“Texas Game wardens have jurisdiction state wide and are just as much a peace officer as any state trooper. “
Actually, here in Texas, game wardens have more authority than peace officers or DPS officers. Texas game wardens can come on private property, open gates, enter buildings, open your refrigerator, etc, without a warrant. Having lived in west Texas and camped and hunted over much of that country I can tell you that it gets mighty spooky out there when alone sometimes. So, I don’t have any problem with Texas peace officers, including game wardens, arming up. And, having a trained SWAT team as a ready reserve doesn’t bother me either. Texas law enforcement is made up of “good guys” for the most part and are on the “right” side.
I think you need to go back and read what you wrote. If you do not have a problem with a SWAT team coming into your home and searching your stuff without a warrant, then the 4th Amendment is gone, and the Republic is lost.
Perhaps you do not mind your rights being violated so long as you suppose they are violated by “the good guys”, but those with a better understanding of history view such a stance with a dim eye.
Not according to the State constitution.
Art I, Sec. 9. SEARCHES AND SEIZURES.
The people shall be secure in their persons, houses, papers and possessions, from all unreasonable seizures or searches, and no warrant to search any place, or to seize any person or thing, shall issue without describing them as near as may be, nor without probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation.
Re-read this paragraph:
Actually, here in Texas, game wardens have more authority than peace officers or DPS officers. Texas game wardens can come on private property, open gates, enter buildings, open your refrigerator, etc, without a warrant. Having lived in west Texas and camped and hunted over much of that country I can tell you that it gets mighty spooky out there when alone sometimes. So, I don’t have any problem with Texas peace officers, including game wardens, arming up. And, having a trained SWAT team as a ready reserve doesn’t bother me either. Texas law enforcement is made up of “good guys” for the most part and are on the “right” side.
Do you have any idea how horrifying the second sentence, in particular, would have been to the Founders and their contemporaries?
Do you realize that our forefathers fought a War to show their defiance of and prevent the future use of the sort of abuses to which you refer?