I had a dream...
It's hard to fight for Civil Rights these days. You wouldn't believe the trouble my friends and I got into when we reported the Board of Regents to the F.B.I. for their violation of our Civil Rights......the right in question being the right to bear arms in the classroom.
Well, this was the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. There are bears...!
The F.B.I. field agent at the Federal Building...seemed very surprised. Like he wasn't sure if we were serious or not. He spent a long time asking us questions - mostly about our backgrounds while he ran our driver's licenses and social security numbers. You'd have thought he was investigating us...
The law was technically on our side. An obscure Civil Rights act from the 19th century says that it is a crime for anyone to in any way interfere with your exercising of your constitutional rights.
This was passed in 1879, I think, so as to give the government tools for dealing with the Klan. It mandates 10 years in prison and a ten thousand dollar fine.
Now the U.S. Constitution's 2nd amendment has been spoken of as a group right, not individual, yet in Alaska, their constitution is more specific. It says that, "Neither the state, nor any political subdivision of the state, shall infringe upon the individual right to keep and bear arms."
The civil rights statute applied to Federal and State constitutions.
So. The F.B.I. guy could see we could not just be dismissed out of hand. Yet even though he was supposed to, he did not go and arrest the Board of Regents. Instead he did what I expected him to do - he forwarded the matter to the U.S. Justice Department for investigation.
Where he knew and we knew that it would just be buried. But that was all right, for again, I'd expected that. And the next day, thanks to my friend at the newspaper, the headline read, "Board of Regents investigated by Justice Department"!
lol
Ask me if they were upset!
We lost by the way. We had to leave our guns in the dorms. Then they made it so we couldn't even go to the cafeteria with them. I'd say freedom is definitely dead in this country.
But I'd been kicked off campus by then anyway! I wonder if it was something I said?
Dean West
Well, this was the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. There are bears...!
The F.B.I. field agent at the Federal Building...seemed very surprised. Like he wasn't sure if we were serious or not. He spent a long time asking us questions - mostly about our backgrounds while he ran our driver's licenses and social security numbers. You'd have thought he was investigating us...
The law was technically on our side. An obscure Civil Rights act from the 19th century says that it is a crime for anyone to in any way interfere with your exercising of your constitutional rights.
This was passed in 1879, I think, so as to give the government tools for dealing with the Klan. It mandates 10 years in prison and a ten thousand dollar fine.
Now the U.S. Constitution's 2nd amendment has been spoken of as a group right, not individual, yet in Alaska, their constitution is more specific. It says that, "Neither the state, nor any political subdivision of the state, shall infringe upon the individual right to keep and bear arms."
The civil rights statute applied to Federal and State constitutions.
So. The F.B.I. guy could see we could not just be dismissed out of hand. Yet even though he was supposed to, he did not go and arrest the Board of Regents. Instead he did what I expected him to do - he forwarded the matter to the U.S. Justice Department for investigation.
Where he knew and we knew that it would just be buried. But that was all right, for again, I'd expected that. And the next day, thanks to my friend at the newspaper, the headline read, "Board of Regents investigated by Justice Department"!
lol
Ask me if they were upset!
We lost by the way. We had to leave our guns in the dorms. Then they made it so we couldn't even go to the cafeteria with them. I'd say freedom is definitely dead in this country.
But I'd been kicked off campus by then anyway! I wonder if it was something I said?
Dean West
posted by Dean West @ 12:42 PM
2 Comments:
At May 5, 2007 5:44 PM,
Melissa said…
Hrm... I think that I remember this. In fact, I think that I have an FBI file because of this!
Oh well...
Hope life is treating you well.
At May 22, 2009 5:24 AM,
alwaysright said…
Life always treats him well. He always makes sure he has a soft landing.
Post a Comment
<< Home