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I have more of a clue than many of you know or want to believe. There may be some passive opposition by groups of the citizens who do not want to be invaded. At this point, I feel that I am willing to stay out of the way of the Border Patrol, and also out of the line of fire of the Mexican Border. If you think I am not being a good subject, then when you see what kind of danger our Border Agents face down here, perhaps you will appreciate them more.

We do protect ourselves and our homes from the illegals and we will use the same force to keep you from our properties. Our group considers the Minuteman Project to be a loosely organized group of domestic terrorists who insist on disobeying the Federal Government, and a group who present a clear and future danger for us and our properties in Cochise County, Arizona. You are not helping, you will be inflicting your presence on us. That's an invasion.

In my opinion the only clueless no, ludicrous and thoroughly deluded people involved in this discussion are the people who would consort with the Minutemen. We will fight you with all of the power that we have as United States Citizens who have the right to defend OUR own property.

You will find that we are seasoned at the battle with invaders, and most of us are armed and amazingly fearless. Do you think a person could live on this border and not have confrontations with all sorts of people?

I fear for my personal safety (and with the Minutemen's presence causing difficulties for the Federal and Local Officers in this area) it has become more of a concern. If the motion sensors on my own property alarm and I should have to call for help, it may be delayed because the Officers on duty are busy dealing with the Minutemen. When help is delayed in this remote area, it tends to make the residents here very nervous. These officers routinely check on my property, as I do live in a remote area.

I legally own weapons, and have Arizona's Concealed Carry Permit. Most of the residents out here are armed for their own protection, we are not giving aid to illegals nor do we want them either! I will even go so far as to say that it's an insult to the residents who have not invited you to come here to "presume" to do something to help us. We do not need or want your help.

There are already rumblings about the arrival of the Minutemen on the Mexican side of the border, you do not care for my life, so I suppose I should let you come and do whatever you want. If you go home in a box or wind up in one of Arizona's prisons or incur a legal liability because of your foolishness, then you only got a little bit of what you deserve for being clueless anti-American rebels yourselves.

I just keep going back to the issue that the Border Patrol has already said that they DO NOT want you to come down here to "help". For only 30 days? Why not make a real commitment and put your lives in the line of fire as you are insisting on putting my life and property?

A cache of weapons was seized on it's way to that drug cartel on the Mexican border recently. Take a wild guess who they will be shooting at in April? The Minutemen! It will be a relief to let them use your backsides for moving targets since you all are the ones who got them so stirred up. Maybe I should just put on my body armor and watch how fast you patriots run when they start shooting at you.

Remember Mr. Patriot, you cannot return fire from the American side of the border across into Mexico. If you do, you will be responsible for an International incident, and that could create a way for you to get some well deserved Prison time. I do not think the Minuteman Project belongs on Free Republic, they are obviously planning to disobey the US Government and perform an act of vigilantism.