Yes, some examples of such creatures do indeed come to mind....
Posted on 10/19/2003 12:41:47 AM PDT by fire_eye
So, in effect, you see no need to restrict anyone from owning anything and furthermore, from probably doing anything.
Are you a Libertarian by chance?
to restrict anyone(Absolute # 2)...
from owning anything( # 3)...
and furthermore, from probably doing anything( # 4)
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It could be that the cops in question annoyed some fed. A small-town police-chief or sheriff might feel no need to bend his knee to the feds and their "requests". This might be a message to all small town LEO's
A BATF raid on a Crips HQ in South Central LA would trigger a firefight and start a riot. The probability of any raider getting out alive would be low.
BATF want arrest stats with minimum personal risk
Yes, some examples of such creatures do indeed come to mind....
It could be that the cops in question annoyed some fed. A small-town police-chief or sheriff might feel no need to bend his knee to the feds and their "requests". This might be a message to all small town LEO's
Turn about is fair play.
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I'm sure the British authorities around the time of the Revolution felt exactly the same way.
Is it right no but no one in congress wants to set them right nor pull any funding when they stomp cats to death and kill people over unpaided tax's.
The alarm that went out was "the Regulars are coming". Meaning the regular army. It was the colonists own army which was being used to confiscate civilian arms. Citizens of Boston were forced to disobey the order to turn in their weapons and had to smuggle them out of the occupied city in order to keep them.
It was not the firing of the regular's guns which raised the alarm, but several mounted riders including Paul Revere.
You can bet if our army is ever instructed to confiscate the arms of civilians, the army will have every weapon known to man at their service. You and I may not have silencers, machine guns, helicopters, or anti-tank missiles, but the forces sent to tyrannize us will have all this and much more.
This is the BATFE here. They don't have much use for the truth, nor much aquaintence with it either. I'm not sure they'd know what it was if it bit them in the a$$.
And that would be?
Like the BATFags at Waco?
incapable of handling said weapon
Like many women police officers?
mentally incapacitated beyond the point where they could be trusted to control their 'fire' (mentally incompetent - can't judge proper from improper use of weaponry that can potentially kill)
See Waco again.
d) deemed to be a risk because of their 'criminal bent'"
Like the SOB who murdered a woman carrying a child in her arms at Ruby Rudge.
Yeah, I guess there are some folks who shouldn't have guns.
Many, if not most, in the American military take their oath to defend the Constitution seriously. I'd also bet that the higher the 'skill' level of the soldier, the more likely they are to support the Constitution and refuse to obey any illegal edicts to violate the Bill of Rights.
You and I may not have silencers, machine guns, helicopters, or anti-tank missiles
Should such an illegal edict come down the pipe, I would guess that a lot of these items would either mysteriously disappear, or suddenly have "reliability" problems.
There are still quite a few Patriots in the American military.
No, it's not a federal crime, so long as you have the proper paperwork filled out and you've paid your tax.
The only reason they passed that edict was to raise revenue for the state. It needs to be repealed, as the 2nd amendment doesn't give the government the power to regulate silencers.
There were a lot of Republicans (as well as a few democrats) that talked about pulling their funding in 1994 after they won Congress, but the Bush/Dole wing of the party stopped that.
If that day ever comes, a decent bolt action rifle equipped with a scope is all many Patriots will "need".
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