By Gary Hunt ——Bio and Archives--March 21, 2016
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[The government] can make no law which will not have its full operation on themselves and their friends, as well as on the great mass of the society. This has always been deemed one of the strongest bonds by which human policy can connect the rulers and the people together. It creates between them that communion of interests and sympathy of sentiments, of which few governments have furnished examples; but without which every government degenerates into tyranny. If it be asked, what is to restrain the [Government] from making legal discriminations in favor of themselves and a particular class of the society? I answer: the genius of the whole system; the nature of just and constitutional laws; and above all, the vigilant and manly spirit which actuates the people of America- a spirit which nourishes freedom, and in return is nourished by it. If this spirit shall ever be so far debased as to tolerate a law not obligatory on the [Government], as well as on the people, the people will be prepared to tolerate any thing but liberty. James Madison, Federalist No. 57Now, the original, and then only, charge against those in Oregon that participated in the opening of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge to the public, was 18 US Code § 372. This law was first enacted during the Civil War. It was the 1st Session of the 37th Congress Lincoln had already called for 75,000 and suspended habeas corpus {page 1 of pdf}, before the law was enacted.
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On Dec. 30 -- three days before the Jan. 2 rally -- federal employees were nearing the end of their work day at the wildlife refuge when management told them to go home early. And for their safety, their boss said, they weren't to return to the refuge until instructed. "That was based on the culmination of our intel," said Fish & Wildlife spokesman Holm, "and the start of the holiday weekend." Holm wouldn't elaborate on details of the "intel."So, who intimidated or threatened the unspecified officers, or others, to not perform their duties? And, would you expect any employee to risk his job by disobeying such an order? Now, "intel" is a general, or in this case, ambiguous, word. More than likely, a bunch of government paid coffee drinkers wanting to act a role of implied importance contrived it. However, what we must consider is that, does someone thinking that something might happened, with no tangible proof of threats or intimidation, warrant bringing felony charges against those who made no such threats, disrupting their lives and placing them in jail, pending an opportunity to vindicate themselves? But, let's not stop here. We can only surmise a conspiracy, though we do have an indication of just who the conspirators may be -- the Refuge "management." So, perhaps since there appears to be a conspiracy, we should look to see if that conspiratorial group is actually more expansive than rather vague "management". Lo and behold (Look and See), we find that there is another conspirator. And, it appears that he has made himself an antagonist on these whole matter by the position that he has taken from the beginning. He has no justification to enforce federal laws, though he asserted himself, without bringing state or county violations, as the king of the hill, telling those at the Refuge that they are in violation of, well, some laws, though I can't find where he had any valid assertion of such violation. Well, that doesn't make him a conspirator, but, well, Harney County Sheriff Dave Ward, did say, "We ask that people stay away from the Refuge for their own safety", in a number of published reports. This occurred within the first week of the occupation. We also have Ward suggesting just who the individual might be that, well, just might bring reality to the allegations, when he warned, "it only takes one unstable person to show up" to threaten bloodshed. So, he has joined in in casting his opinion that there is a threat, based on no actions of those inside, rather making those inside criminals, simply because he believes it to be so. So, we have both federal employees and a County Sheriff making non-criminal acts out to be criminal, with no substance to support the charge of violation of 18 USC §372. Further, we have a Sheriff that creates an antagonist, this nefarious "unstable person", though he doesn't even suggest which side of the fence this person might be on. So, are we willing to "tolerate any thing but liberty", or is it time to realize that the Despotic government has two sets of laws; one to punish us and the other to protect them.
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Gary Hunt was a Professional Land Surveyor. Having been the County Surveyor for Orange County, Florida from 1974 to 1978, he began private practice in 1978 and continued as such until 1993, when events in Waco, Texas caused him to leave his business in pursuit of restoring the Constitution.
In 1989, he began researching, investigating and studying history, law and events where the government was “pointing its guns in the wrong direction”. He began publishing a patriot newspaper, “Outpost of Freedom”, in February 1993.
Since that time, he has investigated numerous occurrences, including, Waco, the Murder of Michael Hill, Ohio Militia Chaplain, Oklahoma City Bombing, and other events. He has attended the sites to investigate the events, and has reported on his investigations.
He has continued to report on his findings on the Internet, as well as write articles about other current events; about the history of the Revolutionary era; and the founding documents.
His Internet home page is outpost-of-freedom.com