The following Grand report appeared in the Spring, 1996 issue of Capitol Area Christian News.

He was convicted by a jury on 12 March for performing a $25,000 procedure on Abortionist Charles Gartner’s building. With a sledge hammer, Mr. Lane allegedly disarmed the tools of childslaughter on 19 March, 1995. And for his noble deeds, a morally abject jury rewarded the 25-year-old Maine man by convicting him on four creatively formulated felony counts amounting to 36 years. (The prosecution adduced Dave’s anti-abortion convictions in Georgia and Florida to argue that he is an “habitual offender.”) Government-funded Planned Barrenhood stooges were seen consorting with and osculating the hind parts of prosecutors. Sentencing is scheduled for 3 May. Lawyers Rowe Stayton and Mel Dole may be contacted in Aurora, CO at 303-745-5578 (Fax. 3212). Mr. Lane could be released on bond pending appeal of this obscene verdict.

Mr. Lane was one of the picketers assaulted by a PB security thug named Michael Newell on 5 October, 1994. The result of this PB violence was not the usual lethal kind visited daily upon the thousands of innocents. But injuries to Lane required several stitches in his head. No charges have been brought by Denver prosecutors. Justice? Not in a land drenched in the blood of the innocents.

The following was unpublished until now (July, 2011)

Michael Bray
31 January 2003

On 22 January, the 30th anniversary of the Day of Infamy, Bill Koehler and I were able to visit Jim Kopp in the Buffalo’s City Jail. Mr. Koehler is a long-time friend of Mr. Kopp, a former co-participant in blockades (“rescues”) and protests in the interest of justice for the womb children. We were able to visit Mr. Kopp for an hour after completing a 90 minute, dozen-man demonstration in front of the jail in support of Mr. Kopp where we were opposed by sundry homosexuals, anarchists, fans of bestiality, lapsed Christians, Democrats and basic miscreants. Our several signs all read “Save a baby; call a Kopp” to the great indignation and unholy ire of these anti-antis.

I want to convey as best I can the sentiments of this man who has risked his life for the helpless. I shall refer to Mr. Kopp hereafter with the name by which his friends call him, “Jim.” I shall trust he will condescend to such a presumption. He is matchless in his personal devotion to justice for those we call the “unborn.” (I shall also refer to the other activists below by their familiar names as they are also my Christian friends.)

Jim is no more an advocate of the use of force to stop abortion any more than he is an advocate of the use of blockades; he advocates taking up your vocation and saving babies. Jim is a pro-choice anti-abortionist; he calls upon his fellow citizens take a “next step” in whatever anti-abortion action they have chosen to be involved with. Even the old lady who hates baby killing, rather than wringing hands at home, can take a walk past the killing site; in due time, she might walk by and spit on the place as she prays with imprecation. So forth and so on; there are others who will be more directly and immediately effective in their efforts.

I have said that he is “matchless”; I would explain. Jim has devoted himself for many years to the plight of the womb child. This has been his way of life as one who has been, I aver, divinely set apart for a holy cause. And he has implemented many means to the same end: picketing, sitting in front of entrances, chaining or otherwise locking himself to doors. He has worked with groups publicly and, by his own testimony in the case at hand, he has worked alone and covertly. He is matchless as one who has spent much time in jail for many shorter terms and then gone down for the long “bit” he now faces. Shelley Shannon and Paul Hill were activists who shifted from speech (Paul) and blockades (Shelley) to killing (Paul) or wounding (Shelley). Neither had done as much jail time as Jim. Paul and Shelley performed their most self-sacrificing deeds in public, willfully taking on the unjust penalty and presenting themselves as witnesses and owners of their own deeds. Jim acted in secret, avoiding self-sacrifice and seeking to be more effective in showing mercy. Simply put, the sniper is much more effective in accomplishing the goal of saving children than is the one who saves the children and publicly takes responsibility and penalty. Neither method can be criticized as better than the other: one has a prophetic emphasis carrying a direct message the citizenry and government; the other has nothing but eleemosynary purposes and is strictly intended to rescue the greatest number of children. The sniper/rescuer can repeat his deed. The prophet/executioner only performs once. Jim Kopp is distinguished in two ways; first, as one who practiced his deed(s) in secret so as to be most effective, and, second, as one who wielded lethal force.

Michael Bray
27 May, 2000

Chuck Colson seems to suffer from an enduring ailment by which he habitually judges the motives of those who use force to save children in the womb. He groups those who save innocent people from murder with those who inflict harm or death upon human beings with booby-traps and judges them all guilty of “violent public protest.” He says:

“Animal rights activists destroy research labs. Radical environmentalists booby-trap trees, hoping to harm loggers. And now and then misguided pro-life protesters–supposedly Christians –murder abortion doctors.” (Break Point, 26 May, 2000)

Does Colson really see no difference between those who harm innocent people to save trees and those who stop murderers from slaughtering innocent people? He is confessedly no earth-worshiping pacifist. But he is a political theorist and writes profusely about justice. He believes that God’s law has some function in guiding nations toward justice and he has great appreciation – even an inordinate affection – for democracy as the ideal means of advancing the same.

And so “protesters,” whether the pagan tree-worshipping variety or the witnesses against child-slaughter, are all a threat to the golden goose – democracy. He puzzles himself over the actions of “protesters” who desperately resort to “violence”: “Given that we live in a democracy, where we’re free to change the laws, one has to wonder: What drives people to adopt such tactics?”

Is he really so blind that he confuses the actions of those who proclaim the deity of the earth and the equality of man with animals with those who declare that man is created in the image of the Almighty, Transcendent God? Can he really not discern between political protest and defensive action?

Colson does not even renounce in principle the use of “violence” to overthrow a corrupt government, how then can he reject its use for something so fundamentally justifiable as the defense of the innocent? In considering the prior question, he recently contributed to a symposium sponsored by First Things (No. 67, Nov. 1996). In conclusion, he wrote: “We dare not despair of America and advocate open rebellion. But we must . . . prepare ourselves for what the future seems likely to bring under a regime in which the courts have usurped the democratic process by reckless exercise of naked power.”

Perhaps Colson’s love of democracy exceeds his love for God’s law and His justice. Protesting against an unjust law or a corrupt and murderous Attorney General or an adulterous President is one thing; defending the innocent from the immediate threat of death is another. How does he confuse the two and condemn the rescuers, calling them “misguided” and “supposedly Christian”?

To re-quote Colson, “One has to wonder: What drives people to adopt such tactics?” Why does he slander good people who have risked their lives and freedom for others?

Does he love democracy more than Truth? Does he prefer peace to justice? When was the last time he stood outside an abortuary, a few yards away from a room where murder was being committed, and protested against it? And if he believed that there was murder being committed within the distance of a ten-second sprint, how could he condemn the fellow who decides to forcefully intervene and stop it?

In the Break Point article Colson denigrates what he calls “a tiny handful of pro-lifers” who occasionally “are pushed over the edge into violence” – as if being part of the huge majority, or at least a big minority guarantees sanity and righteousness. (His awareness of the smallness of that tiny band of twelve two millennia ago doesn’t quite overcome his prejudice.)

The first of those rare occasions at which an abortionist was terminated was on 10 March, 1993 at the hands of Michael Griffin. A member of Charity Chapel Church pastored by Michael Collins, Griffin shot Abortionist David Gunn as the abortionist was arriving for “work.” The Pensacola News Journal reported on Griffin’s actions in the days prior to performing the deed:

On Saturday, Griffin had specifically asked church members at a Bible study to pray for Gunn, a doctor known to local abortion opponents for coming to Pensacola to perform abortions.

Collins said he led that short prayer in which he asked for Gunn to have a change of heart and stop performing abortions. During the prayer, Collins said Griffin was weeping (11 March, 1993).

Colson speaks disparagingly of folks being “pushed over the edge” as if those who stay lodged on a safe perch away from the battlefield have chosen the more excellent way. Indeed, one who stays away from the bloody encampments, holed up at his escritoire, isn’t likely to be moved to weeping – much less to action.

There are three salient points to be made in reply to Chuck Colson:

1) Do not think that the golden goose of governments is democracy. It is God’s law, which is perfect. It not only converts the soul but it informs nations concerning what justice is. God’s law can be administered through a democracy or a despot. It could even be administered through the current U.S. Supreme Court if its robed rogues repented.

2) Protest against general injustices must not be confused with defensive action (saving an innocent human being from the threat of death). The former ought generally to be pursued by peaceful persuasion; the latter may be carried out as an emergency by whatever means necessary.

3) There are many callings, vocations (for you ecclesiastically minded), which the Spirit of God gives to His people. With regard to the special case of the current holocaust in these united States, folks may be inclined to respond varyingly. Some will picket; others will write letters. Some will offer help to the women; others will sternly warn them of the hell to pay for killing one’s own child. Some will preach to the murderers, others will stop them.

But in no way ought there be confusion sewn as Colson has done. When he refers in Break Point to a new book about the abolitionists in which he confuses “animal-rights activists” with John Brown and “frustrated pro-lifers,” he deceives some readers and makes a buffoon of himself to others.

Note: For further commentary on Chuck Colson’s handling of defensive action for the unborn, see p. 127, “A Time To Kill,” by Michael Bray,

12 Sept., 2003
Michael Bray

AP reports as follows on 31 May, 2003: “Sheriff’s deputies in western North Carolina had spotted a man digging in a trash bin in the small town of Murphy at about 4:30 a.m., said Special Agent John Iannarelli in Washington. He said the man appeared to be homeless but when they deputies approached him, they recognized him as Rudolph.”

We greet Eric’s Rudolph’s arrest with sadness. There was no enduring fear that the lives of good people were at stake as long as this man was on the loose. He wasn’t spreading AIDS or other STDs across the country; neither was he slaughtering innocent children or permitting the same as our judges and other civil authorities do.

On Jan. 29, 1998 the New Woman All Women Health Care abortuary of Birmingham, Alabama was blown up, killing a blood-money earning policeman who was moonlighting as a guard of the death camp and injuring an accomplice “nurse” who assisted the baby butcherer. Rudolph was charged. No guilt here; defensive action.

Rudolph is also charged with the Olympic Park bombing and two other Altanta-area bombings in 1997: a Sandy Springs abortuary and a lesbian nightclub.

On 8 September, 1998, two North Carolina abortuaries were firebombed in or near Fayetteville: the Hallmark Women’s Clinic and Carolina Women’s Clinic. Authorities suspected Rudolph, but no charges were filed. Perhaps we can credit these good deeds to Rudolph’s inspiration.

When Rudolph was mentioned as a suspect in the attempted bombing of the Ashville, NC abortuary on 13 March, 1999, we were elated. Certainly, we would applaud the destruction of child-slaughter houses over sodomite bars and the sodomite-supporting Olympiad. The 1996 Olympics blast killed a woman and wounded more than 100 people. Even the fact that the Olympic Committee bus which insulted that wholesome North Carolina county as it traveled down to Atlanta did not warrant the bombing of the Olympic Park.

(Splashing the insolent Olympic committee bus with pink paint might have been a better match for its insolence. Most folks may not recall that the Olympic bus, accompanying those bike riders bearing the Olympic flags and ornaments, packed up their bikes and riders into the van and disrespected a North Carolina county by whizzing through it at night. Why? Because that county had passed an ordinance declaring that homosexual behavior did not comport with its community standards of decent behavior.)

The case of Eric Rudolph is a tragic one. Assuming the government has found its man, we say that in bombing abortuaries, he did well; in bombing sodomite bars, his righteous disdain for sodomy was intemperate; in bombing the Olympic Park, he committed murder. But all tolled, his righteousness exceeds that of most the civil and church authorities in this blood-soaked land.

Michael Bray
26 September 2002

Pro-abortion fanatic, Judge Richard Arcara, has temporarily – and ones hopes finally – lost his control over the fate of baby defenders Dennis Malvasi and Loretta Marra. This man and wife, parents of two young children, had been creatively charged with numerous federal offenses for what amounts to helping a refugee avoid capture by the federal government. The couple had allegedly aided and abetted James Kopp, the accused killer of Buffalo abortionist, Bernard Slepian. Arrested in March of 1991, they had been repeated denied bail by Arcara. Moreover, Arcara had rejected the plea agreement worked out by the defense and prosecution in August. On Monday, 23 September, government prosecutors “took an unusual series of legal actions. . . In Buffalo, they filed court papers to drop the charges they filed last year. . . In New York City, they filed a new, greatly reduced criminal charge against Marra and Malvasi. Essentially, prosecutors asked to have the case moved from Buffalo to New York City, where it is anticipated that the two defendants would take a plea deal comparable to one that was rejected last month” (Buffalo News, 24 September, 2002).

Judge Arcara has left this couple in jail for 18 months. No trial. No bail. (America?) The mother of a nursing child, at the time of arrest, has been denied bail, along with her husband. And his invidious animus against anti-abortion Christian activists is on the record. The willing servant of the cause of child slaughter took special care to prosecute abortuary blockaders back in 1992 when he removed U.S. Attorney Dennis Vacco “from a case in which anti-abortion protesters were charged with blocking a clinic at which Slepian worked, Buffalo GYN Womenservices Clinic in Buffalo. Federal Judge Richard Arcara replaced Vacco with two special prosecutors, saying he had failed to vigorously prosecute five anti-abortion leaders” (AP, 28 Oct, 1998).

Five months after the arrest of Marra and Malvasi, Judge Arcara held Pastor Michael Warren in criminal contempt for walking in protest of abortion on a sidewalk opposite an abortuary in Rochester. Arcara had issued what Congress permits, a 20-day temporary restraining order. But that wasn’t good enough for this tyrant. The Agape Press (23 August, 2001) reported statements by American Family Association attorney B. J. Brown: “The judge ruled that his temporary restraining order lasted as long as he said it lasted. . .The judge said in effect that he didn’t really care about Congress’s rules.” The pastor and another protestor were protesting after the 20 days had passed, but Judge Arcara, ostensibly wants his will to be obeyed even when it doesn’t carry the authority of the law.

Why these legal maneuvers? “Assistant U.S. Attorney Kathleen M. Mehltretter said the actions were taken by the government for only one reason – to help win a murder conviction in the Kopp case . . . if this case went to trial, it could jeopardize the prosecution of James Kopp . . . the government would be required to submit evidence which exposes critical Kopp witnesses to the public and defendant Kopp” (Buffalo News). (Hmm. Doesn’t seem like much of a case against Kopp.)

But the wrath of this abortophilic judge is not necessarily averted. Barket said, “Given Judge Arcara’s past history with this case, I would not be surprised if he tries to take this case away from the U.S. Attorney’s office, and appoint a special prosecutor to handle it. I am afraid that is what he is going to do. He has done that in the past, in at least one case involving a pro-life demonstrator.”

God knows why the present maneuverings are occurring. Perhaps the irony of the latest batch of bail-less al Qaeda prisoners in Buffalo was too much for the prosecution. How peculiar that in that same town two kinds of prisoners are denied bail: these two anti-abortion activists and six al Qaeda terrorists. The six defendants recently arraigned and denied bail “were trained to use assault rifles and other weapons at an al Qaeda camp in Afghanistan where Osama bin laden spoke about his anti-American beliefs” (AP, 15 September). And in the tradition of the anti-American Left, protesters in behalf of the Muslims complained outside the court room. An AP photo showed them carrying such signs as “Stop the racist witch hunt” and “March on Washington. Say no to war.” Fools.

In contrast to these authentic terrorists, we have this couple: no association with weapons training camps; just communication with an old friend who had formerly resisted abortion with them through non-violent means – a friend who seems to be wrongly pursued by the federal government, given the weakness of the case as it appears so far (http://www.orboston.org/Kopp_fraud.htm).

Curiously we have kinds of prisoners: one representing the cause; the other the effect. Malvasi and Marra are a righteous couple who suffer on behalf of the innocent babies who are slaughtered daily in this land; their imprisonment is part of the cause of the Almighty’s anger with this apostate country. The other prisoners, the Muslim terrorists, are the effect – the whip in His hand. Those who would repent will support these two and follow in their good works. Perhaps then, in His mercy, He will hold back His wielding of this terrorist Muslim whip. God – and his tools – is a terror to those who do evil.

Michael Bray
31 December 2007

“2 men arrested in Albuquerque abortion clinic arson,” reported The Albuquerque, Tribune (December 28, 2007). “A small gasoline can was thrown through the clinic window and the fumes ignited, said Jake Gonzales, the Albuquerque ATF resident agent in charge. The clinic was ruined and shut down.” Let us rejoice.

Maggie Shepard reports that “the Dec. 6 firebombing of an Albuquerque abortion clinic was not orchestrated” by citizen rescuers trying to save innocent children from the hands of bloody abortionists. Rather, “a man whose ex-girlfriend planned to have an abortion at the clinic set the place on fire before her appointment, according to court documents.” No report was given on the well being of the child or the mother who had planned to kill him or even whether the reality check has led to a change of mind concerning her premeditated murder plans.

Indeed, lamentation follows hard on jubilation. “Sergio T. Baca, 22, along with friend Chad D. Altman, 25, have been arrested on federal charges of arson and could face additional charges of violations against the federal Freedom to Access Clinic Entrances act,” reported the Tribune. Sadly, “Investigators with the Albuquerque Fire Department and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives” had been pursuing those who performed this good deed for the citizens of Albuquerque! “Tips came in, and they’ve been pounding the pavement for the last two weeks,” Fire Department spokesman Capt. Mike Paiz said.

Altman was released into the custody of his parents after both men appeared in court on Friday (28 December) and pleaded not guilty. Indeed, there is no guilt in the action taken to rescue one’s child from death. Court papers indicated that father Baca was described by his girl friend as “extremely upset” in reaction to her decision to abort their child. Investigators believe that Baca recruited Altman to help burn the clinic and thus save his child.

The good news following the sad news of the arrest of these men is the fact that “Authorities have said the clinic was considered a total loss[!] [emphasis ours] after gasoline was thrown into the building through a broken window and lit on fire”

But let us review some bad citizenship, even treacherous behavior. Shepherd reported that “witnesses in a hotel overlooking the clinic, Abortion Acceptance of Albuquerque, told investigators they saw two hooded figures near the clinic who then drove away in a van.” Even less patriotic behavior was to be found in the actions of another. “A co-worker of Baca’s roommate called detectives” according to the Tribune, “with information about a possible suspect, according to a federal criminal complaint.” Little confidence ought to be placed in any federal investigative report that “a hair was found on a broken window, and DNA was found in a glove left in the parking lot, according to the complaint.” But that is beside the point. These fellows had good reason to burn the abortuary. Sergio Baca’s child was to be taken there to be sliced to death and suctioned out of his mother. To their everlasting shame, friends and fellow citizens have failed to see the truth, the holocaust in their very neighborhood. They have protected the wicked and harmed the innocent.

But hope springs. To the greater glory of God two Planned Barrenhood sites in Albuquerque were damaged 20 days after the conflagration of the Abortion Acceptance of Albuquerque abortuary! Yes, it was a real Christmas Day at “two separate Albuquerque Planned Parenthood locations,” according to AP reports on 25 and 26 December.

No connection has been drawn to the Messrs. Baca and Altman, leaving open the possibility the deed being performed by general baby rescuers, relatives of the threatened womb child, angelic beings, vengeful dads, et al.

Dan Frosch, writing for the New York Times, lightens our hearts leading off his report as follows: “A rash of attacks on abortion and family planning clinics has struck Albuquerque this month, the first such violence there in nearly a decade.” (“Albuquerque Has Renewal of Attacks on Abortion,” Dec. 28, 2007)

It is has been a long time coming. The last such action was wrought by Ricky Lee McDonald when he burned the same abortuary about a decade ago. Mr. McDonald was due to be released from prison on 20 December, 2007. (Ed. note: Hopefully someone else took up the privilege this time. It surely may be taken as a kind gesture in honor of this merciful ex-con.)

(Back to the Times) Frosch reports on how the nest of Albuquerque abortionists are handling the situation: “The small, tightknit group of abortion providers here reacted with a mix of shock and fear over the attacks.”

Indeed, when a person “provides” dead babies for their mothers one would expect some “shock and fear” to factor into the situation at some point.

“It makes me really angry,” Martha Edmands of Planned Parenthood said. “It’s really upsetting.”

(Ed. note: Indeed. It makes us angry, too, Martha. Why does our government allow murderers to live and continue to practice their trade?)

The abortuary administrator, Aborionist Curtis Boyd, is a National Abortion Federation founder and an abortionist in se. He mourned his loss accordingly:

“After working on the abortion reform movement for 40 years, I wake up and I still can’t believe we’re still where we are. When will it stop?” . . .

“I’m going to have to accept the fact that I’m going to die before the rights of women are secured, and the violence against providers and staff comes to an end,” Dr. Boyd said (New York Times).

Boyd is the husband of Glenna Halvorson-Boyd, who served on NAF’s Board of directors and twenty years ago was the president for two years. He “performs” surgical abortions and distributes the dangerous abortion drug RU 486 (mifepristone) which has killed numerous women and injured more than 1,100 in the United States alone (LifeNews.com, Dec. 26, 2007). He shares the facility with fellow veteran abortionist Bruce Ferguson. The Boyds vowed to rebuild their operation. But they said it had been difficult to find a new location because landlords were “wary of renting to an abortion provider.”

The Feminist Majority Foundation reports that “18 percent of clinics experienced severe violence in 2005, compared with 52 percent in 1994.” The wind has been weak for a long time. Perhaps new gusts will blow.

Thankfully, we have concluded anno domini 2007 with a pleasant breeze. Let us pray that the New Year brings more of the same: life to children and the closing of many death camps.

Finally, with Tiny Tim, let us say: “God bless us all, every one.”

Michael Bray
24 October 2002

All are breathing easy in Bowie, now that John Allen Muhammad is in custody. Some of the terminations were performed close to home. Guatamalan Sarah Ramos, aborted while sitting at a bus stop, was the cleaning lady of the sister-in-law of one of my parishioners. That same parishioner was late for her morning run, the very morning the thirteen-year-old student was shot at the entrance of Tasker Middle School. Mary Anne lives adjacent to the woods by the school, and her usual route was a bike path which passed within a few yards of the sniper’s perch. Her delay that morning may well have been providential.

Gratitude. Thanksgiving. Those who were spared ought well to give praise to the one in Whose holy hands their life is preserved from the demands of justice.

And so, now that the killing is over, my daughters and son can return to their respective soccer games, cheerleading and football activities. We are grateful to be alive.

When the destroyer of innocent human beings was caught, there were some strange reactions. Valerie Strauss, staff writer for the Washington Post reported on the response of Jennifer and James Tyson, a black couple from Upper Marlboro, who “were not convinced police had found the sniper because the two arrested men were black.” James Tyson said, “That’s very surprising. Most serial killers are not African-American.”

Incredulity in the face of patent truth is born of a stubborn unbelief. The root cause of unbelief is Godlessness.

[1) Tyson and 2) Farrakhan 3) Clerics – Point: Yes, this is consistent with Jihad and yes it is a just response from God to teach us about the random slaughter of innocent womb children]

James Tyson, 33, “an African-American recording studio owner” from Upper Marlboro said: “That’s very surprising,” said. “Most serial killers are not African-American.” (Washington Post, October 24, 2002)

It is a violent thought, but most of the folks in my neighborhood have forsaken any efforts to understand this fellow’s alternative life style. Efforts to understand the root causes of opinions so diverse as that of the sniper have given way to a priority concern for their own survival: His safety and his problems be damned! Get him dead or alive.

The aborting of my fellow citizens has taken place in locations closer to us than the nearest “women’s health” facilities, yet these ex-utero terminations haven’t occurred nearly as frequently. About twelve of our fellow citizens have been shot without warning. That is twelve in the entire region of Maryland, Virginia, and D.C. with an aggregate population of 13 million. At this rate, we have, at this time, less than a one-in-1.3-million chance of getting shot by a sniper.