NH: Man Without I.D. Vows to Board Flight or be Jailed
Manchester, NH, May 21, 2005 - Inspired by New Hampshire's "outlaw manicurist," another Granite Stater is stepping forward to peacefully defy license-related laws. Russell Kanning of Keene has announced he will approach a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint at Manchester airport on June 11 and refuse to cooperate with the requirement to show I.D. "I will either board the plane without I.D. or be arrested," he says. "In a free country you do not need government permission to travel." The 35-year-old accountant has a ticket to Philidelphia.
Kanning stresses that he will not resist arrest or do anything that might be perceived as physically threatening. He says this act of nonviolent resistance will follow the model laid down by Gandhi, who used peaceful noncooperation to expel the British from India. "We will tell them everything we're going to do ahead of time. We are not going to disrupt the operation of the airport," he says.
Kanning says the parallels with Gandhi's situation go further than a shared belief in nonviolence. "In South Africa (where Gandhi's protests began), Indians had to have special I.D...so it's very similar that way, and he wanted to burn it...He was appealing to that same basic idea that we have rights to not have to have paperwork to be able to move freely."
After the terrorist attacks in 2001, Federal authorities tightened flying restrictions and begain forcing citizens to have both a ticket and identification (usually a driver's license) in order to even enter an airport terminal. Kanning says he refuses to carry a license on principle and disputes the idea that tighter restrictions really make flying safer.
Earlier this month another Gandhi admirer, Mike Fisher of Newmarket, used the Mahatma's techniques to protest business licensing. After announcing he would perform an unlicensed manicure in front of the state licensing offices, he carried out his promise, earned a brief trip to jail and received heavy regional media coverage for his viewpoint.
Kanning says Gandhi's and Fisher's examples inspired him to take similar action against the growing "surveillance state." He believes the Real I.D. amendment passed by the Senate this month will make things even worse. But he says it's important to stay positive. "The goal is we want to get to the point where we can travel without having to have paperwork, so this is the beginning of that. We see light at the end of the tunnel."
Currently the plan is for Kanning to approach the security checkpoint at 12:30 PM. Journalists and supporters will want to be there by noon.
Summary:
What: Civil disobedience against ID requirements under federalized airport security.
Where: Manchester Airport in New Hampshire (exact spot to be determined)
When: Saturday, June 11 @ noon
Who: Russell Kanning of Keene, NH, supporters from NHfree.com
Why: To draw attention to the recent and continuing loss of privacy and freedom due to federalized airport security and National ID.
How: By approaching a TSA checkpoint with a ticket but no I.D., refusing to show I.D. and refusing to cooperate with the I.D. requirement until arrested or allowed to board the plane.
Contacts: See NHfree.com
Kanning moved from California to New Hampshire in Nov. '04 with the Free State Project (http://freestateproject.org) which is an agreement among 20,000 pro-liberty activists to move to New Hampshire, where they will exert the fullest practical effort toward the creation of a society in which the maximum role of government is the protection of life, liberty, and property. The success of the Project would likely entail reductions in taxation and regulation, reforms at all levels of government to expand individual rights and free markets, and a restoration of constitutional federalism, demonstrating the benefit
Already got a reply from one of our NH supporters. She says it is not illegal in NH, but it is in Mass. A quick search through NH legislation backs up her claim. There was a bill introduced in 2000, HB1273 to make talking on cell phone while driving illegal, but it was never passed. Its status since 2000 has been "INTERIM STUDY". A search through motor vehicle laws on the books found no reference to phone usage:
Right! Government once again using the broad law to help those who can pay for it. The little guy shouldn't have any rights? So much for government being the helpful force. Let's reduce it, reduce the FCC... we're moving to NH to start the process. The Free State Project proposes to reduce government to its constitutionally mandated limits. You can help! http://www.freestateproject.org
I agree with the poster who questioned how the local government would be much superior to federal. Any time you ask government to solve a problem that the free market can solve itself, you will find the problem solved inefficiently and often with corruption such as this article points out. The reason is, an individual will be cautious with his own money and investments. Government, which takes its wealth by force, is like a rich son who, not having to work for his money, squanders it thoughtlessly.
The Free State Project (http://www.freestateproject.org) proposes to take education out of the hands of government, precisely because it too important to be left to that rich philandering son, the state. Already we have in place private means to fund schools in New Hampshire. The Liberty Scholarship Fund (http://www.lsfund.org/) has been set up as a first step to providing privately funded alternatives to the public schools.
It's time to trim back government to its properly constitutional bounds. It's time to take back our schools. It's time to vote with our feet.
No, no particular town in New Hampshire. We have members in all areas of the state. I myself will be moving to Keene next month. Many people I know are planning on moving to the Nashua or Seacoast areas due to their proximity to jobs in Boston.
Once we hit 5000 members, we had a vote chosing New Hampshire as our state. After the vote, our numbers then dropped by several hundred. Those were the people who had opted out of New Hampshire. I believe our numbers have grown by about 1000 since September, but I don't have the exact number for you.
I didn't know that about cell phones. We realize the state is not perfect, but we love that live free or die attitude we see in so many residents. We're not expecting to move into a perfectly free state, all preformed for us. We expect to work for our freedom!!
We have no connection whatsoever with the Oceania project.
Hope that answered your questions!
Kat Dillon, FSP member http://www.freestateproject.org
Vote in November? What the %^%&& is that supposed to do? Neither of the major candidates will oppose the Patriot Act. You could vote Libertarian, who vehemently oppose the Patriot Act, and other intrusions on our rights. My solution: join the Free State Project. We're getting 20,000 liberty lovers together to move to New Hampshire to reduce the government to its constitutional bounds. Local authorities do have the power to reject the Patriot Act, or provisions of it they find intolerable. Look at all the major cities that have done so...my own Dallas being one of them.
The New Hampshire state constitution also allows for secession.
The Free State Project is certainly not a joke. We aren't "fringe" types of people, for the most part. We're ordinary citizens looking to stem the tide moving this country toward more and more centralized power, and less and less freedom and personal responsibilty.
I am moving next month, TX -> NH. I just want to raise my daughter in freedom. I just want to be left alone by the hordes in Washington DC. Is that so much to ask?
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NH: Man Without I.D. Vows to Board Flight or be Jailed Manchester, NH, May 21, 2005 - Inspired by New Hampshire's "outlaw manicurist," another Granite Stater is stepping forward to peacefully defy license-related laws. Russell Kanning of Keene has announced he will approach a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint at Manchester airport on June 11 and refuse to cooperate with the requirement to show I.D. "I will either board the plane without I.D. or be arrested," he says. "In a free country you do not need government permission to travel." The 35-year-old accountant has a ticket to Philidelphia.
Kanning stresses that he will not resist arrest or do anything that might be perceived as physically threatening. He says this act of nonviolent resistance will follow the model laid down by Gandhi, who used peaceful noncooperation to expel the British from India. "We will tell them everything we're going to do ahead of time. We are not going to disrupt the operation of the airport," he says.
Kanning says the parallels with Gandhi's situation go further than a shared belief in nonviolence. "In South Africa (where Gandhi's protests began), Indians had to have special I.D...so it's very similar that way, and he wanted to burn it...He was appealing to that same basic idea that we have rights to not have to have paperwork to be able to move freely."
After the terrorist attacks in 2001, Federal authorities tightened flying restrictions and begain forcing citizens to have both a ticket and identification (usually a driver's license) in order to even enter an airport terminal. Kanning says he refuses to carry a license on principle and disputes the idea that tighter restrictions really make flying safer.
Earlier this month another Gandhi admirer, Mike Fisher of Newmarket, used the Mahatma's techniques to protest business licensing. After announcing he would perform an unlicensed manicure in front of the state licensing offices, he carried out his promise, earned a brief trip to jail and received heavy regional media coverage for his viewpoint.
Kanning says Gandhi's and Fisher's examples inspired him to take similar action against the growing "surveillance state." He believes the Real I.D. amendment passed by the Senate this month will make things even worse. But he says it's important to stay positive. "The goal is we want to get to the point where we can travel without having to have paperwork, so this is the beginning of that. We see light at the end of the tunnel."
Currently the plan is for Kanning to approach the security checkpoint at 12:30 PM. Journalists and supporters will want to be there by noon.
Summary:
What: Civil disobedience against ID requirements under federalized airport security.
Where: Manchester Airport in New Hampshire (exact spot to be determined)
When: Saturday, June 11 @ noon
Who: Russell Kanning of Keene, NH, supporters from NHfree.com
Why: To draw attention to the recent and continuing loss of privacy and freedom due to federalized airport security and National ID. How: By approaching a TSA checkpoint with a ticket but no I.D., refusing to show I.D. and refusing to cooperate with the I.D. requirement until arrested or allowed to board the plane.
Contacts: See NHfree.com
Kanning moved from California to New Hampshire in Nov. '04 with the Free State Project (http://freestateproject.org) which is an agreement among 20,000 pro-liberty activists to move to New Hampshire, where they will exert the fullest practical effort toward the creation of a society in which the maximum role of government is the protection of life, liberty, and property. The success of the Project would likely entail reductions in taxation and regulation, reforms at all levels of government to expand individual rights and free markets, and a restoration of constitutional federalism, demonstrating the benefit
Already got a reply from one of our NH supporters. She says it is not illegal in NH, but it is in Mass. A quick search through NH legislation backs up her claim. There was a bill introduced in 2000, HB1273 to make talking on cell phone while driving illegal, but it was never passed. Its status since 2000 has been "INTERIM STUDY". A search through motor vehicle laws on the books found no reference to phone usage:
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Kat
LOL re: dead people paying rent!
I'll bring the cell phone law up on our forum. Maybe we'll be able to help.
Kat
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You're completely right.
Right! Government once again using the broad law to help those who can pay for it. The little guy shouldn't have any rights? So much for government being the helpful force. Let's reduce it, reduce the FCC... we're moving to NH to start the process. The Free State Project proposes to reduce government to its constitutionally mandated limits. You can help! http://www.freestateproject.org
Kat Dillon
I agree with the poster who questioned how the local government would be much superior to federal. Any time you ask government to solve a problem that the free market can solve itself, you will find the problem solved inefficiently and often with corruption such as this article points out. The reason is, an individual will be cautious with his own money and investments. Government, which takes its wealth by force, is like a rich son who, not having to work for his money, squanders it thoughtlessly.
The Free State Project (http://www.freestateproject.org) proposes to take education out of the hands of government, precisely because it too important to be left to that rich philandering son, the state. Already we have in place private means to fund schools in New Hampshire. The Liberty Scholarship Fund (http://www.lsfund.org/) has been set up as a first step to providing privately funded alternatives to the public schools.
It's time to trim back government to its properly constitutional bounds. It's time to take back our schools. It's time to vote with our feet.
Live free or die! New Hampshire!
Kat Dillon
Thanks for the excellent questions!
No, no particular town in New Hampshire. We have members in all areas of the state. I myself will be moving to Keene next month. Many people I know are planning on moving to the Nashua or Seacoast areas due to their proximity to jobs in Boston.
Once we hit 5000 members, we had a vote chosing New Hampshire as our state. After the vote, our numbers then dropped by several hundred. Those were the people who had opted out of New Hampshire. I believe our numbers have grown by about 1000 since September, but I don't have the exact number for you.
I didn't know that about cell phones. We realize the state is not perfect, but we love that live free or die attitude we see in so many residents. We're not expecting to move into a perfectly free state, all preformed for us. We expect to work for our freedom!!
We have no connection whatsoever with the Oceania project.
Hope that answered your questions!
Kat Dillon, FSP member
http://www.freestateproject.org
Vote in November? What the %^%&& is that supposed to do? Neither of the major candidates will oppose the Patriot Act. You could vote Libertarian, who vehemently oppose the Patriot Act, and other intrusions on our rights. My solution: join the Free State Project. We're getting 20,000 liberty lovers together to move to New Hampshire to reduce the government to its constitutional bounds. Local authorities do have the power to reject the Patriot Act, or provisions of it they find intolerable. Look at all the major cities that have done so...my own Dallas being one of them.
Check it out: http://www.freestateproject.org
Kat Dillon
The New Hampshire state constitution also allows for secession.
The Free State Project is certainly not a joke. We aren't "fringe" types of people, for the most part. We're ordinary citizens looking to stem the tide moving this country toward more and more centralized power, and less and less freedom and personal responsibilty.
I am moving next month, TX -> NH. I just want to raise my daughter in freedom. I just want to be left alone by the hordes in Washington DC. Is that so much to ask?
Kat Dillon