New police firearms unit confiscates hundreds of guns( backed by anti-gun supporters)

http://www.gazette.net/200413/montgomerycty/county/208212-1.html ^ | Mar. 24, 2004 | C. Benjamin Ford

[RetiredArmy]

Yes, the imperial federal government and local socialist governments can attached, take, seize and sell your land to make money for themselves and their vote buying schemes and take away your guns and property. Yes, vote for these "freedom" defending communist and you can have your own Uncle Joe calendar with the photos of 50 million dead souls that were killed by socialists. Enjoy Amerika. Your next. (sarcasm off)

[farmfriend]

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[Spok]

If you're a gun owner, you are one presidential election away from being declared a terrorist.

[agitator]

When they came for me, there was nobody left to speak up.

[Billthedrill]

Well, I'm not against preventing the genuinely mentally ill from firearms possession, but it is a very easy step from this to the argument that mere possession of firearms is a sign of mental instability and hence no one who owns one, should. I didn't make that argument up, by the way, I read it in a VPC communication.

[JOAT]

The man was committed to a psychiatric hospital after the raid. He has since been released and is seeking to have his weapons returned, Berger said.

However, under state and federal law, police can confiscate the weapons of those committed for mental health problems.

How convenient. Accuse a neighbor, the gestapo arrests him and has him committed to a psych ward for "evaluation" and that enables the seizure of his property to proceed.

The article plainly states the hospital released him, which indicates they found no reason to have him there.

[coloradan]

Confiscations are here. Coming soon to a neighborhood near you.

[coloradan]

1. The insane aren't allowed to own guns.
2. Why, someone's gotta be crazy to want to own guns!
3. Turn 'em in. All of them. Everyone except government agents.

[bvw]

"The man was committed to a psychiatric hospital after the raid. He has since been released and is seeking to have his weapons returned, Berger said. However, under state and federal law, police can confiscate the weapons of those committed for mental health problems."

This is a scary thing, eh? A catch-22. If you have guns, that's crazy. Since it's crazy, we can commit you. Since we commtitted you, we can take your guns.

All in an article almost celebrating guns seizures!

I wonder -- did they take his car license and confiscate all vehicles -- plowing a car into a crowd of kiddies is more deadly than a gun, eh? If they took his supposed threat (a hearsay) seriously, why wasn't his car taken too?

[The Lumster]

"Berger said. The man was committed to a psychiatric hospital after the raid. He has since been released and is seeking to have his weapons returned, Berger said.

However, under state and federal law, police can confiscate the weapons of those committed for mental health problems. This is just one of the hundreds of cases investigated by the county police under a pilot program launched in 2003."


So the police show up acting on an anonymous tip, discover a large number of guns and take the guns.

Is there a Constitutional limit on the number of guns we're allowed to own? Just wondering.

Then since obviously no sane person "needs" this many guns they put this guy in the looney bin where it is discovered that he is no more looney than anyone else.

Now he can't get his guns back because he's been in the looney bin.

This is the very definition of tyranny.

The constitution is dead. It means whatever the ruling elite want it to mean.

[MineralMan]

"The police investigated after getting complaints from neighbors that the man who owned the home had threatened to shoot children as they played basketball. "

Sounds like a valid reason to investigate, at least to me. The neighborhood butthead, threatening kids for playing a game. I won't defend him.

[The Lumster]

Sorry Spok, this happened on W's watch. It seems we are a few elections too late

[Puppage]

confiscate the weapons of those committed for mental health problems

Define "mental health problems".Is that a headache, depression,what? And more to the point, WHO defines it? Is it left up to liberals, like those that "defined" assault weapons?

Should someone who's had a heart attack be allowed to drive a vehicle after they're been discharged from the hospital? Is there a very real chance they'll have another banger....quite possibly while driving?

BEHOLD! The mind of the defenseless

[bvw]

Note to Officers Mancuso and Berger: Bad law, if celebrated -- I mean enforced as hard as the good and/or publicized when enforced for great fear effect -- makes for bad lawmen.

If you disrespect the citizen and morality, in pursuit of law no matter what the law -- you mock the whole of Creation, and Justice will not be your ally, but misery's wake shall overrun you and yours.

[Redbob]

"...but it is a very easy step from this to the argument that mere possession of firearms is a sign of mental instability..."

There may be more to this story, but it sounds as if that is exactly what happened to the man with 57 guns;
they had him committed simply BECAUSE he had 57 guns.

Wonder what they'd do to me...

[JOAT]

In a bunker-like room in the basement, they found kegs holding eight pounds of black gunpowder.

More horse crap. In a basement any room with reloading equipment and a gun safe could be described by a liberal ninny as "bunker-like" and 8 lbs of black powder is hardly a threat to the neighborhood. What qualifies as bunker-ish? Did it have a blast door and gun slits? I hardly think so. Pantload of an article.

[ought-six]

"If you're a gun owner, you are one presidential election away from being declared a terrorist."

Then I'll let the chips fall where they may.

[Larry Lucido]

"We're not trying to take guns away from anybody who can legally own them," said Officer Derek Baliles. "We knew this would be controversial,

"But once it's no longer controversial, look out!"

[ought-six]

"Sounds like a valid reason to investigate, at least to me. The neighborhood butthead, threatening kids for playing a game. I won't defend him."

You're assuming that the neighbors really said that, and if they did, you are assuming that they weren't lying. It used to be an American citizen was innocent until PROVEN guilty. I guess that's an anachronism that no longer fits into our socialist "paradise." Now, just like in the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries in Germany, all it takes for a finding of guilt is an accusation, from anyone. God help us.