I used to be very worried about the firearms I possess. I know the feds have an active record of every gun I’ve bought that required an FBI goon perusal of me. When they eventually get around to coming for me, I figured they’d have a list of my firearms in hand. Watching state security shutting people down over “extremist” statements and soon “extremist” thoughts leads me to believe when I’m eventually arrested they will be carrying my FreeRepublic posts as evidence.
How long are these “records” of firearm purchase retained?
I concur. I post occasionally here and there and I know they can have it all printed with a keystroke and I am at the point in my life that I do not care. I used to care but since 2008 I was labeled an enemy of the state and will defend our Republic until I die and there is nothing they can do to make me bend a knee.
Regarding salty talk aimed at the president (or other officials) vs visits from the SS
March 5, 2009 | Jim Robinson
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2200093/posts
Unfortunately, we are saddled with a communist sympathizer in the White House. I don’t know whether or not he’s an actual card carrying commie, but he’s definitely an America-hating, anti-capitalist Marxist leftist who thinks communism is the way to go. Now I remember when America used to fight against communism. It wasn’t that long ago. Many of us on FR are veterans of wars against communism and some of us believe that American citizens who are communists are the enemy within, ie, the domestic enemy we’ve sworn to defend against. American citizen? hmmmm... that may be a loophole for Obama.
At any rate, the oath is to defend our constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic. I can imagine that this places an enormous strain on our Secret Service agents. It’s obvious to anyone with a brain that Obama is an enemy of the constitution. So should the SS defend the constitution or defend the anti-constitution commie?
So now comes the problem. If you feel it’s your duty to call Obama a traitor and use salty language in your proposed resolution, ie, suggest the commie be keelhauled, walked off the plank, run up the yardarm, tarred and feathered and run out of Dodge, etc, etc, etc, you may be facing a visit from your friendly Secret Service. And even though your visiting agent may agree politically, and may take his oath to the constitution seriously, he’s still sworn to protect the officeholder and it’s his duty to take all threats seriously. And that may include serving me with a subpoena to turn over your IP address. Now I’m duty bound to protect your privacy to the best of my ability, but I cannot defend against stupidity.
Best advice I can give is to keep it to yourself. Don’t post anything that may embarrass you later, or end you up in the slammer.
Ever vigilant.
Keep your powder dry.
From the 0bama era. Might be more important to consider even more these days.