23 January 2008

H.R. 1955 Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007

http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h1955/show

This has recently (boggling my mind - they only now just hear about it?) been spreading like wildfire among smart people on the internet. I've been following it since it's passage through the House in late October. So far, no news on it from the Senate. Only creates a committee, but its still a shocking idea. 404 ayes, 8 nays, is the voting record from the House.

Still think I'm paranoid when I say guns are first and foremost the defense against a tyrannical government? It's not too far off, now, is it? In the early parts of tyranny or fascism you can't see the barbed-wire and prison camps.

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