>>> The bottom line of what you are pushing: depriving Americans of their right to free association with people of whom you disapprove.<<<
I’m sorry, but you seem to be confusing me with GatorBreath.
I’ve been saying all along that the Waco deal is just plain rotten and I think I’ve been consistent about that.
We still don’t know how many firearms were legally carried, not used in the melee and that the carriers should be protected under the Second Amendment and Texas law.
We still don’t know how many people drew handguns in self-defense and were shot down by the police while defending themselves.
We still don’t know how many of the ‘weapons’ gathered by the police were legally carried yet are being used to bolster a story that doesn’t ring true.
As to the First Amendment, a back patch and a cut patch are not equal. Only the back patch denotes membership in a club, so those with cut patches and t-shirts are not ‘gang members’ but were grabbed in an overly wide sweep by police.
The CoCI meeting was a political meeting invaded by some bad actors but was open to anyone who wanted to show up, per First Amendment freedom of assembly.
The warrants used are Constitutionally suspect since that was apparently an exercise in guilt by association.
The bail appears to have been excessive and equally Constitutionally suspect especially for individuals with no previous police records.
Any other questions on where I stand?
YES, I was only copying you on the post to Gator as a courtesy!!!!!!!
Never had them in the first place because I know that you and I essentially have the SAME stand.
Any questions?
“The CoCI meeting was a political meeting invaded by some bad actors but was open to anyone who wanted to show up, per First Amendment freedom of assembly.”
The Texas CoCI is run by the bad actors ... THE BANDIDOS!
“The CoCI meeting was a political meeting invaded by some bad actors”
According to Finny, you have it exactly backwards. According to finny, the Cossacks were not the bad actors but were “ filled mainly with impressionable, good, if sometimes rebellious wandering young men”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3303187/posts?page=217#217
“As to the First Amendment, a back patch and a cut patch are not equal.”
Please explain. The back patches are cut patches.