A MORE BULLETPROOF BILL OF RIGHTS by J. Neil Schulman PROPOSED NEW PREAMBLE [Derived from the Declaration of Independence and the Virginia Declaration of Rights.] We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all Individuals are by nature free and independent, and have certain inalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty; acquiring, possessing, and protecting property; and pursuing and obtaining safety, happiness, and privacy. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly, all experience has shown that humankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security. To avoid another bloody revolution or civil war, these revised amendments for the Constitution of the United States are proposed to strengthen the Bill of Rights adopted in 1792 so that the people will not have to once again take up arms to fight to regain liberties lost in the last two centuries. Accordingly, upon adoption of these articles of amendment, all Individuals within the United States and its territories and possessions, and those of its citizens abroad, are hereby declared to hold the following Rights, and all laws within the jurisdiction of the United States or the several states which are repugnant to these Rights are immediately null and void. AMENDMENT 1 The amendment currently reads: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. Article 1 of the Amendments to the Constitution of the United States would be replaced by the following article: All Individuals have the right to be free from laws respecting an establishment of religion or taxing or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or taxing or abridging freedom of speech, or of the press, or of communication public or private; or peaceably to assemble in the commons, or to petition the Government for a redress of grievances; or to travel freely domestically or abroad; yet none of these freedoms shall be taken as an immunity to invade the private life, liberty, or property of any individual not holding government office. These being among the most fundamental human rights which enable the existence of a free and just society, any public official who violates these rights shall be guilty of a felony with a mandatory minimum sentence of one year and a day in prison with no possibility of probation or parole. AMENDMENT 2 The amendment currently reads: A well-regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed. Article 2 of the Amendments to the Constitution of the United States would be replaced by the following article: Section 1 The Right of all Individuals to keep, own, and carry, openly or concealed, any arms conceivably suitable for defense of themselves, their kin, their loved ones and friends, their neighbors, the public peace, or their state, shall not be called into question in any place in the United States, except for those persons being held to answer for an infamous crime or those who having been convicted of an infamous crime have had restrictions placed on their liberty as a consequence of their representing a continued danger to the public, or in places where such persons may be imprisoned. Nor, other than requirements that may be enacted for training of the Militia, shall the government place any burdens on the acquisition, possession, or ownership of arms. Nor shall privately owned arms be enumerated or registered with any authority by force of law. Nor shall any taxes, tariffs, fees, or regulations be placed on the manufacture of or trade in personal or militia arms. Nor shall any Individual be held criminally or civilly liable for any reasonable act in defense of life, liberty, property, or the public peace. Nor shall any sworn police or peace officer have any greater Rights or powers than those enjoyed by any other law-abiding Individual. These being among the most fundamental human rights which enable the existence of a free and just society, any public official who violates these rights shall be guilty of a felony with a mandatory minimum sentence of one year and a day in prison with no possibility of probation or parole. Section 2 A large standing Army being repugnant to the people's Liberty and creating a likelihood of foreign military adventures, and public liberty and security being predicated on the ability of Individuals to act on behalf of their liberties and personal safety, a popular Militia is the natural defense of a Free Society, and posse comitatus drawn from such Militia is the best protector of public order and safety; however, sense of duty naturally arising from an Individual's free exercise of his moral conscience, no Individual who conscientiously objects to service in the military or organized Militia shall be required to bear arms. AMENDMENT 3 Article 3 of the Amendments would remain unchanged and continue to read: No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner; nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law. AMENDMENT 4 The amendment currently reads: >>> Continued to next message --- þ OLX 2.1 TD þ "Liberty is NOT the highest value."-Mike Beard, gunbanner --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: THE BULLET BOX / PRN, So. Pasadena, CA (176:700/11.0) 0SEEN-BY: 1/3 100/0 15 17 200 800 102/230 200/0 43 300/0 400/0 2 4 6 9 13 15 16 0SEEN-BY: 400/17 19 22 24 28 29 32 100 500/0 600/0 700/0 1 10 11 12 18 22 100 0SEEN-BY: 700/410 513 610 612 613 0PATH: 700/11 0 100/0 400/0 From: Neil Schulman #0 @176:700/11 via 176:400/0 PRNet Re: Bulletproof Rights 2/5 0AREA:PR_NET 0MSGID: 176:700/11.0 87EC0C8D 0TID: WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 92-0508 >>> Continued from previous message The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. Article 4 of the Amendments to the Constitution of the United States would be replaced by the following article: Section 1 The right of all Individuals to be secure in their persons, houses, documents, files, private communications, and effects shall not be violated, nor any warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, by a Grand Jury elected yearly by the People, and particularly describing the place to be searched and the Individuals or things to be seized, and if such Warrant shall have come about by perjury, malice, manufacture of false evidence, or malfeasance by any Individual, such Individual shall be held to answer, criminally and civilly, for such malfeasance, and Individuals not charged shall be compensated in full from public funds for any costs or damages resulting from such a search, seizure, charges, or trial resulting therefrom. These being among the most fundamental human rights which enable the existence of a free and just society, any public official who violates these rights shall be guilty of a felony with a mandatory minimum sentence of one year and a day in prison with no possibility of probation or parole. Section 2 No Individual in the United States may be denied or have abridged by law, public, or official act, any Right, privilege, or immunity held by the people as a whole; and any official, elected, appointed, or otherwise receiving remuneration from public funds, who violates the least of these Rights, even to proposing or supporting a law that would violate the Rights set forth in this Constitution, shall be held personally liable, criminally or civilly, for any damage or dishonor against any or all citizens of the United States or of any state; and upon conviction of criminal violation of a citizen's rights may as part of punishment be further barred from holding any office or position of public trust within the United States thereafter. Section 3 Any citizen of the United States or of any state may petition a Grand Jury to bring criminal charges against any public official he believes has violated his Rights; and if the person who might be charged sits upon that Grand Jury, that Grand Juror shall be recused and the charges considered by the remaining Grand Jurors. Section 4 Charges against any government official which, if conducted by a foreign government at war with the United States, would be regarded as atrocities or war crimes shall be tried under the dictum of the Nuremberg War Crimes trials that following orders in the commission of such a crime is no defense. Section 5 In any case where the life of any individual shall be lost as a direct consequence of an operation conducted by officials of the United States government, or of the several states or any subdivision thereof, a Grand Jury shall automatically convene a criminal investigation of the officials responsible, and no additional tax-derived funds may be used for the defense of any individual indicted as a result of such investigation than would be available to any private individual under criminal indictment. Section 6 No law shall exist whose purpose is to prevent an adult Individual from causing harm solely to himself or his own property, nor conversely from seeking to enhance his own health or well-being by chemical, medical, herbal, physical, or other means; nor shall the possession of medicinal substances, herbs, or materials used in growing or preparation of them be prohibited or burdened; nor shall the practice of medicine, or of the law, or of any other Profession or livelihood be licensed or regulated by the United States or any state or subdivisions thereof; nor shall any private and discreet religious, economic, or sexual practice solely between or among consenting adults be a subject of law. Section 7 No law shall exist in the United States that shall prohibit the termination of a pregnancy except that the fetus be healthy and viable apart from its mother's womb and there exists an Individual capable of and committed to the adoption of the fetus when born and to assume all costs of support for the mother through the birth of the child, any costs relating to the birth, any costs of care for the mother and any of her other dependent children resulting from the continuation of the pregnancy to term, and burdens of parenthood for the fetus when born, in which case an abortion of such a fetus shall be tried as homicide; but in the event that no qualified person has committed to all these costs and responsibilities, then no criminal or civil charges for the abortion of even a viable and healthy fetus shall be permitted. Section 8 No tax shall be levied by the United States or by any governmental entity within them for the purpose of penalizing or limiting any legal act or the use of any legal product or for the purpose of haranguing the people with respect to their personal habits and private pursuits; nor shall taxation be used to finance any activity which is pursuable by private individuals or private institutions; nor shall any Individual be taxed to pay for his own future wants or those of his fellow citizens when private savings, pensions or insurance exist to serve those ends; nor shall any tax exist on wages, interest, incomes, profits, or capital gains; nor shall any tax be levied without the majority of the people voting in a direct referendum; and furthermore no tax may be levied except that it is to be used for a specific public purpose and no revenue raised for one purpose may be used for another without the majority of the people voting in a direct referendum; and no tax may be enacted such that it requires burdensome accounting or is ambiguous in its requirements or requires professional assistance to understand or comply with it; and if any Individual may show that they paid more than one-fifth of their yearly income in taxes they shall be forgiven all other tax demands in that year and any excess payments shall be returned; nor shall any Individual suffer any criminal penalty for failure to pay a tax or evasion thereof. Section 9 In all tax cases or other civil cases in which the government shall be a plaintiff against a private individual or private property, all protections accorded to a defendant in a criminal proceeding shall be afforded to the defendant or property owner; neither shall there be any civil forfeiture of private property to the government except after judgment in a jury trial. Section 10 >>> Continued to next message --- þ OLX 2.1 TD þ "Liberty is NOT the highest value."-Mike Beard, gunbanner --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: THE BULLET BOX / PRN, So. Pasadena, CA (176:700/11.0) 0SEEN-BY: 1/3 100/0 15 17 200 800 102/230 200/0 43 300/0 400/0 2 4 6 9 13 15 16 0SEEN-BY: 400/17 19 22 24 28 29 32 100 500/0 600/0 700/0 1 10 11 12 18 22 100 0SEEN-BY: 700/410 513 610 612 613 0PATH: 700/11 0 100/0 400/0 From: Neil Schulman #0 @176:700/11 via 176:400/0 PRNet Re: Bulletproof Rights 3/5 0AREA:PR_NET 0MSGID: 176:700/11.0 87EC0C8E 0TID: WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 92-0508 >>> Continued from previous message The government may neither operate any enterprise in competition with a private enterprise; nor by grant of monopoly, subsidy, or other advantage to a private enterprise discourage free competition in any service or product offered to the public; nor prohibit or burden any private enterprise which would provide a service or product previously offered by a unit of government or enjoying an advantage due to government privilege. Section 11 No law shall prohibit any Individual from using as a medium of exchange any legal commodity, nor require any Individual to accept any note as legal tender, nor shall the United States or any state issue any currency not backed by a commodity in its treasury, nor shall the United States, any state or any of its subdivisions contract a bond or debt mortgaged upon the government's ability to collect future revenues except in time of war or public disaster. AMENDMENT 5 The amendment currently reads: No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous, crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service, in Time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence, to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case, to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation. Article 5 of the Amendments to the Constitution of the United States would be replaced by the following article: Section 1 No Individual shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury elected yearly by the People, except in cases arising in the military or the Militia when in actual service in time of war or public danger. Nor shall any act be a crime in which it can not be proved that one or more actual Individuals was caused harm or could likely have been caused harm. Nor shall any Individual be held to answer as an adult for a capital or otherwise infamous crime who has not enjoyed the full rights, privileges, and immunities of an adult. Nor shall any Individual be subject to charges arising from the same act or set of facts to be twice put in jeopardy of life, limb, or loss of property after an acquittal or failure of a Jury in a criminal trial to reach a conviction, and a different name to the charges, or a different court, shall not be used to circumvent this prohibition. Nor shall anyone be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself or supply evidence against himself to the prosecution, but this prohibition shall not apply, following criminal conviction, from a civil case arising from the same set of facts. Nor shall any Individual be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law. Nor shall any witness compelled to testify in a criminal case be forced to suffer dangers, loss of privacy, or public indignities as a consequence of their compelled appearance in open court. Section 2 No private property shall be taken for public use without full and just compensation, upon a vote of two-thirds of those voting in a popular referendum and for no other purpose than a clear and present danger to the people of the United States or equally grave public purpose. Neither the United States nor any state or its subdivisions may have title to real property, nor may the government demand public use of private property, with the exception of rights of way necessary to the public's right to travel and engage in free commerce and recreation, national cemeteries, embassies and consular offices. The devolution of public property into private ownership shall balance the public interest with the conservative advantages of private stewardship. AMENDMENT 6 The amendment currently reads: In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law; and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining Witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defence. Article 6 of the Amendments to the Constitution of the United States would be replaced by the following article: Section 1 In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall enjoy the Right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury of the district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law; and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of competent and energetic Counsel for his defense. Section 2 The standard for conviction in all criminal trials shall be proof beyond a reasonable doubt. If a jury shall conclude after its deliberations that the prosecution has failed this burden, they may enter a verdict of "Not proven" and the Defendant shall go free. But if a jury is further convinced that the innocence of a Defendant has been proved, they may return a verdict of "Innocent." A Defendant judged innocent shall, in addition to freedom, be entitled to have the costs of his legal defense paid for by public funds; shall be entitled to damages due to loss of liberty and livelihood; damages from any person presenting or conspiring to present perjured testimony or maliciously presenting or conspiring to contrive false evidence; and a Defendant judged innocent may further seek damages for libel or slander against any public official, journalist, broadcaster, or media outlet who damaged or continues to damage his good name with unproved accusations, whether malice was present or not. Section 3 In all criminal prosecutions and civil matters each jury shall be selected from a pool of rational citizens, excluding anyone who has been within the last seven years a public official or government employee or who has within seven years practiced law as a profession, who have demonstrated in their lives common sense, courage, a knowledge of the law in general and of the issues of the specific crimes being charged or issues being litigated, and shall be of a sufficient moral stature to overcome any preconceptions or prejudices that may have arisen in their minds from public discussion of the case prior to the commencement of trial. Each jury shall have the power to rule both upon the facts of the case and to nullify any charge or law for that case they consider to be unjust, and shall not be bound to the precedents established in any prior case. The judge for each trial shall be elected by the jury and no fact or issue of law shall be considered except in open court >>> Continued to next message --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: THE BULLET BOX / PRN, So. Pasadena, CA (176:700/11.0) 0SEEN-BY: 1/3 100/0 15 17 200 800 102/230 200/0 43 300/0 400/0 2 4 6 9 13 15 16 0SEEN-BY: 400/17 19 22 24 28 29 32 100 500/0 600/0 700/0 1 10 11 12 18 22 100 0SEEN-BY: 700/410 513 610 612 613 0PATH: 700/11 0 100/0 400/0 From: Neil Schulman #0 @176:700/11 via 176:400/0 PRNet Re: Bulletproof Rights 4/5 0AREA:PR_NET 0MSGID: 176:700/11.0 87EC0C8F 0TID: WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 92-0508 >>> Continued from previous message with the full jury present. No jury shall be sequestered except by a majority vote of its members. A jury shall adopt its own rules for deliberations and jurors may inquire directly of attorneys and witnesses, call their own witnesses, and consult scholars, in order to inform themselves of the true facts and apply the law equitably. Jurors shall be compensated from public funds in a sufficient amount to compensate them for the loss of time from their regular livelihoods. The judge in the trial may declare a mistrial upon discovery of misconduct by any juror, and any juror engaging in misconduct may be held both civilly and criminally liable. Section 4 No magistrate may impose a punishment upon any Individual for Contempt of Court except by presentment or indictment by a Grand Jury and conviction on the charge in a criminal trial by Jury. AMENDMENT 7 The amendment currently reads: In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common Law. Article 7 of the Amendments to the Constitution of the United States would be replaced by the following article: Section 1 In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed five troy ounces of .999 fine gold, the Right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise reexamined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law. Section 2 A prevailing Plaintiff in any civil suit shall be entitled, in addition to any damages received, to require the Defendant to pay court costs, attorney's fees, and other costs associated with pursuing equity. A prevailing Defendant in any civil suit shall be entitled to require the Defendant to pay court costs, attorney's fees, and other costs associated with defending the suit, and if prosecution was malicious, equitable punitive damages. Section 3 No person or company selling a consumer product shall be held criminally or civilly liable for damages caused by use of that product where either it was criminal misuse or an unwise or unintended use of the product which was responsible for the damages; and vicarious liability of a producer or seller of a consumer product shall be allowed only in those cases where a producer or seller was aware of a possible danger from the intended use of that product and failed to make a reasonable attempt to warn consumers of that danger. Section 4 No law, treaty or contract shall exist in the United States unless written in plain language understandable to an Individual of average intelligence and literacy; and all laws and treaties under consideration in any deliberative governmental body shall be made available free for examination to all citizens of the United States; nor shall any law or treaty be enacted that is of such excessive length, or which has been so recently drafted, that the public has not had time to contemplate its effects. AMENDMENT 8 The amendment currently reads: Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. Article 8 of the Amendments to the Constitution of the United States would be replaced by the following article: Section 1 Excessive bail shall not be required, but if an individual charged with a crime shall be judged from evidence and testimony presented to obtain indictment to represent a pretrial threat to the safety of any other person such that complete liberty would be imprudently granted, then bail may be denied. If a non-convicted defendant shall be denied bail or is not be able to raise bail, then only those specific restrictions on the comfort, privacy, and liberty of such a non-convicted defendant which are necessary to public safety shall be permitted. If any lesser form of restricted liberty other than pretrial jailing may bind a defendant for trial without endangering the safety of others, it shall be used instead. Section 2 Neither excessive fines shall be imposed nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted, nor shall retaliation be the primary purpose of criminal law except that it seeks redress on behalf of victims for harms caused by a criminal act and acts to bar dangerous individuals from inflicting further harms on the innocent. Section 3 Execution as a penalty shall be imposed in the United States only for the crime of Capital Murder with the circumstances of gratuitous cruelty or multiple victims, where an Individual so convicted was capable of and is proved to have had the specific and premeditated intent to cause the death of some innocent victim, and where in the jury's deliberations none of the jurors expressed any belief in the Defendant's actual innocence. Upon petition to the sentencing authority, a kin or designated heir of the victim may be granted the right to perform the execution in place of a public official; but in the absence of such a petition, a convicted murderer awaiting execution shall be afforded the right, upon a personal appearance before the sentencing authority to make such a request, to have the execution performed immediately or, alternatively, to be afforded the means to commit painless suicide. Any convicted murderer sentenced to life imprisonment with no possibility of parole shall likewise be afforded the right, upon a personal appearance before the sentencing authority to make such a request, to be executed in lieu of life imprisonment or, alternatively, to be afforded the means to commit painless suicide. Section 4 All Capital Murder convictions resulting in a sentence of execution shall be automatically, immediately, and directly appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States, which must confirm the conviction, the sentence, and the date set for execution. Thereafter, the only basis for a stay of any death sentence, or a request for a new trial, shall be the revelation of a previously unavailable witness or exculpatory evidence or sworn testimony unavailable or concealed at the time of the trial, which speaks to the actual innocence of the Individual under sentence of death. >>> Continued to next message --- þ OLX 2.1 TD þ "Liberty is NOT the highest value."-Mike Beard, gunbanner --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: THE BULLET BOX / PRN, So. Pasadena, CA (176:700/11.0) 0SEEN-BY: 1/3 100/0 15 17 200 800 102/230 200/0 43 300/0 400/0 2 4 6 9 13 15 16 0SEEN-BY: 400/17 19 22 24 28 29 32 100 500/0 600/0 700/0 1 10 11 12 18 22 100 0SEEN-BY: 700/410 513 610 612 613 0PATH: 700/11 0 100/0 400/0 From: Neil Schulman #0 @176:700/11 via 176:400/0 PRNet Re: Bulletproof Rights 5/5 0AREA:PR_NET 0MSGID: 176:700/11.0 87EC0C90 0TID: WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 92-0508 >>> Continued from previous message AMENDMENT 9 The amendment currently reads: The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. Article 9 of the Amendments to the Constitution of the United States would be replaced by the following article: Section 1 The enumeration in this Constitution of certain Rights shall never be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the People; notwithstanding, nothing here shall be constructed to prevent additional limitations on public power to enhance the protection of the people from tyrannical abuse for private purposes under the cloak of public office. Section 2 All rights, enumerated or not, held by free white male Protestant property owners in any of the 13 original states at the time of the adoption of the Ninth Article of Amendment to the Constitution of the United States are hereby recognized to be fundamental rights retained by all the people of the United States to this day, and all laws and regulations of the United States or of the several states which infringe the least of these rights are declared repugnant to the intent of the Ninth Amendment and hereafter void. Section 3 All precedents established by a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, or of any lesser federal court, or of any court in the several states, which either violate or fail to protect any of the rights in the original ten articles of amendment to the Constitution of the United States from violations by either the federal government or the several states is hereby nullified to that extent. Section 4 In all questions relating to the Construction of these Rights, decisions must be ruled according to the intent that Individual private powers be nurtured and the private Individual be protected from the natural tendency of those in government to expand the sphere of public power. The protection of these Rights shall be the first and last duty of all persons holding any office of public trust, and the interpretation of these Rights shall firstly and lastly be decided by the Sovereign Individuals of the United States and the several states, as expressed in their acts as members of juries and Grand Juries. AMENDMENT 10 Article 10 of the Amendments would remain unchanged, and continue to read: The Powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. ***** Reply to: J. Neil Schulman Mail: P.O. Box 94, Long Beach, CA 90801-0094 Voice Mail & Fax: (500) 44-JNEIL JNS BBS: 1-500-44-JNEIL,,,,25 Internet: softserv@genie.geis.com J. NEIL SCHULMAN is the author of two Prometheus award- winning novels, Alongside Night and The Rainbow Cadenza, short fiction, nonfiction, and screenwritings, including the CBS Twilight Zone episode "Profile in Silver." His latest book is Stopping Power: Why 70 Million Americans Own Guns. Schulman has been published in the Los Angeles Times and other national newspapers, as well as National Review, Reason, Liberty, and other magazines. His LA Times article "If Gun Laws Work, Why Are We Afraid?" won the James Madison Award from the Second Amendment Foundation. Schulman's books have been praised by Nobel laureate Milton Friedman, Anthony Burgess, Robert A. Heinlein, Colin Wilson, and many other prominent individuals. Charlton Heston said of STOPPING POWER: "Mr. Schulman's book is the most cogent explanation of the gun issue I have yet read. He presents the assault on the Second Amendment in frighteningly clear terms. Even the extremists who would ban firearms will learn from his lucid prose." Post as filename: NEWBILL.TXT --- þ OLX 2.1 TD þ "Liberty is NOT the highest value."-Mike Beard, gunbanner --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: THE BULLET BOX / PRN, So. Pasadena, CA (176:700/11.0) 0SEEN-BY: 1/3 100/0 15 17 200 800 102/230 200/0 43 300/0 400/0 2 4 6 9 13 15 16 0SEEN-BY: 400/17 19 22 24 28 29 32 100 500/0 600/0 700/0 1 10 11 12 18 22 100 0SEEN-BY: 700/410 513 610 612 613 0PATH: 700/11 0 100/0 400/0