FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

LIBERTARIAN SECOND AMENDMENT CAUCUS ON OKLAHOMA EXPLOSION

However tragic and reprehensible the disaster in Oklahoma City today,
it is obvious that the Clinton/Reno Administration perceive it as a
political opportunity, not only for the re-election hopes of one of
history's most discredited presidents, but as a chance to transform
their inherent inability to prevent such disasters into another
justification to increase the size, power, and intrusiveness of
government.

Feeding upon human calamity this way is in the basic nature of all
governments, and constitutes one reason Libertarians wish to see them
stringently curtailed.  The mass media in particular have a solemn
responsibility -- and if they wish to restore their own badly-damaged
credibility, should make it their principal business -- to ensure that
the Clinton/Reno administration do not profit from this tragedy.

Although no indication exists yet as to the responsibility for this
violent act, one thing is certain:  it is a result, not of insufficient
government, but of too much.  If it is the work of Moslem terrorists,
for example, it would never have occurred without unconstitutional
United States interference in the Middle East.  If it is in retaliation
for the state terrorism committed two years ago in Waco, Texas, the same
is true.

These catastrophes never happened in America as long as the government
maintained at least a semblance of compliance with the Constitution.
Today, a mere semblance of compliance is no longer enough.  The only
way to prevent such tragedies in the future is to enforce the Bill of
Rights.

Americans should be reassured or advised -- whichever is appropriate
-- that any political advantage taken by the current administration
in this affair will be reversed by a future Libertarian government,
and those responsible for seizing upon this excuse to weaken the
Constitution further will be prosecuted to the fullest extent allowed
by the highest law of the land.