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To: Celerity
They do encourage people to pursue legal action AFTER any arrests or seizures are made.

Much easier to CYA and obfuscate things AFTER the fact.

We need to stand up against this, NOW. Of all the other slippery slopes we've gone down, this one is a bad one.

32 posted on 05/16/2011 10:31:28 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (explosive bolts, ten thousand volts at a million miles an hour)
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To: Dead Corpse

I suppose you think the cops should not respond to 911 calls?


42 posted on 05/16/2011 11:06:33 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: Dead Corpse

The “Why” is there, and the Need is there (The need to stand up against it).. but I can’t figure out the “How”.

Like I said, even today in areas where the 4th amendment is protected - -How- does one wield this right ? How do we practice it ?

If the police were to show up at my door now, it’s important (For many reasons) to maintain a semblance of respect (Don’t give them a reason to get angry, just like being invaded by criminals) and to remain calm. It’s also a good idea to express your unwillingness to comply, and your knowledge of law to continue to press them to keep up their end of the bargain (Do you have a warrant?)

But certain scenarios demand the police to come in, guns pointed. Even if it’s not “fair” or “Legal”, there is a chance that police could bust down my door (I live on a street with drug-dealing houses and gang-inhabited houses). My neighbor is even a shady guy with his hands in both narcotics and tail-end human trafficking. If this happens, do I pull my gun ?

You know what’ll happen if I pull my gun ? I MAY take a few out, but they WILL immediately fire on me. If I speak sternly ? I’ll be ignored. Myself, my family, and even my cats may be tasered. We may be roughed up. Anything we do or say won’t work - because we can’t just announce “I didn’t do nothin’ wrong!” They won’t stop. I will go away in cuffs.

It’s not a good idea to resist ANY form of the law coming into my home un-announced or otherwise asked to leave. There is no viable option here.

If these raids occur at night, god help them - because I don’t turn on lights before squeezing a trigger. I don’t have to. There should be, under no circumstances, a group of people in my home raiding it. My area has had several criminal home invasions this year. I’m not stopping at a threat.

When it comes to questioning the 2nd amendment, I know the “How”. I know what it takes to protect the 2nd amendment. But this ? I have no idea how to defend it.


61 posted on 05/16/2011 2:09:04 PM PDT by Celerity
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