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A Message From the Publisher

By L. Neil Smith
[email protected]

I'll keep this short. This issue of The Libertarian Enterprise is about Tuesday's Littleton shootings. Every attempt is going to be made by totalitarian politicians and the shameless whores of the mass media to turn this unfortunate event into a funeral for the Bill of Rights.

Don't let them do it. What happened in Littleton is their fault and they must be called to answer for it. They must be placed on the defensive where they belong. It is their policies which created this horror.

You can aid the side of reason and decency by passing this issue -- or any article you like from it -- around as widely as possible. Hit the "forward" button on your browser and help a world that needs it.

Do it fast, before they do it to you.

Toward liberty!

L. Neil Smith, Publisher
The Libertarian Enterprise

One of many mantras you'll hear over the next few days is that The Troubles are brought about by the "availability of guns". For those too young to remember, a kid in the '50s could carry a gun just about anywhere (outside the cities) without drawing much attention from the citizenry, much less from police SWAT teams (which didn't exist then). And guns were "available" by mail from the Sears catalogue. Yet somehow, "school shootings just didn't happen." -- Ed.

Table of Contents

1. Whodunit? Wellington Webb
                  by L. Neil Smith

2. Pining for the Peaceful Paradise of an Omnipotent State
                  by Vin Suprynowicz

3. Editor's Notes
                  by John Taylor

4. Wolves Slaughter Sheep: Shepherd Baffled
                  by Rex F. May

5. Bad Medicine
                  by Victor Milan

6. Another Slaughter Because of the Gun Grabbers
                  by Duncan Long

7. Better Start Digging
                  by Don L. Tiggre

8. American Ijime
                  by Tom Creasing

9. Losing All Hope ... In Loco Parentis
                  by William Westmiller

10. Blast From the Past: The Manchurian Lobbyist
                    by L. Neil Smith

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