Re-read this paragraph:
Actually, here in Texas, game wardens have more authority than peace officers or DPS officers. Texas game wardens can come on private property, open gates, enter buildings, open your refrigerator, etc, without a warrant. Having lived in west Texas and camped and hunted over much of that country I can tell you that it gets mighty spooky out there when alone sometimes. So, I don’t have any problem with Texas peace officers, including game wardens, arming up. And, having a trained SWAT team as a ready reserve doesn’t bother me either. Texas law enforcement is made up of “good guys” for the most part and are on the “right” side.
Do you have any idea how horrifying the second sentence, in particular, would have been to the Founders and their contemporaries?
Do you realize that our forefathers fought a War to show their defiance of and prevent the future use of the sort of abuses to which you refer?
“Do you realize that our forefathers fought a War to show their defiance of and prevent the future use of the sort of abuses to which you refer?”
Well, guess I don’t realize. What are the abuses I am referring to?