Newsgroups: fidonet.guns From: John May <[John May] at [f1010.n106.z1.fidonet.org]> Date: Thu, 27 Jun 96 18:24:08 -0700 Subject: "ATF=Jackbooted fascists"--Dingell I am including the following quotes for the benefit of those of us who thought LaPierre of the NRA was the first person to use the term "jackbooted ..." to describe unaccountable federal law enforcement agents who use excessive force: << Quoting the liberal Democrat, John Dingell, >> << U.S. Representative from Michigan: >> "If I were to select a jackbooted group of fascists who are perhaps as large a danger to American society as I could pick today, I would pick BATF - They are a shame and a disgrace to our country."--John Dingell, 1981 filmed speech. ----------===============---------- << Quoting the liberal Democrat, John Dingell, >> << U.S. Representative from Michigan: >> "The consequences of the behavior of the BATF in these kinds of cases is that they are not trusted. They are detested, and I have described them properly as jackbooted American fascists. They have shown no concern over the rights of ordinary citizens or their property. They intrude without the slightest regard or concern. Now, if you want a more recent event, take a look at what they did in Waco, TX. Is that a defensible event? Scores of Americans were killed because of ineptitude by BATF acting under legal process, as they said, and that whole matter is going to be suppressed after scores of Americans have been killed because of the ineptitude and crass misbehavior of the BATF."--John Dingell, The Congressional Record, Vol 141, No. 25; page H1382, 104th Congress, First Session, Wednesday Feb. 8, 1995.