Exactly, Akira – make them prove their authority. Our learned servants who come to SJ have indeed forgotten that they are servants and the tail is trying most earnestly to wag the dog. A guy I know was hunting on what was ostensibly crown land, asked for the proof that it was indeed crown land and it was not forthcoming and this was years ago. In Canada there has been a Federal gun registry for some years now, with major credit units expended but with the result that not many have registered their guns - so now this exercise in futility is being abandoned, as people see no need to register their private property. Asking someone to register a gun is like asking an Indian to register their fishing line. Getting a license is ‘agreeing’ to be subject to regulation under ‘police power’.

In his notices, Crisman requested the various agencies to supply him with the legal authorities, if any that mandated his compliance with the licensing and registration laws. After not receiving any response, Crisman apparently believed that he need not comply with the licensing and registration laws of Idaho.

Constructive fraud - were the facts disclosed to Crisman by obtaining any kind of a license he was surrendering his rights? Is this not conversion of a right into a crime? "The state cannot diminish Rights of the people." Hurtado vs. California, 110 US 516

We upheld the authority of a state licensing agency to license and REGULATE THE COMMERCIAL PRACTICE of barbering … Blume was convicted for operating a barbershop without a license.

"A permit, granted by an appropriate governmental body, generally for consideration, to a person, firm, or corporation, to pursue some occupation or to carry on some business which is subject to regulation under the POLICE POWER." Rosenblatt vs. California State Board of Pharmacy, 158 P.2d 199, 203