In addition to the legal firearm, legal two-way radios, and legal scanner, his legal camera was seized. This camera is the same camera he uses as a tool of his business as he is the editor and a reporter for the Tombstone Tumbleweed newspaper.
Also, not reported, was that the female park service officer that stopped these hikers held a gun on them. I'm trying to get confirmation from Simcox himself, but apparently the female agent was of hispanic descent and she stated to the hikers that she "doesn't agree with what [they're] doing."
Simcox himself does not know under what specific statute he was given a citation. He doesn't know - no one has told him - what law he supposedly broke.
I think the ranger might be in more trouble than Simcox. It would be interesting to see Park Sevice guidelines for drawing a weapon on someone. Was he carrying his gun openly or concealed? That would be a factor, because if he was carrying it concealed, how would she know he was armed?
I'm trying to get confirmation from Simcox himself, but apparently the female agent was of hispanic descent and she stated to the hikers that she "doesn't agree with what [they're] doing."
If that turns out to be the case, I figured as much. Thanks for the update.
How often are Park Rangers arresting illegal border crossers for the trash dumps they create? These creeps are ravaging our national parks on the border.
Image from American Border Patrol
documenting the environmental damage
caused by illegal immigration. A Global
Positioning System (GPS) provides the
exact longitude/latitude coordinates.
Put together over time, these individual
reports and images will begin to form a
picture of the extent of environmental
damage.