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Police in Small Wisconsin City Want Residents to Volunteer to Have Their Homes Searched for Guns
WPR, Blaze ^ | December 8, 2014 | By Gilman Halsted on WPR, Jason Howerton on Blaze

Posted on 12/09/2014 11:52:15 AM PST by Roman_War_Criminal

Police in Beloit, Wisconsin, want residents to volunteer to let officers search their homes for firearms as part of a new initiative that officials believe will help reduce gun violence.

Beloit Police Chief Norm Jacobs told Wisconsin Public Radio that officers will mostly be looking for guns in homes that residents might not even be aware of. “That’s really what we’re looking for. Maybe we’ll find a toy gun that’s been altered by a youngster in the house — and we know the tragedies that can occur there on occasion,” he added.

Jacobs also told WPR that “gun violence is as serious as the Ebola virus.” The home searches, he argued, are similar to a vaccine to strengthen the city’s immune system, the report stated.

That being said, the police chief admitted he isn’t anticipating a stampede of residents eager to have their homes searched.

In 2014, there have reportedly been seven gun-related homicides in Beloit. Most have victims have been teenagers or men in their 20s.


TOPICS: US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: banglist; guns; police; wisconsin; yesterday
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To: Roman_War_Criminal
I want The Fed to volunteer to be audited.

I want the White House to volunteer for a drug search.

61 posted on 12/09/2014 12:31:58 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: NativeSon

College town.

The idiot “photo journalist” geek that got himself killed in the raid to “Rescue” him was a Beloit Alumnus.
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62 posted on 12/09/2014 12:33:00 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

“gun violence is as serious as the Ebola virus.”

Sure is and that’s why I keep my dogs away from cops...


63 posted on 12/09/2014 12:33:31 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Paladin2

Hussein claims to have a transparent government, volunteer it for a drug and child porn search


64 posted on 12/09/2014 12:33:31 PM PST by Kozy
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To: Roman_War_Criminal
guns in homes that residents might not even be aware of.

I like finding guns that I forgot I had, or forgot where I had put them. It's fun. Don't mess with it.

65 posted on 12/09/2014 12:35:10 PM PST by meadsjn
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

” Maybe we’ll find a toy gun that’s been altered by a youngster...”

“Altered” into what?

This guy should be fired for stupidity!


66 posted on 12/09/2014 12:35:19 PM PST by G Larry (Amnesty imposes SLAVE WAGES on LEGAL immigrants & minorities)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal
Maybe we’ll find a toy gun that’s been altered by a youngster in the house — and we know the tragedies that can occur there on occasion,” he added.

Well, yes! Because, you know, it is so easy for a child to refit a toy gun so it can be made into a much more functional and deadly firearm. Moron.

67 posted on 12/09/2014 12:35:26 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Laws that forbid the carrying of arms disarm only those who are not inclined to commit crimes.)
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To: Puppage
Ya think he’s ever kissed a girl?

I don't know about that.
(I highly doubt it)
But I'm sure he's kissed A LOT of @$$.

Court OKs Barring Smart People From Becoming Cops

68 posted on 12/09/2014 12:35:35 PM PST by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: editor-surveyor

College town, yes. Well shouldn’t the cops be offering to escort girls to class, to the library to parties to protect them? It happen to Lena Dunham, it could happen to any girl in Beloit.


69 posted on 12/09/2014 12:36:04 PM PST by Kozy
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To: G Larry; Travis McGee

find a toy gun.... wait, I thought they would be searching for real guns.... is this guy admitting they will looking for absolutely anything that the home-owner could be charged with.... hhhhmmmm


70 posted on 12/09/2014 12:36:43 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: LegendHasIt

It’s where Illinois laps over into Wisconsin.


71 posted on 12/09/2014 12:40:25 PM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Rip it out by the roots.)
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To: FredZarguna

“Nutjob Conspiracy Pinglist item?”

Is there such a thing as a:
“Nutjob-N-A-Uniform-Conspiracy Pinglist item?

If not, there should be.


72 posted on 12/09/2014 12:41:23 PM PST by GladesGuru (Islam Delenda Est. Because of what Islam is - and because of what Muslims do.)
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To: Mears

Bout time you armed up.............citizen.


73 posted on 12/09/2014 12:41:52 PM PST by Osage Orange (I have strong feelings about gun control. If there's a gun around, I want to be controlling it.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

As usual, they target honest, law-abiding citizens and deliberately and intentionally, with full awareness, leave hardened violent criminals alone.

The law-abiding civilian who inadvertently breaks the law will be arrested, and the criminal not. Reason: arresting the innocent person gets the arrest statistics up just as much as arresting the hardened criminal. Besides, the innocent person won’t put up a fight. Also, the hardened minority criminal has dozens of defense sharks (I mean lawyers) ready to defend him.


74 posted on 12/09/2014 12:43:53 PM PST by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal
Sorry officer, I lost all my guns in a series of tragic boating accidents.
75 posted on 12/09/2014 12:44:04 PM PST by fungoking (Tis a pleasure to live in the Ozarks)
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To: txnativegop

“If the cop really wants to ruin your day, yes.

Would you be convicted? NO, probably not, but by then your reputation is ruined isn’t.”

Worst part is that you can have all your assets and your property seized by forfeiture.

Get it back?

Dream on.


76 posted on 12/09/2014 12:45:37 PM PST by GladesGuru (Islam Delenda Est. Because of what Islam is - and because of what Muslims do.)
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To: Veggie Todd

“Is this from The Onion?”

Regrettably, no. There is a mindset that seems to think that if they think it or say it (thinking is actually optional), then it must be accomplished. Like the Pharaoh of Egypt in “The Ten Commandments” was fond of saying, “So let it be written, so let it be done.”

We are subject to a mindset which is approaching that of ancient Egypt.

At one time I had fantasies that the the trusty “six-shooter” cap gun I had could be converted into a real weapon firing real bullets. Limitations of physics and my capabilities soon ruled that out.


77 posted on 12/09/2014 12:48:35 PM PST by alloysteel (Most people become who they promised they would never be.)
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To: txnativegop

It’s Toes Day.

Naturally you wouldn’t use your fingers.

Practically a National Holiday...


78 posted on 12/09/2014 12:49:42 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: txnativegop

Let me think ... haven’t we seen this before ... with the British military forcefully entering colonial homes uninvited in a search for guns? Have we gone full circle?


79 posted on 12/09/2014 12:49:45 PM PST by ArmyTeach ( Videteco eos prius (See 'em first) Sculpin 191)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Got a warrent? NO, then, GET LOST-FLAT-FOOT!


80 posted on 12/09/2014 12:49:54 PM PST by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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