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Police in Small Wisconsin City Want Residents to Volunteer to Have Their Homes Searched for Guns
WPR, Blaze ^ | December 8, 2014 | By Gilman Halsted on WPR, Jason Howerton on Blaze

Posted on 12/09/2014 11:52:15 AM PST by Roman_War_Criminal

Police in Beloit, Wisconsin, want residents to volunteer to let officers search their homes for firearms as part of a new initiative that officials believe will help reduce gun violence.

Beloit Police Chief Norm Jacobs told Wisconsin Public Radio that officers will mostly be looking for guns in homes that residents might not even be aware of. “That’s really what we’re looking for. Maybe we’ll find a toy gun that’s been altered by a youngster in the house — and we know the tragedies that can occur there on occasion,” he added.

Jacobs also told WPR that “gun violence is as serious as the Ebola virus.” The home searches, he argued, are similar to a vaccine to strengthen the city’s immune system, the report stated.

That being said, the police chief admitted he isn’t anticipating a stampede of residents eager to have their homes searched.

In 2014, there have reportedly been seven gun-related homicides in Beloit. Most have victims have been teenagers or men in their 20s.


TOPICS: US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: banglist; guns; police; wisconsin; yesterday
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To: txnativegop
Let me think . . . . . NO!

I imagine, anybody not "volunteering" will be given special police protection or oversight.

21 posted on 12/09/2014 12:07:28 PM PST by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: txnativegop

I’d at least a little bit of a warning - so I could pull out the black tips.


22 posted on 12/09/2014 12:07:59 PM PST by Gaffer
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To: Hot Tabasco

Yes you do.

Paper clips, rubber tubing (if you have any), glass bowls with stems.

All of these things, and many more, are considered drug-use related items. In most jurisdictions such possession is a felony.

I have never a cop who would turn such a bust for any reason.
It makes them look good.


23 posted on 12/09/2014 12:08:30 PM PST by txnativegop (Tired of liberals, even a few in my own family.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal
Ya think Norm has ever changed shirts & lost his bullet?


24 posted on 12/09/2014 12:09:09 PM PST by TexasCajun
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Glad I don’t live there.

I’d run out of breath before I ran out of profanities I’d be shouting at them.


25 posted on 12/09/2014 12:09:13 PM PST by LegendHasIt
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To: Pride in the USA; Stillwaters

The benevolent police dept of Beloit, Wisconsin has kindly offered to search your home for you in case you have guns that you don’t know you have. So generous!!


26 posted on 12/09/2014 12:09:32 PM PST by lonevoice (Life is short. Make fun of it.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Oh heeeellllll no.

Optional today. Manditory tomorrow.


27 posted on 12/09/2014 12:09:56 PM PST by cableguymn (We need a redneck in the white house....)
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To: Veggie Todd

“Oh look honey what I found under the sofa...its an AK47 I believe with one of those big banana clip things. I wonder where that came from? We really do need to clean up more often.”


28 posted on 12/09/2014 12:10:01 PM PST by BCable
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To: TexasCajun

That jacket looks a few sizes too large for him.
He reminds me of a character in an Adam Sandler film.


29 posted on 12/09/2014 12:11:44 PM PST by Roman_War_Criminal
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To: mountn man

30 posted on 12/09/2014 12:12:02 PM PST by Impala64ssa (You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
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To: mountn man

without a doubt.


31 posted on 12/09/2014 12:12:30 PM PST by txnativegop (Tired of liberals, even a few in my own family.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

The drug dealers are invite them in with open arms?


32 posted on 12/09/2014 12:12:41 PM PST by TYVets
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To: null and void
Nutjob Conspiracy Pinglist item?
33 posted on 12/09/2014 12:12:44 PM PST by FredZarguna (And damn'd be him that first cries, 'Hold, enough!')
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Somebody should ask him if they can do a search of his home RIGHT NOW.


34 posted on 12/09/2014 12:13:43 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Any energy source that requires a subsidy is, by definition, "unsustainable.")
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To: TexasCajun

I have to wonder if the good Chief doesn’t have a Fathead poster of Barney Fife in his office.


35 posted on 12/09/2014 12:13:54 PM PST by VRWCarea51 (The original 1998 version)
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To: txnativegop
Yes you do. Paper clips, rubber tubing (if you have any), glass bowls with stems. All of these things, and many more, are considered drug-use related items. In most jurisdictions such possession is a felony. I have never known a cop who would turn such a bust down for any reason. It makes them look good. There fixed it.
36 posted on 12/09/2014 12:14:15 PM PST by txnativegop (Tired of liberals, even a few in my own family.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

He seems like a good candidate for kiddy porn. Should make sure just to be safe.


37 posted on 12/09/2014 12:14:48 PM PST by VRWCarea51 (The original 1998 version)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Gun in my home that I’m not even aware of? Seriously??


38 posted on 12/09/2014 12:15:29 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: mrsmith
Better yet, go there on a Friday night and hand out free guns and Colt 45 Malt Liquor.
39 posted on 12/09/2014 12:15:39 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Any energy source that requires a subsidy is, by definition, "unsustainable.")
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To: camle
they must have a lot of guns from unsolved crimes, and want to ‘find’ them in people’s homes so they can make arrests

You could really make your numbers look good that way!

40 posted on 12/09/2014 12:16:18 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Any energy source that requires a subsidy is, by definition, "unsustainable.")
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