In these days when being a victim has become trendy and politically correct, the genuine article can still be found. Billington lives on a farm in a west- ern state where guns are as important a tool as a hay rake, a tractor, or a plow.
Rockchucks can be a substantial factor in crop destruction.
Thus, a well-behaved American farm kid suddenly faced the triple wrath of federal, state, and local bureaucracies. Officials readily admit that Billington was never a disciplinary prob- lem, but was an asset to the school. Nev- ertheless, he became an unfortunate and inadvertent victim of the statist mindset which holds that government can cure anything and the federal government can do it best. That is the explanation prof- fered to the public by the statists, but the motivation runs deeper, toward other agendas. While guns have long been a favorite target of federal control, control of per- sonal liberty is the ultimate goal.