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BLM declares Burning Man Second Amendment-free zone(NV)
Gun Rights Examiner ^ | 31 August, 2012 | David Codrea

Posted on 08/31/2012 6:50:38 PM PDT by marktwain

The Bureau of Land Management has declared the Burning Man “radical self-expression/self-reliance" community “experiment” in northern Nevada’s Black Rock Desert a temporary weapons-free zone, GunLeaders Blog reported today. Citing a Department of the Interior “Notice of Temporary Closure and Temporary Restrictions of Specific Uses on Public Lands in Pershing County, NV” appearing in the Federal Register Volume 77, Number 157 (Tuesday, August 14, 2012), the edict mandates “temporary closures and temporary restrictions will be in effect from August 13, 2012 to September 17, 2012.

Proclaiming its authority under 43 CFR 8364.1., and issued by Gene Seidlitz, District Manager, Winnemucca District, the restriction notice declared “The possession of any weapon is prohibited except weapons within motor vehicles passing through the public closure area, without stopping, on the west or east playa roads.

“The prohibitions above shall not apply to county, state, tribal, and Federal law enforcement personnel, or any person authorized by Federal law to possess a weapon," the notice continued. "‘Art projects' that include weapons and are sanctioned by BRC LLC will be permitted after obtaining authorization from the BLM authorized officer.”

“Any person who violates the above rules and restrictions may be tried before a United States Magistrate and fined no more than $1,000, imprisoned for no more than 12 months, or both,” the notice warned, adding “Such violations may also be subject to the enhanced fines provided for at 18 U.S.C. 3571.”

Whether this upsets Burning Man organizers and participants, and there does not appear to be any mention of weapons in the almost-anything-goes gathering’s “rules and regulations,” remains unknown, but there are larger principles at stake here.

(Excerpt) Read more at examiner.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: 2012; banglist; burningman; constitution; govtabuse; nv; shallnotbeinfringed; tyranny
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To: jimjohn

LOL! Can you imagine what would happen if they tried?! I can! Your comment is great.


21 posted on 08/31/2012 8:39:33 PM PDT by TaMoDee ( Lassez les bons temps rouler dans les 2012! Allez Pack!)
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To: marktwain

“The prohibitions above shall not apply to . . . any person authorized by Federal law to possess a weapon,”

“. . . the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”

Well, that should make this pretty easy, shouldn’t it?


22 posted on 08/31/2012 8:48:50 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: FreedomPoster; All
“The prohibitions above shall not apply to . . . any person authorized by Federal law to possess a weapon,”

“. . . the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”

Well, that should make this pretty easy, shouldn’t it?

You are absolutely correct, of course. Now if we could depend on judges to follow their oath of office, we would be home free.

23 posted on 08/31/2012 9:07:40 PM PDT by marktwain
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To: marktwain

“The prohibitions above shall not apply to ... any person authorized by Federal law to possess a weapon,”

The Constitution is the supreme federal law, is it not?


24 posted on 08/31/2012 9:08:04 PM PDT by Gil4 (Progressives - Trying to repeal the Law of Supply and Demand since 1848)
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To: Gil4; All
The Constitution is the supreme federal law, is it not?

I say so, You say so... But "progressives" have always had an issue with anything that restricts the power of the state.

25 posted on 08/31/2012 9:14:43 PM PDT by marktwain
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To: jimjohn

In 1994 the radical wing of Burning Man put on two events of interest- A Drive By Shooting Gallery; participants would blast silhouette people targets from the back of a moving pickup truck, and Golf and Skeet; participant A would hit a golf ball with a short iron and participants B, C, D, etc., would try to shred it with bird shot.

During the setting up of the site that year, they also set a Pontiac station wagon loose on the Black Rock playa with a brick on the gas pedal and eventually brought it to a standstill with semi auto rifle fire also from the back of a pickup truck. There a YouTube video of the target practice that is the envy of any full auto machine gun family day at the range.

Some of them anarchist hippies like guns and freedom as much as any Freeper and are known to hang out with militia in Oregon, Washington and Idaho, due to certain common interests and shared enemies. Beware of single word descriptors; they contain little detail.


26 posted on 08/31/2012 9:19:05 PM PDT by Yollopoliuhqui
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To: marktwain
The weapon of choice at The Burning Man is Rohypnol.
27 posted on 08/31/2012 11:03:02 PM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: marktwain
Perhaps this is to set precidence that BLM bureaucrats can arbitrarily shut down constitutional rights on federal land by whim.

Step 2 is to declare that ALL land is Federal land...

28 posted on 09/01/2012 4:29:56 AM PDT by trebb ("If a man will not work, he should not eat" From 2 Thes 3)
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To: marktwain

BINGO!!!!!!!


29 posted on 09/01/2012 4:31:40 AM PDT by mo (If you understand, no explanation is needed. If you don't understand, no explanation is possible.)
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To: marktwain

” temporary weapons-free zone”


How convenient? A temporary weapons-free zone.

Soon............coming to a town near you, then your town and then your house.

And...........where is the Republican outcry?


30 posted on 09/01/2012 6:29:48 AM PDT by DH (Once the tainted finger of government touches anything the rot begins)
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To: mojito

I’ve attended once in the last 10 years, and can report that most are not high on drugs. A minority smoke pot, and most drink alcohol. About like and small town or large city in America on a holiday weekend.

I carried the whole time, incidentally.


31 posted on 09/01/2012 10:16:06 AM PDT by Atlas Sneezed (Hold My Beer and Watch This!)
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To: trebb
Step 2 is to declare that ALL land is Federal land...

Probably; and the sad thing is they can use the property tax as justification for the claim... after all, what happens when one doesn't pay property tax?

32 posted on 09/01/2012 12:12:37 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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