From: "Mark A. Smith" 
Subject: SNET: A Tragedy of Errors?
Date: 19 Aug 1999 19:26:26 -0400
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MEDIUM RARE - By Jim Rarey
 
                                  August 18, 1999
 
                              A TRAGEDY OF ERRORS?
 
 In the wake of the shooting at the Jewish Community Center in the Los
 Angeles area by
 fanatical racist Bufford Furrow, Jr., equally fanatical opponents of
the
 second amendment,
 when congress reconvenes, will be pushing legislation to further
 restrict possession of
 firearms by law abiding citizens. The effort probably will be led by
 Senators Dianne Feinstein
 of California and Charles Shumer of New York. They will argue that more
 laws are needed to
 keep weapons out of the hands of the likes of Buford Furrow.
 
 The facts show that no serious effort is being made to enforce the laws
 already on the books.
 While details are still sketchy in some areas, let us consider what we
 do know from the
 voluminous "leaks" from the FBI and other law enforcement agencies.
 
 Furrow appeared at a psychiatric clinic in a suburb of Seattle and
 requested help. He said he
 was fighting an urge to go to a shopping mall and shoot people. When he
 was denied
 admission he reportedly threatened a clinic employee with a knife for
 which he was arrested,
 prosecuted and put in prison. The "official" story from the clinic is
 that he was turned away
 because he was drunk.
 
 Upon conviction of the felony it became unlawful, under federal law,
for
 Furrow to possess
 any kind of firearm. He reportedly received some psychiatric treatment
 while in prison which
 would also disqualify him from possessing firearms under federal law.
 
 When he was released on probation, one of the terms of probation was
 that he surrender all
 firearms he possessed. Court officials obviously knew he had weapons or
 it wouldn't have
 been a condition of probation. However, the probation officer failed to
 follow up and Furrow
 kept his weapons.
 
 Where were the FBI and ATFS? If ever there was probable cause to obtain
 a search warrant
 for illegal firearms, Furrow's case is a classic. It could almost lead
 one to believe these
 government agencies are more interested in allowing terrorist acts to
 happen (to provide
 fodder for gun control fanatics) than they are in nipping such acts in
 the bud. That suspicion is
 buttressed by the unprecedented interview with Furrow granted (by the
 FBI) to a television
 journalist before any charges had been filed. This tragedy has
obviously
 been chosen as the
 showcase for the newly enacted "hate crime" legislation.
 
 The actual weapon Furrow used in his dastardly crime (evidently
 including the murder of a
 postal employee) has been traced back to a local police department in
 Washington State. The
 politically appointed heads of police departments (through their
 national association) profess
 to be dedicated to curtailing the amount of firearms available to the
 general public. In this
 case, the local police department chose to sell the weapon rather than
 destroy it. It will be
 interesting to see if the FBI and ATFS track the chain of custody of
the
 weapon and if the
 results will be made public.
 
 Are we seeing a chain of "terrorist" acts that are allowed to happen in
 order to further the
 cause of disarming the general public? In the World Trade Center
 bombing, the FBI had an
 "informer" on the inside who acted more like a provocateur than an
 informer. In the
 Oklahoma City bombing, the ATFS had a true informer on the inside whose
 warnings were
 ignored. At Ruby Ridge, the chain of events was actually instigated by
 the ATFS. New
 information is now coming out about government culpability at Waco.
 
 It is past time for the American public to start asking searching
 questions.
 
 Permission is granted to reproduce in its entirety or call Jim Rarey at
 (734) 942-7667
 
 The author is a free lance writer based in Romulus, Michigan. He is a
 former newspaper editor and investigative
 reporter, a retired customs administrator and accountant, and a student
 of history and the U.S. Constitution.
 
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