Sedition

[Bill Stewart]

At 12:34 AM 11/13/2001 -0500, Declan McCullagh wrote:
>Says in the relevant section:
>  11460.  (a) Any two or more persons who assemble as a paramilitary
>organization for the purpose of practicing with weapons shall be
>punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one
>year or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars by both.

So the Boy Scout rifle range I went to as a kid would get busted
if they were doing the same in California today?

>    As used in this subdivision, "paramilitary organization" means an
>organization which is not an agency of the United States government
>or of the State of California, or which is not a private school
>meeting the requirements set forth in Section 12154 of the Education
>Code, but which engages in instruction or training in guerilla
>warfare or sabotage, or which, as an organization, engages in rioting
>or the violent disruption of, or the violent interference with,
>school activities.
>
>Faustine's loose definition of "paramilitary training" may seem to
>apply, but if you read carefully, the legal definition used in the
>California penal code is a bit narrower.

What a relief!  :-)