Illegal arrest of Hollis Fincher

The deafening silence on the illegal arrest and detention of Hollis Fincher from elected officials who are sworn to uphold, protect and defend the Constitution can only be characterized as a cowardly breach of trust, and a violation of their solemn oaths of office. It is an outright shame when politicians avoid the necessary, important and needed controversy of important issues for the sake of political “safety”. John Boozman – just where do you stand? Do you REALLY support the Second Amendment rights of your constituency?

Both the U.S. and Arkansas Constitution unambiguously affirm the right of the American people to keep and bear arms.

The Second Amendment was provided to enable the American people to resist, if necessary, an American government turned tyrannous, not so they could merely hunt squirrels and ducks.

In 2004 the U.S. Attorney General’s Office properly recognized that “The Second Amendment secures a right of individuals generally, not a right of States or a right restricted to persons serving in militias.” (emphasis added)

Hubert H. Humphrey (1911-1978) US Vice-President and US Senator (D-MN) properly recognized the same principle. "Certainly one of the chief guarantees of freedom under any government, no matter how popular and respected, is the right of citizens to keep and bear arms.... The right of citizens to bear arms is just one guarantee against arbitrary government, one more safeguard against the tyranny which now appears remote in America but which historically has proven to be always possible." (emphasis added)

Depriving Mr. Fincher or others of the ability to fight, as a last resort, tyranny at the hands of the U.S. government, infringing upon their right to keep and bear the arms necessary to do so, is a deliberate usurpation of constitutional protections.

At Mr. Fincher’s detention hearing in Fort Smith, ATF agent Vittitow and Federal Magistrate Beverly Jones were reportedly intimidated and fearful about Mr. Fincher’s alleged violent talk and writings. Contemplate the fate of Thomas Jefferson at the hands of Vittitow and Jones if, living today, Jefferson again wrote as he did in 1787 "What country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not warned from time to time that this people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms… The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." (emphasis added)

Or what would be the fate of Patrick Henry when he said, "Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined."? (emphasis added)

Dismissing the inevitable hysterical hyperbole of the anti-gun/Second Amendment forces and by calmly examining and evaluating Mr. Fincher’s speech and writings, you will find Mr. Fincher exemplifies the spirit that founded and preserves our nation while Vittitow and Jones exemplify the tyranny by government most feared by the Founders.

"When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government." Thomas Jefferson (emphasis added)

In citing their unfounded, specious and apparent paranoiac fear of Mr. Fincher, Vittitow and Jones have shown their embrace of tyranny over liberty and the Constitution. Not unexpected from an agent of an unconstitutional federal agency, or a member of the federal judiciary.

Remember: If your religion is wrong, you go to Hell. If your politics are wrong, your country goes to Hell.