[proxy_user]

This is just an instruction to government offices how to display the flag.

It does not make it a criminal act for private individuals to act otherwise. If anyone claims it does, where is the penalty for violating this law specified?

[al baby]

read later for FF

[OldSmaj]

...where is the penalty for violating this law specified?

The penalty?

You want a damn penalty?

Here's your penalty:

The United States of America is a sovereign nation.

We owe allegiance to no other country, no other flag.

I and many thousands of others like me, know damn well that we are a sovereign nation, owing allegiance to no other country.

Therefore, I and thousands of others like me, will not allow the Flag of the United States of America to be flown inferior to any other flag, in these United States.

I, for one, if I see it, I'll do the same damn thing the hero in the video did.

I'll rip the damn mex flag down, confiscate the Flag of the United States of America and dare the damn fool that displayed it to confront me.

I'm tired of this stinking pussy-footing around about this crap.

We are being invaded.

We are being invaded by a bunch of welfare leeches from a third world crap hole, said third world leeches thinking that they are the rightful occupants of our land.

I will not, I cannot stand and see the Flag of the United States of America flown inferior to any other flag.

I don't give a damn what flag it is, if it is flown superior to the Flag of the United States of America, I shall interpret it as an act of war and I will respond accordingly.

Is that enough penalty for you?

[Jet Jaguar]

No person shall display the flag of the United Nations or any other national or international flag equal, above, or in a position of superior prominence or honor to, or in place of, the flag of the United States at any place within the United States or any Territory or possession thereof: etc.

This is only for Gov't offices?

[calex59]

You had better read it again. It specifically states you MAY NOT display another nations flag above the US flag, that is not a guideline that is a specific statement, which means it is unlawful to do so. It also says it is NOT UNLAWFUL to fly the UN Flag above the US flag at the UN headquarters, which makes it very clear that IS it unlawful to fly a flag above the US flag at any other location. Nice try traitor, but it won’t fly. Kudos to the vet who cut the Mex flag down and took the US flag away and told them they would have to fight him to get the US flag back. The middle finger to CNN and the communists who run it.

[Radix]

"This is just an instruction to government offices how to display the flag."

So then, are you saying that you are OK with the action of flying a mexican flag over/above an American flag on our soil?

[Leatherneck_MT]

“No person shall display the flag of the United Nations or any other national or international flag equal, above, or in a position of superior prominence or honor to, or in place of, the flag of the United States at any place within the United States or any Territory or possession thereof:

That makes no mention of “government offices”

[CMAC51]

This is just an instruction to government offices how to display the flag.

You are incorrect. 4 USC sec 5 indicates that the following sections apply to civilians and civilian organizations. Ergo, 4 USC sec 7 applies to civilians.

Displaying the flag contrary to this section of the Code of Federal Regulations is unlawful. Unlawful means wrong and should not be defended whether a penalty is described or not.

[television is just wrong]

try to get away with the opposite in Mexico.

[television is just wrong]

try to get away with the opposite in Mexico.

[joeburge]

This was intentional desecration.
Whether the action is specifically mentioned or not, the penalty applies.

UNITED STATES CODE
TITLE 18
Part I. CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 33 - EMBLEMS, INSIGNIA, AND NAMES
THIS TITLE WAS ENACTED BY ACT JUNE 25, 1948, CH. 645, SEC. 1, 62 STAT. 683

§ 700. Desecration of the flag of the United States; penalties
(a)(1) Whoever knowingly mutilates, defaces, physically defiles, burns, maintains on the floor or ground, or tramples upon any flag of the United States shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
(2) This subsection does not prohibit any conduct consisting of the disposal of a flag when it has become worn or soiled.
(b) As used in this section, the term ‘flag of the United States’ means any flag of the United States, or any part thereof, made of any substance, of any size, in a form that is commonly displayed.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed as indicating an intent on the part of Congress to deprive any State, territory, possession, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico of jurisdiction over any offense over which it would have jurisdiction in the absence of this section.
(d)(1) An appeal may be taken directly to the Supreme Court of the United States from any interlocutory or final judgment, decree, or order issued by a United States district court ruling upon the constitutionality of subsection (a).
(2) The Supreme Court shall, if it has not previously ruled on the question, accept jurisdiction over the appeal and advance on the docket and expedite to the greatest extent possible.