All of the civil liberties that we have lost in recent times has been at the feet of the great War on (some) Drugs.
Currently Barry the Kenyan is trying to get us to buy into the idea that all the guns in Mexico is our fault so as to sing us onto some UN gun ban treaty.
Good ole war on drugs here...
It’ll take firearms and/or clear-thinking rational minds to turn this socialist ship of state around.
Yep. The single greatest argument to end the “war on drugs” is that by doing so, we eliminate all this “no knock warrant” BS, as well as people (and their dogs) being shot on “tips” from some mid-level dope peddler who wants to weasel out of a stiff sentence for dealing who is called a “confidential informant” by the Feds or local LEO’s.
I can tally up the loss of liberty due to the WOD without even thinking about it:
- traffic stops
- dope sniffing dogs become a DIY warrant
- no-knock raids on houses (indeed, the very concept of a no-knock warrant)
- asset forfeiture
- financial laws against money laundering, the “know your customer” crap at banks
- thermal imaging of your house, looking for dope growing operations
- and the warrantless scans of utility bills
That’s just off the top of my head.
I don't know if we can blame ALL of the loss of civil liberties on the WOsD, but certainly a good bit.
Just like the left only has 'tolerance' for those that agree with them, many on the right want to pick and choose which civil liberties are important. It's like those that pick and choose certain parts of the Bible to follow.