Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

June 3, 2009

A 12-year-old boy was arrested and detained at Denver International Airport on suspicion of carrying an explosive device.

The object in question was described as ?a homemade device similar to a flare.?

Becky Akers, an investigative reporter who covers travel-related issues, points out that ?We used to call `devices? like this `science projects?; indeed, things that go `pop? and incorporate a bit of gunpowder ? were once a rite of passage for American boys.?

No harm was intended by the boy, and no harm resulted to anyone but himself, and that was due to the frenzied, officious overreaction by the Transportation Security Administration and the local police. Yet the young man could still face felony charges. In fact, under the relevant section of the federal criminal code, this 12-year-old could be charged with making a weapon of mass destruction.

This was a much better country before our government went insane.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.