* Crossposted from: FREEDOM'S_VOICE
(continued)
The same day, in another part of the country.......
"Plausible Deniability"
Les Miller always opened up his gunshop at 10:00 am on the button.  
He usually got to the shop around 7:30, disarmed the alarm, checked 
the surveillance footage from the night before on fast forward for 
anything unusual while the coffee was brewing, and then sat down to 
peruse the morning paper and the firearms industry publications that 
had come in the mail the previous day.  
The headlines this morning were full of the "Assault Weapons 
Confiscation Act" passed the day before and signed by the President  
in a midnight ceremony in the White House with Charlie Schumer and 
the usual gun-grabbing politician/suspects beaming with approval.  
Les didn't want to even read the paper this day.  He knew this act 
would not be obeyed by a number of his customers.  He knew that with 
just an incident here or there, a civil war could start, which was 
something the politicians seemed not to know or care about.  Troubled 
as he was, Les paid little attention to the stepside van pulled up in 
front of the out-of-business shop next to his.
Just as he worked the lock with his key, his best friend Walter 
Thurston pulled up in a beat-up Chevy Blazer.  At first startled 
enough to reach back for his pistol, Les relaxed when he recognized 
his old army buddy.  "Walter, what the heck brings you slumming down 
here in this part of town so early in the morning?"  
He could tell instantly his friend was as troubled as he was when 
Walter replied, "Bad times, old friend."
"Well, we've seen those before you know......Come on in and I'll 
brew us up some coffee.  And then we can talk about bad times coming 
and good times gone....wait here for a sec while I disarm the alarm."
The alarm off, the two men entered the store.  Les tossed his keys 
to Walter, "Lock the door back will you, and I'll go put the coffee 
on."  Walter stood at the door, fumbled with the keys, then turned to 
go to the back of the store without relocking the door.
"Les," he said loudly over the sound of the water filling the pot, 
"I came by because the ATF is going to be here this morning to 
confiscate your 4473's."
Surprised, Les stuck his head out of the bathroom door, "Oh yeah, 
how do you know?" 
"Well I've got a buddy down at the Federal Building and he let me 
know last night that they're going to be moving fast to secure 
those records before they can be destroyed by any militia people."
"Well, I guess that makes sense from their point of view but I'll 
be damned if I'd like to seem them do it.  There's a lot of my friends
names on those things.  Yours too."
"Yeah I know," said Walter, "That's why I'm here."
"You want me to pull yours out, Walter?  I'd have to lose the logs 
and the Brady paperwork too.  I'd go to jail.  I'd like to help you 
but I've got a family too, you know."
"I know Les," sighed Walter, "That's why I'm here.  To give you what 
the bureaucrats call "plausible deniability."  
"Huh?" said Les, pouring the water into the coffeemaker.  Les turned 
and his old friend stood there holding a Keltec P11 9mm pocket 
pistol pointed right at him.
"Now you don't want to go to jail, and me and my other friends don't 
want to either.  So we've come to get your records, and we'll leave 
you here for the ATF to find, hale, hearty, in one piece and totally 
without anything the ATF is interested in.  And with "plausible 
deniability."
"Tyrannies, and the bureaucracies that serve them,  work on 
paperwork-- either paper or electronic in this day and age.  Destroy 
the paper (or the computer files) and you destroy the ability of the 
tyranny to exercise its plans.
That's what we intend to do today, now, in your shop. Were gonna 
have a modern day tea party.  A "4473 party" if you will.   Nobody 
gets hurt, no real property gets stolen.  As far as I'm concerned, 
no crime gets committed.  We might just do a little bit to stop an 
even greater crime." 
"I see," said Les.  He might have fought anyone else.  Even though 
he hated the new law and hated Clinton, come to that.  No one would 
take what was his, not even paperwork.  But Walter was his best 
friend.  They grew up together, fought over the same girls in high 
school.  In Vietnam each had saved the other so often they had quit 
keeping count.  And after it was over they had come back to their 
home town with a shared fervent desire never to go anywhere else 
people would shoot at them.  Now it seemed, the shooting might start
again.  Here.  Now.  In their town.  He still had the impulse to 
draw his .45.  He overrode it.
"OK," said Les as turned his right side to Walter, offering his .45 
for plucking, "Just make it good, and make it fast."  
Relieving Les of his sidearm, Walter motioned him to his chair.  
"Les, I'm real sorry about this.  But it's the only way I can see 
to get the job done and protect you.  I'm going to tie you to your 
chair with plastic flexties and tape your mouth shut.  I've got to 
slug you at least once and draw some blood so the Feds will believe 
it was involuntary on your part.  I've got a nice fresh pillow case 
to put over your head so you won't see the guys who haul off your 
records.  With luck you'll be rescued by the news media or the 
local cops before the Feds get here so you'll have more witnesses.  
One last thing.  We know about the records in the EZ-Store locker 
and we cleaned those out last night.  Are there any more records 
other than the ones I once saw in your storeroom back there?"
Les shook his head, "No, that's it."
"OK, I hope you forget who it was that slugged you, but I'm willing 
to take the chance even if you're not.  This has got to be done, Les. 
And I'm sorry as hell it's got to be me that does it to you."
And with that said, Walter slugged his best friend with his own 
pistol, splitting scalp, pulling hair and spilling blood.
In a moment, his unconscious friend trussed securely, Walter pulled 
a walkietalkie from his pocket and clicked twice.
The stepvan erupted as men painted as Mohawk Indians bolted from 
every door and rushed into the shop.  Across the street, a TV camera 
crew hastily summoned for the event took pictures while their militia 
contact verified that no closeups were being taken.  The first Mohawk 
into the shop tossed Walter an Indian headress and a costume mask.
When the last of the records was loaded into the stepvan, two other 
vans pulled up, loaded Mohawks and sped away in opposite directions.  
The last shot the camera crew got was of Walter, taking a final look 
around.  The militia media man gave them permission to do a closeup 
shot of Walter's masked face.
When he got the focus, the cameraman started to laugh uncontrollably. 
The leader of the raid had chosen a Bill Clinton mask to wear under 
his askew Indian warbonnet.
By the time the footage was being aired on the NBC Nightly News, the 
last of the records was going into an impromtu bonfire in a quarry 
outside town.  Even the ATF was forced to admit that Les seemed an 
innocent victim of what they called "militia terrorists."  He couldn't
quite remember exactly who it was that had gotten the drop on him 
that morning.  In the final analysis, the ATF had far more trouble 
elsewhere than to worry about what Les Miller knew, or didn't know.
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Charlie Schumer's Last Stand
HEADLINES: USA TODAY, 12 February - 21 March 1999: 
"Gunowners Engage In Massive Civil Disobedience Nationwide", 
"4473 Parties" Staged By Gun "Nuts" Dressed as Mohawk Indians.
Two ATF Agents in Raid Party Killed By Sheriff Deputies In New Mexico
Standoff. Surviving Agents Disarmed & Returned To Federal Authorities.
National Guard Units Refusing  Federal Orders In Present Crisis.
Governors Seek Immediate Relief From Supreme Court on New Gun Ban.
Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas Killed In 
Mysterious Car Crash.  Court Business Suspended Until Clinton Can 
Appoint Successors.
The 4473: What Is It?  Why Is It An Issue? 
ATF, DOJ COMPUTERS ATTACKED BY VIRUS & EMP ATTACK.
Militia Hackers Destroy Gun Registration Databases
ATF WAREHOUSE BURNS IN MASSIVE RECORDS FIRE.
Two Militiamen Killed, Three Captured.
Former Federal Informant Says Detroit Gas Attack a "Sting Gone Bad"
Republicans Demand Investigation.
Was Detroit the Democrats "October Surprise?"
AT THE BRINK OF CIVIL WAR, CLINTON BLINKS
GUN BAN TO BE REVERSED, SAYS CLINTON 
Senator Charles Schumer Implicated In Detroit Gas Attack 
Phone Records Of Dead Informant Show Many Contacts With Schumer
JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF MEET WITH CLINTON
RUMORS OF IMPENDING COUP SWIRLING AROUND WASHINGTON
Senator Charles Schumer Found Dead Of Apparent "Self-Inflicted 
Gunshot Wound"
CLINTON RESIGNS AS PRESIDENT, AL GORE RESIGNS AS VICE PRESIDENT.  
HOUSE SPEAKER DICK GEPHARDT TO ASSUME PRESIDENCY.
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People's Tribunal Exhibit #A-213, U.S. Vs. Vanderboegh, et al. 1999
(Defendants charged with Treason, Sedition, Conspiracy To Subvert the 
National Sporting Firearm Protection & Assault Weapon Confiscation 
Act of 1999.)**
**Vanderboegh, an Alabama militia leader, was convicted with four of 
his co-conspirators of all charges in a "show trial" in the middle 
of the Gun Ban Crisis.  Vanderboegh, his partners in crime and 428 
other political prisoners were freed during a guerrilla attack on 
the Talladega Federal Prison complex, 19 March, 1999.  All were 
subsequently pardoned by order of President Gephardt.  Vanderboegh's 
current whereabouts are unknown.
EMAIL MESSAGE RETRIEVED FROM PARTIALLY DESTROYED COMPUTER DISC 
RECOVERED IN RAID BY FBI, BIRMINGAHM, ALA., 21 FEBRUARY 1999.
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Everything above this line is fiction.  Everything below it is, sadly,
fact.
-- Mike Vanderboegh.
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In a message dated 97-11-24 21:28:05 EST, you write:
Subj: ATF RUNS AROUND THE LAW
Date: 97-11-24 17:28:47 EST
(Email addresses redacted to protect the innocent.)
Although quite long, this information below is very important. All
the references used to gather this info are listed at the end.
The GAO (Government Accounting Office) determined it was illegal for 
the ATF to spend the money to develop a firearms purchase computer 
system. Instead it is now being funded through The Ford Foundations 
Innovations in American Government Awards and is administered by 
Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government in partnership with 
the Council for Excellence in Government.
The computer program analyzes data gathered by the Bureaus National 
Tracing Center during firearms traces.  The data is gathered 
ostensibly so that it can be used to determine what firearms are 
used in crimes and therefore should be banned.
DISARMING THE CRIMINAL U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
The ATF has developed "Disarming the Criminal," a comprehensive
illegal firearms tracking program that combines computerized data and
aggressive, focused enforcement that identifies the source of and stems
the flow of firearms.
The ATF's Disarming the Criminal program was selected from among the
finalists for Innovations in American Government, an awards program 
of the Ford Foundation and Harvard University.
INNOVATIONS IN AMERICAN GOVERNMENT RECOGNIZES BUREAU OF ALCOHOL,
TOBACCO  AND FIREARMS
The Innovations in American Government Program
A Program of the Ford Foundation and Harvard University
[Cambridge, MA] The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Disarming
the Criminal program has been named one of 25 finalists for the 1997 
Innovations in American Government Awards. Each finalist will receive 
a $20,000 grant from the Ford Foundation and will compete for a total 
grant of $100,000 awarded to each of ten winners in Washington, D.C. 
on October 7.
The Ford Foundations Innovations in American Government Awards is
administered by Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government in
partnership with the Council for Excellence in Government.
Reuters News Headlines
Monday October 27 9:05 AM EST
Company Press Release
ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 27, 1997--
According to this press release earlier this year, the Bureau of  
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms' National Tracing Center received a 
Golden Hammer Award from Vice President Al Gore's office for 
converting and indexing 60 million gun records to microfilm.
The Hammer Award is presented to teams of federal employees who 
have made significant contributions in support of reinventing 
government principles.
The Award is the Vice President's answer to yesterday's government 
and its $400 hammer. Fittingly, the award consists of a $6.00 hammer, 
a ribbon, and a note from Vice President Gore, all in an aluminum 
frame. More than 900 Hammer Awards have been presented to teams 
comprised of federal employees, state and local employees, and 
citizens who are working to build a better government.
The Innovations in American Government - 1997 Award Winners
Ten federal, state, and local programs that exemplify new models 
of government working effectively to produce results for people 
were named winners of the 1997 Innovations in American Government 
Awards. Each winner will receive $100,000 from the Ford Foundation. 
An additional 15 programs received $20,000, for a total of 
$1.3 million in grants.
[As shown in the GAO report below, this "Disarming the Criminal" 
program is illegal and in conflict with direct statutory restrictions 
established by Congress:]
Federal Firearms Licensee Data: ATF's Compliance with Statutory 
Restrictions (Letter Report, 09/11/96, GAO/GGD-96-174).
Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed various aspects of 
the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms' ((ATF) operations, 
focusing on ATF compliance in meeting specific legislative
restrictions  regarding federal firearms licensee data.
Since the passage of the Gun Control Act, Congress has enacted two 
provisions that place restrictions on ATF's handling of federal 
firearms licensee records.  Since fiscal year 1979, the annual 
Treasury appropriation act generally has prohibited ATF from using 
appropriated funds in connection with consolidating or centralizing 
the records of acquisition and disposition of firearms maintained 
by federal firearms licensees.
"The Bureau would establish a centralized computer data bank to 
store the above information.  It is important to note that the 
proposed regulations would create a central Federal computer 
record of commercial transactions involving all firearms--whether 
shotguns, rifles, or handguns.  There are approximately 168,000 
federally licensed firearms dealers, manufacturers, and importers.  
It is estimated that the proposed regulations would require
submission of 700,000 reports annually involving 25 million to 45 
million transactions.
"It is the view of the Committee that the proposed regulations go 
beyond the intent of Congress when it passed the Gun Control Act of 
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