“We want to make sure they follow the rules. A Scout is a good citizen. It would be a great lesson in civics for that young man and that troop,” he said.
A good lesson indeed. When the Storm Troopers point a gun at your head...
You vill obey.
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a federal offense to take a picture of a federal agent”
BULL!
Sounds like the scouts learned several nice lessons on civics.
The police are your friends.
Government employees are well-trained, well-vetted, and capable individuals that should be trusted and respected.
Only kooks are afraid of an expansion of government power, decent people obviously have nothing to fear from their public servants.
If you’ve done nothing wrong then you’ve got nothing to hide.
Guns should obviously be restricted to the police and military, since they’re obviously the only ones trustworthy and capable enough to use them responsibly and intelligently.
Hopefully those scouts have enough sense between them to draw the proper conclusions from this encounter. A healthy distrust of human nature, and a very rational appreciation of the evils of government, are essential civic virtues in a republic — only dictatorships and cults have any use for fawning sheep.
The LGBT crowd will be up in arms over this.