Posted on 01/27/2003 1:25:59 PM PST by Spiff
By Tim Steller
© 2003 Arizona Daily Star
A National Park Service ranger cited militia leader Chris Simcox Sunday for carrying a loaded weapon and operating without a permit at Coronado National Memorial in southeastern Arizona.
The chief ranger at the park south of Sierra Vista, Thane Weigand, said it appeared Simcox and William Dore were conducting a patrol of the border. "They were doing a special activity inside the park that's not sanctioned by the park," Weigand said.
Simcox, founder of the Tombstone group Civil Homeland Defense, has been conducting citizen patrols of the border area, but he said that's not what he was doing Sunday afternoon. He said he was simply hiking with Dore.
They were driving along Border Road when they came to a fence with a sign that said no vehicles were permitted, Simcox said. So they parked the van and walked past the fence along the road, not knowing the fence was the park boundary, Simcox said.
"Next thing I know, there's somebody waiting in the bushes for us," Simcox said.
It was a park ranger, who said she had been watching the pair, knew who they were and what they were up to, Simcox said. He and Dore were detained for about 3 1/2 hours, and some belongings were seized, Simcox said. Those belongings included a scanner, two two-way radios, his camera, a cell phone and his pistol.
Weigand said the charges against Simcox and Dore are misdemeanors.
The Constitution does not prohibit stupid laws. It's your job to get involved at the legislative level and prevent the passage of stupid laws. People who elect represenatives who pass stupid laws deserve all the anguish they get. It is not the place of the courts to bail them out by inventing Constitutional issues where there are none.
These are not "a handful of Americans attempting to defend our borders," but rather self-styled vigilante law-breakers and an unregulated and unlawful militia. Vigilantism can only further erode justice.
You seem a little paranoid. Try and stay focused. The real threat is not from these few trying to do what the government refuses to do.
In a nutshell, Prop 187. The people voted, we won and the government burned our ballots, and declared our free election illegal.
This from "According to Joe" who gets furious when he hears a foreign language. lol
Great, The Border Protectors don't know where the hell the border is located.
This situation is sure to have a happy ending.
They are just following the goverments lead....Oh, that's right, the government could care less about our borders.
You seen the latest news about illegal aliens crawling all over the USS Kennedy and other U.S. warships.
And some of you are all paranoid about these 10 guys patroling our borders.
LOL!
JACKSONVILLE, Fl (AP) -- The Navy discovered 65 illegal immigrants among the workers hired to renovate the USS John F. Kennedy at Mayport Naval Station. Eleven illegal Mexican immigrants were arrested and charged yesterday with possessing false documentation. The other immigrants are still at large.
The Navy discovered the illegal workers during a routine review of the status of foreign-born workers hired by the contractors and subcontractors renovating the carrier. The Naval Criminal Investigative Service then asked the Immigration and Naturalization Service for assistance.
The 11 men arrested worked for Moran Environmental Recovery. It is unclear whether Moran will face charges. The USS John F. Kennedy is getting a $200 million makeover to extend its service life another 15 years. About 25-hundred contractors will do the work and will be assisted by sailors.
NOTHING TO SEE HERE HUH?
You defeat your own argument. If they could care less, then they care more.
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