Patriots on the Borderline. Dan Baum.
by Baum, Dan; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 7Environment. Publisher: Los Angeles Times Magazine, 2003ISSN: 1522-3205;.Subject(s): Anti-immigration movement | Border patrols | Emigration and immigration | Emigration and immigration law | Illegal aliens | Mexican-American Border Region | Political activists | United States -- Foreign relations -- Mexico | VigilantesDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Chris Simcox won't stop fooling with his gun. He paces his tiny office, bouncing on the balls of his feet, and every 15 seconds his hands go to the gun on his belt--hiking it up, adjusting its angle, checking its safety. It's a big gun, a two-toned .45 in a hard plastic holster, and whenever he is photographed by the media--which is often these days--Simcox makes sure the pistol is in every frame. Simcox speaks of sovereignty, the Pledge of Allegiance and the rule of law, but his body language is all about the gun. Sooner or later he's going to use it, he wants everybody to know, in a showdown with the illegal immigrants and Mexican drug dealers he believes are ruining the United States." (LOS ANGELES TIMES MAGAZINE) This article profiles Chris Simcox, the founder of a civilian patrol group "whose function, Simcox says, will be to 'shame the government into doing its job' of controlling the nation's border with Mexico."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Patriots on the Borderline, March 16, 2003; pp. 10+.
"Chris Simcox won't stop fooling with his gun. He paces his tiny office, bouncing on the balls of his feet, and every 15 seconds his hands go to the gun on his belt--hiking it up, adjusting its angle, checking its safety. It's a big gun, a two-toned .45 in a hard plastic holster, and whenever he is photographed by the media--which is often these days--Simcox makes sure the pistol is in every frame. Simcox speaks of sovereignty, the Pledge of Allegiance and the rule of law, but his body language is all about the gun. Sooner or later he's going to use it, he wants everybody to know, in a showdown with the illegal immigrants and Mexican drug dealers he believes are ruining the United States." (LOS ANGELES TIMES MAGAZINE) This article profiles Chris Simcox, the founder of a civilian patrol group "whose function, Simcox says, will be to 'shame the government into doing its job' of controlling the nation's border with Mexico."
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