No subject

this
present moment, I've spoken and written and published widely on the =
critical
importance of the individual's right to keep and bear firearms. Early =
on,
my emphasis shifted somewhat from hunting [which I certainly support] to
principled individual self-defense. This has included self-defense =
against
armed adversaries of social justice [e.g., the Ku Klux Klan and company
goons and comparable elements] as well as criminals. [This position has
certainly engendered flak from openly frightened as well as stealthy
proponents of gun control measures -- but flak, verbal or physical, has
certainly never stopped me from pursuing that which I believe is right.]

Nor has it stopped a great multitude of others. And we all now stand at =
the
top of a most significant mountain peak.

I have, close at hand here in Idaho, a loaded Marlin 45/70 lever action
rifle and a loaded .22 Magnum Ruger revolver.  [I also have the
impressive and rather archaic Family Tomahawk in my possession.]
Since we moved to Idaho eleven years ago, it's clear that at least
a few locals are hostile.  There have been a number of disturbing
night-time things.

As I have previously written:

The causes of crime are complex and involved:  racism and ethnocentrism, =

economic deprivation, urban congestion -- and, in that context,=20
inter-personal and value alienation.  They can't be effectively touched =
by=20
diversionary and gimmicky  (e.g., "gun control") legislation.  But=20
diversionary and gimmicky legislation can hurt good people and =
profoundly=20
damage the foundation stones of any good society.=20


For much more on this, see this representative essay of mine, "Civil =
Rights
and Self-Defense" from Against the Current [excellent socialist journal]
http://www.hunterbear.org:80/liveissueshtm.htm

And for much very contemporary comment,
http://hunterbear.org/BLOODSTAINED%20TRAIL.htm

Yours, Hunter [Hunter Bear]



HUNTER GRAY [HUNTER BEAR/JOHN R SALTER JR] Mi'kmaq /St. Francis
Abenaki/St. Regis Mohawk
Protected by Na=B4shdo=B4i=B4ba=B4i=B4
and Ohkwari'

Check out our Hunterbear website Directory =
http://hunterbear.org/directory.htm
[The site is dedicated to our one-half Bobcat, Cloudy Gray:
http://hunterbear.org/cloudy_gray.htm

See Forces and Faces Along the Activist Trail=20
http://hunterbear.org/forces_and_faces_along_the_trail.htm

And see Forest Fires in the West  =
http://hunterbear.org/forest_fires_in_the_west.htm

In our Gray Hole, the ghosts often dance in the junipers and sage, on =
the game trails,=20
in the tributary canyons with the thick red maples, and on the high =
windy ridges -- and=20
they dance from within the very essence of our own inner being. They do =
this especially=20
when the bright night moon shines down on the clean white snow that =
covers the valley=20
and its surroundings.  Then it is as bright as day -- but in an always =
soft and mysterious=20
and remembering way. =20