Posted on 04/27/2007 7:25:59 AM PDT by bad company
Just as long as they don’t shoot us right-minded Northerners.
anyone starting a pool on how long before an officer gets shot for doing his duty?
? ... is it his duty to take guns from law abiding citizens?
the old ...” I was just following orders” excuse won’t wash forever.
But you repeat yourself. After the war funding debacle, I really believe that.
i think i should’ve put quotes on the word duty.
The old tried and proved "just following orders" routine? I don't think so. Blackbird.
Notice the raids on the white trash in the south.... nobody seems to have weapons in the Muslim or African American community I guess.
What the gun grabbers fail to realize is that folks like me (law abiding gun owners) don't precisely think of guns as a means to kill but as a means of self-defense. If I wanted to kill someone I wouldn't need, or necessarily prefer, a gun.
Hence the extra duty for their vigorish collectors
Everyone in the United States who is eligible should buy a gun and learn how to use it. This will send a clear message to Democrats and other criminals. The Second Amendment has not been repealed, despite what the socialists in Illinois, Wisconsin and other states are doing.
Even though he’ll probably read this, I don’t care. I have the right to protect myself and my family. One night it may have to be by force.
You over 21?
None of his business.
If he finds out, and doesn't like it: TOUGH!
my $0.02
The other retort is that 7mm mag and 30-06 have better range than M-16's and cop popguns.
TR: Man should have said: “Do I have a Gun? Read the second amendment, and get the hell out of my house or I’m calling my lawyer to sue your department. ...
I like that but a less confrontational and an effective way to reply would be...
"I sold it about five years ago."
"It was a private transaction."
"I didn't give or get a receipt."
"I don't remember his name."
"I've never seen him again."
"I don't have a record of the serial number."
"Have a nice day, officer."
"Good bye."
Oh great. Just what we need, more people from Chicago.
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"The tank, the B-52, the fighter-bomber, the state controlled police and the military are the weapons of dictatorship. The rifle is the weapon of democracy .... If guns are outlawed, only the government will have guns. Only the police, the secret police, the military, the hired servants of our rulers. Only the government - and a few outlaws. I intend to be among the outlaws."
In New Orleans, not a single officer was shot while illegally confiscating legally owned firearms. Some would say that gun owners should have resisted with force, but I would say it shows that citizens showed a higher form of civility and citizenship. The RKBA was strengthened by the way NO gun owners acted, for NO is now used as an example of exactly why the RKBA exists and why it must be protected. Had some officers or citizens died in a dispute over the confiscation, the incident would have just been useful to the gun-grabbers as fodder to prove how dangerous guns and gun owners are.
An elderly woman had a handgun, and members of a swat team were observed taking it away from her by force — and this appears to have been reported in a bad light.
Secondly, it appears that there were several “armed homeowner groups” that the SWAT teams never quite made it to in order to confiscate their guns. I don’t remember this being reported widely, but it appears that it happened.
Does anyone have links to news stories about either of these instances???
Done slowly enough over a long enough period of time, they could make willingness to participate in gun confiscation a criterion for promotion, or for rookie retention
A bad sign would be the recruitment of people willing to confiscate guns from the middle class, from segments of the population which have no particular affinity for the mostly white middle class
Making a false statement to a police officer is itself something they can jail you for.
The best thing you can do when a cop seeks to engage you in a discussion (and he's not your buddy discussing football), is to say "My lawyer's number is xxx-xxx-xxxx, please discuss it with him", and have that be your reply to everything he says from that point on. Except if the question is "may I come in?" or "may we discuss this inside?", where your answer is "No"
Notice many ATF raids on Crips headquarters lately? Neither have I
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