. They can’t even follow their own laws yet they expect us to.
And so they threatened to throw my friend Jon into jail for not wearing his seatbelt. He buckled and paid the fine. What would you have done? Jon told me that he believed it was his duty to challenge tyrannical laws. If only more people felt like him, if only more people would refuse to roll over and simply pay their fines without challenging those who wish to rule over us. If only more people would use the courts as a tool to challenge unfair, unjust, unconstitutional laws rather than as a simple venue to determine whether someone is guilty or not guilty of a crime that should never have been a crime in the first place. If just a few more people would take a stand then maybe things would start to change. Maybe those who would rule over us would start to realize that we are thoughtful, powerful human beings that no longer wish to be pushed around. Maybe they would start to treat us like adults who can make their own decisions rather than as children who need their hands held and constant guidance along the way. And speaking of children, it is they who are the real losers the longer these tyrannical laws remain valid in our system. They are being indoctrinated and becoming used to this government tyranny, and it is they who may never know the true meaning and the joy of freedom and liberty. Perhaps we could all learn something from Jon. Perhaps it is the duty of every freedom loving American to challenge tyrannical laws. If you don’t wish to do it for yourself, perhaps you can do it for the children.
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July 7th, 2008 at 10:31 am
From: Full Bird – Retired
I understand and appreciate what many of you are saying, and agree that it is imperative we do not take the first shot, nor draw first blood, however, after 35 years of service with over half of it in combat or advisory capacity, I understand how important it is “they” know we are serious and DARE them to cross the line, to take the first shot, to draw first blood!
Therefore I say:
WAKE UP AMERICA!
RISE UP, MY PATRIOT BROTHERS AND SISTERS!
PREPARE YOUR FAMILIES, TO SURVIVE!
PREPARE YOURSELVES, TO FIGHT!
TYRANNY HAS BEEN COMMITED AGAINST OUR LAND!
CORRUPT POLITICIANS, CORPORATIONS AND BANKERS HAVE INVADED OUR HIGHEST OFFICES!
ONLY THE BLOOD OF PATRIOTS AND TYRANTS WILL CLEANSE IT!
IT IS TIME THAT “WE THE PEOPLE” TAKE A STAND!
WITH THE “CONSTITUTION” AND A GUN IN OUR HAND!
THE “BILL OF RIGHTS” BRANDED IN OUR MINDS!
AND THE WORDS OF THE LIVING GOD EMBLAZEND IN OUR HEARTS!
HOO-YAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.theamericanvoice.com
July 7th, 2008 at 10:41 am
Just wear the damn seatbelt. How hard is it?
July 7th, 2008 at 10:42 am
So if he wanted to challenge the validity of the seatbelt law in court, shold he have pleaded guilty and taken it to a higher court to challenge it’s constitutional basis?
July 7th, 2008 at 10:51 am
I saw a seat belt checkpoint in Sharpsburg, Maryland last week. Four police cruisers, two on either side of the road, two officers per vehicle. They slowed traffic down and one team sat in each cruiser, and the other team looked into your car with binoculars as you approached and others still, looked directly into your car as you went by.. If you didn’t have a seat belt on or whatever they could flag you for, they pulled you over. There was twelve, maybe fifteen cars pulled over, waiting to get their raping, which was $120, plus some of these cars were being searched. Imagine that. The worst part was they were staging this right in front of a National Cemetery; as in, Civil War soldiers that were killed during the Antietam Campaign and war heroes, including my best friend who was killed on the U.S.S. Cole. There is your government’s patriotism. Using a National Monument as a staging point for roving search warrants and a surveillance checkpoint. Not to mention on the other side of the road most of my family is buried, including my Father who was big time against the New World Order. His funeral was believe it or not on the morning of September 11th 2001. This would of killed him seeing our hometown turned into dragnet. Total police state. Everything is a fine or tax, just sucking us dry. The lazy days of a relaxing Sunday drive with the windows down are over. We are in the New World Order. hell the Park Rangers caught me two years ago drinking beer one night, at the river, by hiding in the woods with night vision goggles. It’s all over folks. Saddest Forth of July ever. More cops and random searches than fireworks. It started raining as soon as the “festivities” began. More like karma. It is getting out of control.
July 7th, 2008 at 11:00 am
This is the dumbest article i’ve ever read, wear your seatbelt and shut the hell up, start writing about important issues.
July 7th, 2008 at 11:02 am
I too have always thought seatbelt laws were a form of intimidation, even though I’ve always worn a seatbelt. I’m a truck driver and during the frequent “click it or ticket” campaigns state troopers will sometimes hide by the fuel island at truck stops (private driveways) and ticket entering drivers who aren’t buckled up. TOTAL B.S., but try to fight it in court. I used to think the motorcyclists who protested helmet laws were silly fools but they stood up for there rights and got helmet laws repealed in many states. More of us need to summon the “testicular fortitude” to stand up to bullying by the government.
July 7th, 2008 at 11:10 am
what the fuck is wrong with you guys have you ever considered that people should wear seatbelts its a good idea the cops should make people who are to fucking stupid to wear their seatbelts wear their fucking seatbelts
July 7th, 2008 at 11:11 am
Bunch of douchebags… Patriots my ASS!!
If you’re so patriotic, then get your ass to a goddammed lawyer and start taking actions towards a class action lawsuit against EACH of you legislators. Your local congressman, your senator, you city councilman, etc and so forth, and sue them. But you have to get as many of your neighbors as you can in on the lawsuit for it to be CLASS ACTION. Further more, you need to encourage others to do the exact same thing until EACH AND EVERY ONE of your city, county, state, and federal lawmakers is being hit from every direction by a class action lawsuit for a different reason or another, until they have become so inundated with legal expenses that they risk losing their entire life’s earnings as well as the future of their familiy legacies to lawyer fees. That WILL wake them up and turn them around.
SO STOP WITH THE STUPID BULLSHIT TALK ABOUT RISING UP AND VIOLENCE AND ALL THAT SHIT!
This is your country, and you sat idly by while these landslides of legislation, deregulation, privitization, and globalization went on and on. You did NOTHING all this time, but crow about how great America is for our freedoms etc, etc, then you let them take them all away.
Do these lawsuits against your legislators, and to lobbying organizations and privately funded think tanks until they have no money to further their agendas because they’re spending it all defending themselves. Let’s see it…
otherwise… shut the fuck up!
Fred Reply:
February 6th, 2009 at 7:47 pm
If you sue a legislator the judge will dismiss it because of “separation of powers” and probably also “sovereign immunity.”
Next bright idea?
July 7th, 2008 at 11:11 am
why cant people wear their seatbelts and shut the fuck up sometimes i think Alex Jones is retarded and Gay
July 7th, 2008 at 11:12 am
seatblets save lives everone should wear their seatbelt also alex jones likes is douche
July 7th, 2008 at 11:14 am
I too used to be a truck driver and I thought it was a good idea to wear the seat belt. I wouldn’t want to bounce around inside that sleeper! But I do see what they are using that law for- probable cause to look inside the car, possible dui, and a source of revenue. They create laws that will seem like a good idea to the general public to get their foot inb the door for harassment and incarceration. The more felons there are, the more their justification is presented as a means to their ends. Which is more money from the feds to implament more laws against the public.Congress passes about 500 new laws every year and most of those are law enforcement laws, property laws, and new taxes.
July 7th, 2008 at 11:18 am
Hey, Ghost–I’m thoroughly familiar with the police state that is ‘the people’s democratic, marxist republic of maryland”. I moved out of the state about a year ago, and headed West. I had a friend that lived in Sharpsburg..it’s a beautiful area. I lived in montgomery county; the cops, there, were generally lazy and indifferent to citizens in need of real assistance. Years ago my pickup truck was broadsided by a hispanic woman backing out of a parking lot. I called a cop to have a report made..even back then, I knew those types of ‘migrants’ could disappear without a trace. The cop who responded pulled up in a scout car, never got out of his vehicle and began to read ME the ‘riot act’ for calling the cops when there had been no personal injury or immobile vehicles. I just turned my back on the piece of trash and walked away. True to form, the piece of garbage chick scammed me..she gave me totally bogus insurance and address info, and I was ‘SOL’. The only part of your post with which I disagreed was the “karma” bit..that’s heathen nonsense! But even the people who believe in it (karma) don’t even follow the rules regarding it. That fool, John Lennon, was the biggest offender with his “instant Karma”. There’s no such animal! Karma (as is falslely claimed) supposedly affects FUTURE existence and the quality thereof, NOT the present. Just an aside..no extra charge. ha! Semper Fi, Chris in Colorado
July 7th, 2008 at 11:20 am
Never understood seatbelt laws compared to helmet laws WTF Over???
July 7th, 2008 at 11:27 am
it makes me vomit to think that the people go along with this crap.these bastards are out of control.it’s not wearing the seatbelt that is the problem,it is the Gov telling us what to do.when the people fear Gov it’s called Tyranny,when the Gov is fears the people it’s called freedom.if people can’t grasp that your an idiot.i have 2 seatbelt tickes and won’t pay either one.suspend my license,go ahead,i don’t need it anyway to travel.people get some guts and stop putting up with this crap. i told the cop that gave me the ticket it was unconstitutional.you won’t believe what he told me.he said that the there were no Vehicles when the Constitution was written.how bad is that!!! what a buch of dumb idiots.
July 7th, 2008 at 11:27 am
I stopped using this name because it was getting my posts deleted but AJ and his monitors shouldn’t be deleting our posts like that! I enjoyed the new film… it was great that there was no bleeps for a change! I really hate censorship! always have and always will!
well as for the seatbelt law… I say fuck it! ever since I was a young kid I have always been for having very few laws! I would like to see that happen someday! I don’t think I ever will because most people are assholes who have yet to ever learn to live and let live! and… I know something a lot of other people don’t know… the pigs are not our friends!! AJ’s new film showed some of the nice ones! and I mean that seriously! they were the nice ones… but the nice ones still suck don’t they? Well I’m getting sick of the protesting myself… I don’t like the idea of people standing there peacefully and getting abused and not fighting back! Sorry but I’m not amish! The human race is really pathetic to let a small group of humans do this to them! and yet still many that come to this site and others like it need everything explained to them! They can’t figure it out even when it’s always been right in front of their face! I think it bothers many of the elites how stupid and gullible people are and helps them rest easy with the idea of population reduction!
I wonder how many of you reading this could even understand that?
I mean don’t those in the military deserve to die and be treated like shit?
Think about it! and what about the pigs? they don’t have it easy either… do you think they should?
of course there are so many ways of looking at things… and this is just one of them…
I try to get the mindset of the elites… really at times I think we deserve to suffer and die… but it definitely is not fair justice for all of us to suffer because of so many stupid humans!
and really we want no one to suffer except those bad people that deserve it.
yet as everyday goes by… I’m becoming more animal like with my instinct to survive!
I’m ready for revolution!
July 7th, 2008 at 11:30 am
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July 7th, 2008 at 11:32 am
#1 – Are you a patriot of Sparta? Or are you just claiming to represent Spartan values? Militarism and patriotism have never been good bedfellows.
These laws are absurd, anyone can see that. They are, among many others, designed simply to steal from the public. Cops love enforcing them too, and driving around off-duty without their seatbelts, safe in the knowledge that they won’t be pulled over and cited. I watch people routinely violate traffic laws designed for the safety of all drivers on a daily basis, and Cochese is nowhere to be found, but you bet your ass they’ll be looking for a fastened seatbelt when they finally do decide to pull someone over.
The priority is generating revenue rather than protecting the safety of motorists. The courts know this, and indeed are part of it, so don’t expect to win any sympathy from them. I’ve spent a lot of time working in courthouses, and one thing that you can pretty much accept as a golden rule, is that judges cannot stand having their authority or practices questioned. It’s like telling a Jew you think the Holocaust was great fun. That’s how much it bruises their ego, and they will bring the full weight of the corrupt justice system against you once you have offended them in this way.
July 7th, 2008 at 11:34 am
AS A FIRE FIGHTER / PARIMEDIC I have pulled more bodies from cars with seat belts on then without.
I never use mine, I never will.
my saftey is my concern, not the feds.
In no document anywhere does it say we are the property of the state and they are obligated to protect us, but what it does say is the border and economy is the obligation of the fed to protect.
do your damn job and get off my back uncle sam.
July 7th, 2008 at 11:38 am
Well here in Idaho they just made not wearing your seatbelt a primary offense, meaning that you can be pulled over for that alone. It’s crazy just how far the government wants to go to “protect me from myself”. I wrote a pretty lengthy paper for one of my college classes about government sanctioned morality and overcrimilization. I basicly proposed the idea (and it’s not a new idea) that the government/police should stay out of my life unless my actions were infringing on someone else’s rights or safety. Funny thing is that is did not go over well with the majority of my class mates. The professor loved it but the cop types in my class thought I was an idiot for even presenting such an idea. But my question is… isn’t that was America is supposed to be about? The government/police are totally out of control trying to find ways to make all of us into criminals so they can strip our rights away and lock up the people who do not just follow the leader off the cliff like a heard of cattle!
July 7th, 2008 at 11:41 am
What’s next? The cheese burger police?!?!?!
Or the condom police?!?!?!
It’s your choice….you know what the risks are.
July 7th, 2008 at 11:59 am
I’m almost giddy with happiness. I can’t wait until Americans get what they deserve. Finally. Fat, selfish, lazy pigs – all of us. Our time has come. We shall finally reap that which we have sown. TYRANNY! Finally we will feel that which we have imposed on other, weaker nations. TYRANNY! Mom and Pop, bro and sis, neighbor and stranger, get ready to shake in your boots. I see the fear in most of your faces. Today gas prices and check points, tomorrow round-ups and rationing. I giggle. I grin. This will be fun to watch. Know that I laugh at you.
July 7th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
#12
I agree on the Karma. Only the good die young.
As for the rest of you insisting I wear my seat belt and shut up, your spineless jellyfish. Don’t use my health and safety as an excuse for another exercise tax, and further degradation of our 4th and 8th amendment rights. It’s called right to privacy. I was in a accident as a kid, and if I would of been wearing a seat belt, I would have a tree trunk where my face is now. Don’t preach to me about my right to safety. These are the same cops who stuck a gun to the back of my head, because I wouldn’t curl up in a ball, as they literally kicked the shit out of me, for talking out of turn. As for the rest you who claim, get a lawyer this, call your Congress that. You know what that gets you. I don’t know about the rest of you but my family doesn’t have a silver spoon up our ass, for a civil law suit. They’re all business partners and drinking buddies and nine times out of ten your not only going to lose, but the whole system will have you black listed. As for writing my Congressmen, you know what that got me? About five phone calls from Homeland Security. You don’t get it. They don’t care about what we think we know. I really think people need to start waking up to the severity of the issue at hand. Total governmental corruption.
July 7th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
Steve Martin’s joke is coming true: “Death sentences for parking violations.” TOTALLY DOCUMENTED! Queen Latifa secretly named Dana Owens? BUT I DIGRESS! YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS KIND OF STUFF UP! But you can hype the hell out of it to scare people and sell DVDs without offering and ideas for ACTUAL CHANGE.
July 7th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
Just wear your damb gold star, how hard is it? Just stay in your area, how hard is it? Just get on this train, how hard is it? Just take your de-lousing shower, how hard is it?
Those of you who are too stupid, blind, scared, money hungry, materialistic, or simple minded to see what this is all about, your showers are being prepared, go like good little sheep to the slaughter, I am sure they will have seat belts (chains) on the box cars to keep you safe!
For those who will not go into this dark night quietly, STAND UP! Anytime you go to court, declare your rights, tell them you are NOT A US CITIZEN. (Do you even know what the HELL that means?) I would bet you do not! Better find out. Tell the black dress priest YOU ARE HIS BOSS, you do not take ORDERS without getting PAID to do so, you are not a slave. All are equal under the law, act like it. They work for us, learn to say “I do not agree with the terms of your contract.” And do not sign anything!! If the “Judge” puts you in jail for “contempt” are you going to take it?
Your right to life and liberty are given by GOD, they cannot be taken but by due process! Would you let a “Judge” pull a gun and kill you (take away your right to life) without a fight? But you let them take away your liberty by threatening you with jail and you give in? They are thieves, criminals, nothing more, nothing less.
Hold them to their oath to protect your rights, learn what the hell your rights are, stop being a slave by choice!!
Wake up and learn your rights and how to declare them! You do not claim them, you do not have them!
July 7th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
I’m sorry. That was uncalled for. Maybe I should just quit listening. I feel like I’m being yelled at and not given any useful advice. I should figure out what to do on my own here in my own town and thank Alex for his efforts.
July 7th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
This article is completely ignorant. I don’t care what you say — seat belts save lives.
If you want to drive around and kill yourself do it on your own time on your own property and stay off the public roads… or better yet just put a gun to your head if you’re that stupid.
July 7th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
Oh yeah real change. Are you from the two party running joke, so affectionately called Democracy or just an idiot? You want to address any grievance with this government, you better be prepared to picket infrastructure and block municipalities nationwide. They won’t listen even then, your most likely to get tear gas and rubber bullets. We can’t even legally assemble without a permit. You start barking up trees they don’t to visit, you don’t get a permit. Don’t confuse activism with protesting. You ever tried to petition someone in government before about a real issue? It’s a joke. Period.
July 7th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
Big Brother bans seatbelts on commercial school busses. School busses are not govt-owned, they are private contractors.
When one group of citizens gets to do something with immunity from prosecution, then everyone gets to do it, per Constitutional Equal Protection doctrine under the 14th Amendment (that freed the slaves).
US Constitution – use it or lose it. Fight these tickets, and fight all traffic tickets, which are by far the easiest of all lawsuits to win.
July 7th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Are you kidding me? Wear your seatbelt and get over it…driving is a privilege…not a constitutionally guaranteed right! The laws are in place to keep you from killing yourself on the highway, or worse yet, add $thousands of dollars you don’t have to fix you up if you happen to live and thereby making everyone else pay for your retarded disdain for seatbelts…Geesh…you guys…get a life!!!
July 7th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
I do not believe that anyone should get a citation for not wearing his/her seatbelt. How can they control you and what you do in your car? I am one of those who dared question our wonderful government and I lost a year of my life fighting a crooked state trooper, and judge only to loose in the end and spend 7 days in jail for refusing to give my name over a seatbelt citation. I was falsely arrested, maced, and lied about by a state trooper in Western Massachusetts. I tried contacting the ACLU they did not care. Lawyers did not want to fight the police, many said it would justt make it worse if I did. During this I failed out of college and serched the Internet for answers and Icame across Alex Jones and I learned about what was happening to me and the world. The event was awfulm but it has truly opened my eyes about this country. We are truly living in dark times…
I would still like to contact Alex Jones or someone who works with him to report my story. If anyone knows how I can, please email me at tonym_86@hotmail.com
July 7th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
Seat belt laws are enacted (favorably voted on) by state legislatures who have been bambuzled (payed off) by insurance companies lobbies crying about the costs of coughing up money to pay for funerals and long hospital stays as a result of car accidents where seat belts were not used. Insurance companies, through the successful pressure from their lobbies on legislatures to pass such seat belt laws are simply reducing their risk. It is all about the corporation pressuring for the passage of laws to save them money. The constitution and freedom be damed. The saftey of the individuals driving the cars is not the primary driver of all these draconian, unconstitutional laws.
Money and profits are the drivers and these corporations, if they get their way, will destroy our republic. Wearing a seat belt can be prudent, but do not pass a law forcing me to use it.
July 7th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
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July 7th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
I have been being censored by this web site!!! I have tried to contact them about it but have received no reponse. I am beginning to question ALex and why he is not reporting on the fact that Bush signed an executive order placing this country in a state of emergency on 6/26/2008?? I have tried repeatedly to put a link to the EO but was censored everytime?? Why are you failing to report this Alex?
July 7th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
There is a law because people are too fucking dumb to wear a seat belt and they die. And more importantly, a passenger not wearing a seatbelt is more likely to be ejected from the vehicle and kill others, obviously especially in a head on collision. It happens, alot. This isn’t tyranny, and it isn’t an infringement of rights, its called common fucking sense.
Driving a car is a PRIVILEGE, NOT a right. Which is why you acquire a LICENSE. So if you are not going to follow the laws (for gods sake its one to protect you), then walk.
As for what happened to him in court. Do you really think some small district court is interested in some kids rant about changing the fucking law? No. They are there to get business done. Do your ealistically think some small traffic court is just gonna go “OH OKAY GUYS LETS CANCEL THE SEATBELT LAW HES RIGHT”. Thats just called being a douchebag. You broke a simple law, now pay up.
July 7th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
Also, we need to start watching what words we use. The seat belt code is NOT A LAW! Was it ever voted on by the people of your state? Was it passed by 2/3 of the PEOPLE of your land? Nope, it was not, it is an act or a statute, not LAW. The law is the constitution of your land, or this land of a union of states or territories.
Acts and statutes are private corporate rules and regulations, they are not law. Everytime you ask permission to do something from the STATE corporation, you declare yourself an employee and that is how they get you. Memorize the bill of rights, know GOD gave you rights, not the government, stop lying about your Date of Birth, your citizenship and your resident status. No human can know his/her DOB, so stop lying about it. Stop being a US CITIZEN, or find out what the 14th amendment means when you claim to be one, stop being a slave by ignorance and choice!!
Even when you call yourself a PERSON, you are claiming 14th amendment US CITIZENSHIP, which means you just volunteered to be a slave. Stop complaining and learn who the hell you are, only YOU can make that choice, if you do not the Government takes that as you telling them you are a US CITIZEN and they get to control YOU. EDUCATE YOURSELF!
July 7th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
Won’t be long until failing to buckle up will get you automatically arrested and have your driver’s license automatically revoked. And woe to you if your arresting officer is a “tase first, arrest later” officer. You know what? “We the people” deserves this tyranny because “we the people” are too chicken-shit to stand up for our liberties.
July 7th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
#34 Warren, you are correct, “driving” is not a right. “Travel” is a right, given by God to his creations. Travel on public highways when not making money at it is also a right, look it up. When you beg the government for a permit to drive, you ask them to make you a “driver” you give up your right to travel, unmolested and without fee, by choice.
You are ignorant to what a “law” is, you are a product of public education and brain washing, you are a good US CITIZEN. Why don’t you get a Blacks law dictionary and actually learn what the words you are tossing around mean?
PS, people die every day, no seatbelt, speed limit or any other code is going to change that. Your post would indicate that not being stupid or obeying the code will save them from death, your argument is false from the onset and against the one law you cannot change, the laws of nature.
Yours is typical propaganda and double speak.
July 7th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
If it was all about safety, hy do school buses, and other transportation not have seatbelts?
July 7th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Does Alex work for the New World Order?
July 7th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
I wear my seat belt at all times; it’s much safer than taking your chances if you’re in an accident.
Sure, I’m against government tyranny, but don’t throw out the baby with the water.
If you get in a serious accident and haven’t worn your seat belt, you will probably wish you did.
Not everything the government does is tyranny.
July 7th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
If only the sheeple would find a “redemption manual” of their own then they would understand what freecell is talking about. until then keep OBEYING the “LAW” and stay inside your homes sheeple there is nothing to see here… drive under the freeway signs stating ITS THE LAW for seat belts and cell phones in a very big brotherish manner… keep on walking… keep on following the lemmings ahead of you. remember that The Allegory of the Cave, its a perfect example for sheeple like warren (mad with good reason) because it is a light which is much too bright for him to understand the reality of the big picture. in no way am i trying to be condescending we have all been there at one point and we learn to conform to inconformity and see what freedom really is. REDEMPTION MANUAL a great read if you can find one.
July 7th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Pay up huh? How about this, we’re are in a recession, I can barely afford my current bills and they want to squeeze a little more out of me, with a book of laws, no normal could possibly keep track of. Your the reason public safety has become a primary source of revenue. When they hand down some completely oppressive sanction or tax, you can thank laws like this, as legal precedence and the only proof they need for justification. They’ve set legal precedence for excessive fines and cruel and unusual punishment which is against my Bill of Rights, and that is PROMISED to EVERYBODY in this country. Your justifying incrementalization towards despotism. A $125 dollar fine for somebody from meager means, and who doesn’t have excessive credit and loan debts couldn’t possibly afford that, without choosing between livelihood and nutrition. That is excessive in my opinion, but then again I don’t have a Platinum Visa card and a bunch of worthless shit to trophy around, to convince myself I’m better than everybody else. Combine that with warrantless searches, militarized civilians, and police profiling, and it amounts to class warfare. Period.
July 7th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
freecell is right.
July 7th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
Warrens head must be in the sand or maybe up his own ass. Wherever it is I think he needs some help pulling it out.
July 7th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
Well, I recently downloaded some information regarding the rights that people have in the courts. First never subject yourself to the “authority” of the courts. Ask the judge for his credentials before he can even get started, and you then can see how he may not have it.
We must first be informed about our rights. You can cancel almost any judgment against you. Any and all – including traffic tickets. You first must understand that there is such a thing as “Straw Man” setup by the government. The Straw Man is indicated by your name in all capital letters on your driver’s license. Take a look at it. All, and I mean ALL government issued letters, mail, etc. has your name with all caps. There is a reason for it. Investigate, read for yourself, and start changing the world!
Read the free e-book at http://www.bobplimton.com Get around all the advertisements and ordering forms, etc. You can even submit a fake name to get the book. Very great reading!
July 7th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
Sorry, it is http://www.bobplimpton.com Put the ‘p’ before the ‘t’ Sorry!
July 7th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
Seat belt laws work, they were promoted and supported by health and safety advocates.
The original impetus for the seat belt law as it exists today was a lawsuit filed against the NHTSA by State Farm Insurance forcing the reversal of a ruling that eliminated the automated/passive restraint requirements on the auto industry – typical auto industry foolishness – saying that it would cost them more money to build in restraint systems. The resulting laws were in place by the late 80’s.
So seatbelt laws are a direct market driven response to a business’s need to reduce costs. The insurance industry when unable to make automatic restraint systems mandatory in vehicles made the use of manual restraint systems mandatory for the driver. The free market system and the government have worked together over 50 years to find a solution. Unfortunately state and local agencies have taken it too far and created a climate of fear to encourage the adherence to that law.
So to you anti-seatbelt law people – if you think its that bad, that stupid and intrusive – lobby your state legislature to change the law.
July 7th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
To the anarchists: I understand the anger, I feel the pain you feel and see in your words a desire to break free of the bonds of slavery represented by the U.S. government. unfortunately there isn’t much you can do about it. Your lead to believe that you can rebel, that you have the power to fight back and change the way our country runs – welcome to the dream.
The reality is a bit more harsh and much less savory to someone yearning for true freedom. America isn’t free and hasn’t been since the birth of the DoD and the industrial war machine and the power embodied there. The entire f*cking mess that is the US government can’t be rescued from the inside like fools_gold suggests – petition the government to fix itself – what a joke. The only hope we have is the ultimate and utter collapse of the dollar and the US war machine along with it.
Viva la revolution.
July 7th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
seatbelts i dont mind. But in california starting this july we had to stop talking on our phones while driving. Yet we are allowed to text message (which to me seems more dangerous). Freedom of speech just got tooking away from us. There is a crack in the law, your allowed to talk on the phone if its an emergency??? how is 1 cop able to decide if its an emergency or not? And what if it was an emergency and the cop pulls me over? I hate the way this country is being formed.
July 7th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
I have no problem with wearing my seat belt, and I’ve been doing so since well before it was illegal not to do so. I has been injured in accidents, previously, because I wasn’t wearing one, so I began doing so and it’s probably saved my life on at least one occasion. However, it is none of the state’s business whether one wears one or not. The Constitution protects our right to be “secure in our persons…” and that means our bodies are sovereign entities. Besides, in most states where motorcyclists were once required by law to wear a helmet, those helmet laws were repealed years ago. Why is there a different standard for motorcyclists, who are far greater risk of serious injury or death, in the event of an accident, than other motorists are?
July 7th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
#47
I bet a cyanide capsule wired into all our brains would stop misbehavior altogether. What’s the big deal? People who follow the rules have nothing to worry about. I’m tired of having save us, the government insists, shoved down my throat, at every given venture. You won’t find a solution in the box your made to think within. Submit your will, don’t submit mine.
July 7th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
Why do we have seat belt laws? Lame politicians sucking up to corporations. In this case, insurance companies.
July 7th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
The Local and State Goverment’s are more concerned about filling their coffers than a true concern you may injure yourself in an auto-accident for the high-treason crime – of not wearing a seatbelt, what’s next mandatory crash helmuts. It’s all about the Money……
July 7th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
In canada at least, if you go through the windshield it’s me who ends up paying for it through my taxes. So if you are going to be as dumb or risky as not wearing a seatbelt at least get killed in the accident so I don’t have to pay for your hospital stay.
“There are many things you can point to as proof that the human is not smart. But my personal favorite would have to be that we needed to invent the helmet. What was happening, apparently, was that we were involved in a lot of activities that were cracking our heads. We chose not to avoid doing those activities but, instead, to come up with some sort of device to help us enjoy our head-cracking lifestyles. And even that didn’t work because not enough people were wearing them so we had to come up with the helmet law. Which is even stupider, the idea behind the helmet law being to preserve a brain whose judgment is so poor, it does not even try to avoid the cracking of the head it’s in.”
July 7th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
I do NOT wear a seat belt because it allegedly increasse my safety. Someimes a seabelt tends to save lives, but sometimes a seatbelt actually works to KILL people. A young neighbor boy of mine — a young Christian boy who strived to “obey the law” lost control of his pickup on an icey road. the pickup ended upside down with my young friend hanging head-down in the vehicle. His buddy went for help, but when he and the help returned, young Jason had strangled to death. The freedom way is to allow each person to choose if he or she will wear a seatbelt. When government dictates the choice, the result is blatant tyranny! Tom Rose
July 7th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
55, Mike, sorry to wake you up, but your taxes pay for nothing. Your money is worthless, just like the US Federal Reserve Note, they are promissory notes to pay in the future. Unless you have paid with Gold or Silver backed money, you have never “paid for” shit. You can look at the US department of treasury if you do not believe me, says right there, the FRN is worth NOTHING.
Canadian notes are in fact, DEBT. You cannot pay with more debt. That is why our countries debts are going up and up, every time you pass a note, you add to the debt, not deduct from it.
When you actually pay anyones medical bill, then you can talk. You have never have so what was your argument again? Oh yeah, pass another “law” to save the taxpayers money, that has NEVER happend, all statutes and codes add to the debt, why? BECAUSE NOTHING IS EVER PAID! so any new rule or “bill” (gee, why do they call them bills?) only bring on more debt.
Use your internet for more then shilling for your governments LIES! Learn something.
July 7th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
If you don’t wear a seatbelt, you’re just an idiot. If you’re not mature or responsible enough to put on your belt, than you shouldn’t be behind the wheel.
No where in the Constitution does it state that you have a right to operate a motor vehicle leaving this topic under the tenth amendment under States’ rights. As far as I know, all states have seatbelt laws. If you don’t like your local law enforcement enforcing state law, write a letter to your state representatives and try to have the laws changed.
This reminds me, go to YouTube and search for a video called Drive Cam. A guy not wearing his seat belt…. you’ll see.
If you have a choice of being stupid, then choose not to operate a motor vehicle.
July 7th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
I agree with the user fools_gold. If you hate state laws, try to get them changed.
July 7th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
BUSH WILL get his own way….He sold us ALL to the greys…\My Life is shit….simply because I KNOW HIS ALLEGIANCE to The Skull and Bones Society to which Our Bastard President
July 7th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
user sick of it all! Buses have seatbelts for the driver.
The passengers don’t have a windshield to project through because there is a seat in front of them. Please study the content of the law before complaining about it.
July 7th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
Hey Liz, could you define “motor vehicle” and “operate”? Because under the US code they clearly indicate that both are terms reserved for the regulation of commerce on public roads and highways.
Nobody here is saying its smart not to wear a seat belt, so stay on point, that being the STATE, under US code, does not have the right to regulate anything on public roads but those making MONEY while on said roads. You can find stuff on internet, look it up, travel of the people is a RIGHT, not a privilage, so it cannot be regulated. Traffic or driving for profit is a business and not a right. You have been lied to. The supreme court backs private right of travel in a manner customary for our culture, the automobile. A motor vehicle is strictly used for the transport of goods, people or sevices for profit.
Now, why would any native american sovereign want to “register” thier private automobile as a motor vehicle? To give the Government more control and be a good sheep, of course! Go read the constitution and some supreme court rulings on this and get back to us. Its all about control and money, not the safety or smarts of wearing a seat belt.
BTW, the next time you see a uinformed cop on a police motorcycle, why don’t you tell him how stupid he is for not wearing a seat belt and see how he reacts to your opinion?
July 7th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
We are savages and must be saved from ourselves by our all knowing leaders!
July 7th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
Liz, stop refering to statutes and codes as law, they are not law. You are the one who needs the education before you complian about others. Law must be ratified, go to your State Capitol building and ask the state registrar or clerk of the Supreme court of your state for a “registered copy” of any statute about drivers license, seat belt, insurance whatever statute you want. They cannot give you one because they were never ratified by a vote of the people.
Why? Because doing so would be a direct vilolation of the Constitution and your God (Creator) given rights, and those in the Capitol KNOW IT, they like getting the paycheck, they are not going to risk a treason charge to pass unconstitutional laws, so they stop one step short of proclaiming them “laws” and call them statutes or ACTS.
Any law on your states books will have the date it was ratified, if it does not have one, it is not LAW.
Class dismissed.
July 7th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
This is Libertarian philosophy in all its glory. If people are stupid enough to not wear a seatbelt can you feel sorry for them if they get banged up in an accident? It’s like the helmet law for motorcycles. Why should they HAVE to wear helmets? If they dont and they get a bump on the head, oh well, they shoulda thought of that.
-Chad
July 7th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
Meanwhile, millions of children across the country jump onto glorfied sardine cans –better known as school buses– and are tossed about seatbelt free on their way to school. However, the politicians are certainly not up in arms about the seatbelt free tin cans on wheels. Ah, it’s the Lobbyists. I suppose they expect the children to be “thrown clear.” Leave private citizens alone as they exercise their right to travel! Only because people happen to use automobiles to exercise that right, are they subject to “safety” patrol Gestapo.
July 7th, 2008 at 7:07 pm
See this is how they get us. Quit using emotion to justify rogue laws. If I get banged up in a accident I don’t expect sympathy from anyone. What I don’t expect is to stopped by a military style checkpoint, when I drive a half mile down the road to get some eggs from the store. Your missing the point, it’s is just another justification for shaking people down. If they wanted to end highway fatalities they’d lower the speed limit. Live a little, tale a fucking chance. Most of us are living past usefulness as it is, speaking of road hazards. A couple more vehicular deaths on the books a year might reinvigorate natural selection in this country. A bunch of sneering, placating, goody-goody, tattle tales. I bet you shush people at speaking events like a good little ass kisser. Shush you guys, the authority figure is indoctrinating us, shush. I’m telling. I knew those kids in school, would grow up to be boot licking, stool pigeons. Some things never change. That why I say fuck all of you. Leave me alone or I’ll shoot your ass.
July 7th, 2008 at 8:05 pm
good to see some article on seatbelts, just another one of the endless legal statues (not common law) used
to plunder the the jurisdictional u.s. citizens. austin gary cooper did some exceptional research on law vs. statute and what the the legal term “u.s. citizen” really implies and refers to.
July 7th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
THERE IS NO SEAT BELT LAW!
THAT CAN LAWFULLY CIRCUMVENT THE PROBABLE CAUSE REQUIREMENT
AS ESTABLISHED BY THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES IN
TERRY v. OHIO, 392 U.S. 1, 20 L.Ed.2d 889, 88 S.Ct. 1868 (1968).
Governor Locke and or the Legislature has absolutely NO authority to authorize law enforcement to stop motorist’s on the public highways absent the minimum probable cause standard & threshold established by the Supreme Court of the United States of America in the Seminal case of Terry v. Ohio, supra. It is undisputed that the Seat Belt violation is still a SECONDARY OFFENSE pursuant to subsection’s (4)(b) & (7) of RCW 46.61.688.
First of all if your vessel is registered with the state, (title issued by the state) you do not own your car. The state does. Second of all once you walk into their turf without knowing the Orwellian language you are already screwed. Especially if you think you are going to argue with the black robe devil about your constitutional rights. All they will do is go in the back room and laugh their ass off. Next of all so called traffic infractions are not crimes. The reality is that you are not dealing with law as you perceive it to be. You are dealing with a room full of criminals that have absolute power that corrupts absolutely. There are ways to beat these bastards at their own game, but the best way is to go after the black robe devil himself through the money trail including the slime ball prosecutor and all the rest of the court room actors. There is not a court room in this country that is legal today as it is supposed to be. Every black robe devil is on the take on some level. It can’t be any other way simply because of the way the system is now constructed. The JustUS system. We have to educate ourselves as best we can if we expect to have even a slight chance to win at their game & as blatant as they do get with no regard to any kind of law but their own, you have to know your enemy and how they work.
“A nation of educated men that have been taught to understand and cherish their God given rights cannot be enslaved. It is in the regions of ignorance & apathy that tyranny & Fascism prevail.” BF
July 8th, 2008 at 8:43 am
>>”my car, which is my private property”<<
Private property?!?! Try not paying sales tax/registration/licensing/inspection fees, and we’ll SEE whose property the government thinks it is! We have no private property. Taxes, property taxes, licenses, fees, permits, etc., are all RENT paid to the government for “the privilege” of using their stuff, that we had to buy in the first place. Inflation and income tax paid from the money we had to earn to buy the stuff are MORE RENT.
Wake up! It’s later than we think!
July 8th, 2008 at 9:00 am
Ok, I agree with seatbelt use. I also think it is freedom of choice. I do not usually wear one. (Got a Doctor’s note). Seatbelt laws serve two entities: revenue collection (and follow where THAT $ actually goes) and Insurance companies — Think about it. Always follow the money.
July 8th, 2008 at 10:56 am
As a member of the Committee for Appropriate Enforcement of Motor Vehicle Laws, an Oregon based Committee) I can tell you that the question is not “What right does the government have?”, but “What authority?”.
Further, and more on point, is that the laws are not for the Citizens. They are for a class of persons, just like almost all laws are. Motor vehicle operators are the subject class. No one else is subject. I’ll use the Oregon example.
The motor vehicle laws are encoded in the Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS) as the Motor Vehicle Code. The Motor Vehicle Code is Title 59 of the ORS. Title 59 is found in [pay attention now] “Business Regulations (Part 2)”.
People are free to remove themselves from where ever they are and go where they want without let or hindrance. People have the right to use the highways, while motor vehicle operators are granted the privilege. What’s the difference between these two? Well, the people are free to use public property (highways), but motor vehicle operators must obtain the privilege to use public property (highways) to transport persons or property for compensation or hire. It would be absurd to think that public property would be used to make a profit without permission. Likewise, it would be absurd to think that people must obtain permission to use their public property. If you are interested in the subject matter, call the Committee’s main line at (503) 287-1240. Thank you for reading. Sorry for being wordy, but you just read a whole article.
July 8th, 2008 at 11:42 am
Did anyone notice this site is getting more pathetic by the second. The stories are getting more and more desperate. I mean Christ, “The Tyranny of Seatbelt Laws”. How little material do these people have?
July 8th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
I just got a ticket for not wearing my seat belt the day before I was planning to celebrate my so called freedom, the 4th of July. Oh the cruel irony! I wondered if the state trooper realized the irony. I highly doubt it. I do not wear my seat belt. I have two bulging disks, a tear in my spine and a wacked out neck. Want to know why? I WAS WEARING MY SEAT BELT!! I should wear it on the interstate, but that’s my choice. If I want to be a moron and drive 80 mph unrestrained, I should have the freedom to be so stupid.
July 8th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
Maybe people should be able to drive through a red light. I mean, isn’t that a “tyrannical” law too – it restricts your freedom!
Some people will cite every law and say it’s tyrannical because they don’t like any authority over them.
Be balanced and use some common sense.
July 8th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
The funny thing is that it was the insurance companies that lobbied so hard to get these seat belt laws passed. They were tired of handing out $50,000 death settlements. They thought that if people would wear their seat belt they wouldn’t be paying death settlements. The great part is the cost of months of life support and rehabiliataion after an accident (not to mention replacing the car) runs into the hundreds of thousands. This is what we like to call the law of unintended consequences. It is cheaper for the insurance companies if you die after an accident.
July 25th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
C’mon… he made a valid point, Warren. I suppose you’re “desperate” to see articles about aliens destroying building seven or how the J00s are destroying everything? (A fallacious attack on your sanity sure, as gordholio similarly did with his red-light gibberish.) Maybe you’re right, though. Maybe we should obey laws that insurance companies lobby for to protect their assets. Maybe the government knows better then its peons, as they rake in more and more money to enforce their laws to protect themselves from frivolous lawsuits in the guise of protecting you. You really think they give two shits about you? Do you think they care about your responsibility to take care of your damn self? It’s a shame that some people are too inept to protect themselves from idiots that they would need to cry to their representatives to hire more police, which costs much more then not. Of course, maybe they’re so far displaced from driving, or Americans for that matter, that they care not what laws the liars come up with or the methods that they are enforced.
Then again, we don’t really own our cars. We don’t really own our homes. Why should we own our very own lives? Why be responsible for yourself when it costs money and effort, right? Who cares about Liberty, it’s all about the bottom line. We don’t get rights anymore, we get privilages. How nice of the government. Thank goodness at least there are still freedom loving people getting involved with their local governments rather then whine about authoritarians not jacking booting the People enough… for our own safety of course. At this point, I suppose you’d just want people concerned with Freedom to just shut up. Accept what is given to you by Big Brother and shut yer hole!
Well, you got another thing coming. People who care about Liberty will continue to dissent, on all matters, big or small. Freedom is not only popular, but it’s the only way to restore our Republic.