Vigilantes must face the music, since we live in a republic not an anarchy.
The progressive shift -- within government -- from republic to tyranny is subtle; watch for it.
we live in a country where the citzen's rule, not the annointed "authorities." When those in power reject the laws they were elected or hired to enforce then the citzen's have the duty to enforce those laws. They must do so in an orderly way, with oversight and guidance, in order to avoid the excesses of vigalantiism, but they must not submit meekly to the arbitrary rule of some distant elite.
This is the core of the 2nd amendmant, not the argument about guns. "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." The right to keep and bear arms is a necessary part of the militia, which is and always has been the people. We don't need arms for their own sake, we need them to carry out the necessary duty to participate in our own defense. There can never be enough police to do it for us without giving our free society up and becoming a police state. The people must be guided and taught about excess and protecting the rights of the accused, but they must never be excluded from the process.
if the exact same actions were taken by law enforcement officers there would be no case. Because it was citzen's then the police state masters are striking out. They fear the citzen's more than they fear the law breakers.
No, we no longer live in a republic, we live in a government approved, open border "free for all", one that caters and panders to criminals, while failing to represent the legal citizens, and failing to do it's constitutional duty and protect our borders and sovereignty.
A true republic would never allow it's country to be taken over by millions that are literally choking off our system, while President Bush and the Republican's and Democrats, sit by winking and nodding at this open attack on our borders and sovereignty.
Do you not understand what is happening?
You should look up the definition of 'Vigilante", and then apply it to what is going on in the border area, before you post such ignorance.
So if we had an anarchy, would we be allowed to protect our national borders and enforce laws against illegal immigration and tax evasion?
I'm tired of the social chaos and flagrant disregard of the law that exists under a republic. I think I'm ready to try the social stability and respect for law and order and citizen's rights that exists under anarchy.