Posted on 12/09/2025 4:31:21 AM PST by marktwain
Elon Musk has restated why the First and Second Amendments exist in the United States. On November 29, 2025, from X.com:
And this is why we have the first and second amendments in America.
Elon was reacting to a story out of the United Kingdom. British police harassed a British subject who had dared to hold firearms while in Florida, and then post images of him doing so on his LinkedIn account.
According to a Daily Mail article:
The 50-year-old said he offered to prove that the pictures had been taken in the US – where owning or shooting guns are perfectly legal. Officers told him it was not necessary.
A week later on August 23, the officers returned and arrested him on suspicion of possessing a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence and another allegation of stalking related to a photograph of a house that appeared on his social media.
Mr Richelieu-Booth was held overnight in a cell before being interviewed. He was then released on bail until October.
He claims police visited his home three more times before the charges against him were dropped.
Mr. Richelieu-Booth reported that his computers and telephone were seized by police, which made it impossible for him to work. Mr. Richelieu-Booth is an IT consultant. The charges were eventually dropped. While he never faced trial, the process was a considerable punishment. Mr. Richelieu-Booth was arrested, jailed overnight, and rendered unable to work for weeks because he posted images of legal activity online. The police say they were responding to a complaint from a person who had seen the images online and felt threatened.
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