LA Gun Task Force Serves another Search Warrant

http://www.fiftycal.org ^ | 9 24 06 | John Burtt

[freepatriot32]

The LA County Gun Task Force has served another search warrant on the home of another member of the fifty caliber community. On Monday September 18th, eighteen police cars swarmed the neighborhood where the FCSA member lives and served a search warrant signed by Judge Steven Kleifield of the LA County Superior Court. The officers were at the residence for several hours and confiscated all semi-automatic firearms belonging to the victim.

The probable cause for issuing the search warrant was not available in the body of the affidavit so the reason for the search is unknown at this time. It should be noted the LA Gun Task Force used "High Risk" entry tactics by sending a SWAT Entry team to make the initial entry into the victim's residence. Gun owners in LA County need to be prepared to expect these kinds of entry tactics and respond to commands from any officers if you are contacted.

FCI wants everyone to be aware that the LA County Gun Task Force is lead by agents from BATFE; LAPD and LASO. They appear to have focused their attention on members of the fifty caliber community and are aggressively trying to arrest law abiding citizens for just being "Gun Owners".

In the situation that occurred this past Monday the victim had his entire firearms collection seized and he was told charges are going to be filed because he had in his possession linked ammunition in quantities of more than 10 rounds of ammunition at a time. This has been interpreted as a violation of the "High Capacity Magazine" portion of the Assault Weapons Act in CA. The victim owns a Semi-auto M2; a semi-auto M3 and a 30 caliber semi-auto 1919

Everyone living in California needs to pay attention to what is happening in Los Angeles. This can happen to you simply because someone who knows about your firearms calls the LA Gun Task Force and gives them information they interpret as a violation of the Draconian Gun Laws they have been passing for the last five years.

We are asking everyone to review what you have in your gun safe or workshop. Take the time to find out what is against the law and what is not. Remember, our first reported incident was over a flash hider on an M-1A and some armor piercing projectiles. Don't let this happen to YOU.

We are not able to identify the person involved in the incident on Monday or give you any more info about the circumstances about what occurred at this time. We will advise and update as we can.

John Burtt, Chmn FCI

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[dontpethesweatythings]

A one more reason to not live in Kookafornia BTTT

[endthematrix]

"Gun owners in LA County need to be prepared to expect these kinds of entry tactics and respond to commands from any officers if you are contacted. "

Respond? I remember how from G. Gordon Liddy.

[mugs99]

America, land of the free?

[therut]

This makes me ill. If the report is true it is fightening. I can not believe that Police officers and BATFE officers have rationalized their thugary. I would resign. I would go to the other side before I would do this to any citizen. It is shamful. It needs to be rectified by the USSC soon. There is no equal protection under the law for gun owners or for the 2nd amendment. I MOST other States what these guy have is NOT a CRIME of any sort. Sad.

[El Gato]

We are asking everyone to review what you have in your gun safe or workshop. Take the time to find out what is against the law and what is not. Remember, our first reported incident was over a flash hider on an M-1A and some armor piercing projectiles. Don't let this happen to YOU.

A friend/subcontractor who lives near San Diego, sold his entire collection of AR's right after CA passed their draconian AW ban, because he could not tell what was and what was not, against the law. And he has a son who is a deputy sheriff!. Sad, just sad.

[Peisistratus]

"America, land of the free?"

Not for a very long time.

[Wilhelm Tell]

If only Californians would elect a Republican governor, things like this would never happen. What? Oh. Never mind...

[supercat]

If I put five ten-round magazines in a tool box, does their proximity constitute a "fifty-round ammunition feeding device"? My understanding of the chain ammo is that each chain holds precisely two rounds, no more. Other chains, each holding two rounds, may be held in proximity, but no chain holds more than two rounds.

[10mm]

Sounds like the Tree of Liberty needs watering in California.

[Amerigomag]

Your vote does count. These recent shenanigans by California's DOJ, do not reflect a slippery slope but a free fall.

Anyone reading this reply who is planning to vote for either Angelides or the Austrian in November has only themselves to blame. A vote for Poochigian may not correct the problem but a vote for Moonbeam is certain death for constitutional protections.

Your vote counts. Don't waste it.

[Myrddin]

This is exactly why I moved out of my house in San Diego, CA and relocated to Pocatello, ID. The commies in Sacramento are passing endless anti-gun laws. Even if you never buy another firearm, the anti-gun laws are going to catch up to whatever you already have in your possession. They don't give a damn about ex post facto laws. The only thing that is important is to trip you up, make you a felon and confiscate all your firearms.

[Myrddin]

One of my co-workers sawed his new Saiga AK-47 receiver in half on Dec 31, 2000 because he had not registered it in time and couldn't afford to lose his TS clearance. It even had the CA legal 10-round magazine. I would have paid him his purchase price and carted it to my new home in Idaho if I had known his intentions ahead of time. I moved into the new house Dec 19, 2000. Too bad.

[Myrddin]

Sounds like the Tree of Liberty needs watering in California.

Too late. The illegals will keep voting for the anti-gun people because they are the same people handing out taxpayer funded goodies to illegal aliens. They will never allow the voter rolls to be purged of their illegal enablers.

[poetknowit]

This is really all for the good. Gun owners will "entrench" and find ways to become un-noticed. It's the American way. Paul Revere is laughing.

[Sarajevo]

Ahh! The good old USSA. If you're not presently a criminal, you will be soon.

[InABunkerUnderSF]

I know two brothers in Mendocino County, CA who get together on the anniversary of their father's death every year and recite the GPS coordinates of where they have his things buried and take a shot of Jack Daniels in his honor.

This year one of their sons turned 13 and it was decided that he should attend the ceremony.

It all sounds like the Second Amendment equivalent of something out of Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451". California gun laws have become utterly fascistic and I don't see a thing we can do about it given the courts.

[dcrider182]

The courts? you mean the 9th Circus Court of BS?

[InABunkerUnderSF]

Arnold's state courts are just as bad.

[dcrider182]

I don't believe he's appointed any judges, has he? where to?

[nancyvideo]

Re:Warrant signed by Superior Court judge.

How ironic. I was married to a California superior court judge. He Always carried a gun, not for protection but just because he was a gun nut. He had no permit and no qualms.
We really do have different standards of justice for different prople.

[Jim Verdolini]

This is what I pay my NRA dues to fight. It is an idal case for the NRA to fight in court. Go after the folk for abuse of power.

[from occupied ga]

FCI wants everyone to be aware that the LA County Gun Task Force is lead by agents from BATFE; LAPD and LASO. They appear to have focused their attention on members of the fifty caliber community and are aggressively trying to arrest law abiding citizens for just being "Gun Owners"

But "the police are on our side" or so I've been told by numerous freepers. And they've also told me "It's only the police upper echelons who are anti-gun"

How come all the police who are "on our side" didn't call in sick for this?

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

Be afraid. Be very afraid.

[from occupied ga]

Be afraid. Be very afraid.

If you haven't done anything wrong, you have nothing to be afraid of < /sarcasm>

[Thunder90]

In California, they do this to people who have fireworks, not to mention anyone who owns guns.

[Thunder90]

The gun owner could sue in Federal court because the execution of the warrant involved a federal agency.

[Dead Corpse]

[Dead Corpse]

If the courts were still a functional means for redress of grievances, this wouldn't be an issue.

We are so screwed...

[Thunder90]

It is like Bill Clinton and Janet Reno are still controlling the ATF.

[Dead Corpse]

Same company, different management.

[from occupied ga]

The gun owner could sue in Federal court because the execution of the warrant involved a federal agency.

Sue for what? DO you think that any police are ever going to be found guilty of violating civil rights etc. when gunowners are being screwed?

[dljordan]

"Gun owners in LA County need to be prepared to expect these kinds of entry tactics and respond to commands from any officers if you are contacted."

The sheer arrogance of these thugs. Grovel before me.

[Thunder90]

It worked in NOLA after Katrina.

[dljordan]

"I can not believe that Police officers and BATFE officers have rationalized their thugary."

Where have you been the last 20 years?

[dljordan]

"And they've also told me "It's only the police upper echelons who are anti-gun""

Police officers are by nature NOT rebellious. They may be the nicest people in the world at home but they WILL follow orders. If the chief says "break in that house we'll get a warrant later" they'll do it without any compunctions. They'll shoot your pets, your family and tear your house to pieces. They'll confiscate everything you own for a bag of cannabis and call it justice. The authoritarian, police mentality is ingrained in our society.

[dljordan]

"The gun owner could sue in Federal court because the execution of the warrant involved a federal agency."

Nope. The BATFE was called in for "illegal" ammunition which was possibly explosive. They will find a way to finagle this to their advantage everytime. They're not in the business of defending the constitution or the BOR.

[dljordan]

"It is like Bill Clinton and Janet Reno are still controlling the ATF."

No, George Bush and Alberto Gonzales are and neither one gives a crap.

[from occupied ga]

The police...They'll shoot your pets, your family and tear your house to pieces. They'll confiscate everything you own for a bag of cannabis and call it justice. The authoritarian, police mentality is ingrained in our society.

Then I'd say they're part of the problem.

[from occupied ga]

It worked in NOLA after Katrina.

What worked? People getting their unlawfully siezed firearms back? Not really - they're requiring proof of ownership to get your gun back. This is an area that was pretty much scrambled by the hurricane. I wonder how many of us could find our purchase receipts for items we purchased 5 years, 10, 20 30 years ago.

[Joe Brower]

"America, land of the free?"

Not if you look closely. As time goes on, one does not even have to do that.

[Blue Jays]

Hi All-

Just as long as your Mendocino acquaintances are cautious of the lessons learned in the tale Sundown at Coffin Rock which was written years ago and can be seen from the embedded hyperlink.

~ Blue Jays ~

[Dead Corpse]

"Never forget, even for an instant, that the one and only reason anybody has for taking your gun away is to make you weaker than he is, so he can do something to you that you wouldn’t let him do if you were equipped to prevent it. This goes for burglars, muggers, and rapists, and even more so for policemen, bureaucrats, and politicians." — Aaron Zelman and L. Neil Smith, Hope (2001)

[Leatherneck_MT]

Shoot 'em or lose 'em.

No better time than the present.

[blackie]

An Armed Citizen, Is A Safe Citizen! (Maybe)

The Second Amendment...
America's Only Homeland Security!

Be Ever Vigilant!

[wysiwyg]

warning: It's dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.

Unfortunate, but correct...

[jan in Colorado]

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