Vigilantes targeting Mexican military

Tucson Citizen ^ | 14 February 2004 | Luke Turf

[JackelopeBreeder]

Troops help drug, people smugglers and will be shot, says leader of armed patrol in Douglas.

DOUGLAS - Rhetoric along the Mexican border here is rising, with a heavily armed group of residents declaring war on the Mexican military, and the mayor thinks chances are rising that someone will get hurt.

[JackelopeBreeder]

Ping!

[Reelect President Dubya]

"Two in the chest and one in the head," warned Jack Foote, president of Ranch Rescue...

The FBI/BATF are in need of another training pogrom.

Mount Carmel was almost eleven years ago.

This guy and his idiot cohorts fit the bill.

[herzo]

Let me understand this, the dispatch of armed intruders in the country illegally could cause an international incident?? Sounds right to me.

[TomServo]

Bump!!!

[MineralMan]

"The next time a Mexican soldier sets foot on the small chunk of border property owned by a Ranch Rescue member group, members plan to open fire, their leader said.

"Two in the chest and one in the head," warned Jack Foote, president of Ranch Rescue, a civilian group that patrols in search of illegal immigrants and drug smugglers. He said his group is protecting the rights of property owners. "

Idiot! He has threatened members of a foreign military. The next time one of them turns up dead at or near the border, guess who's going to get arrested. Idiot!

[MamaTexan]

Americans just doing the job our government WON'T do.

[nightdriver]

"According to the Arizona Revised Statutes, trespassing alone does not justify use of deadly force."

How about the illegal incursion of a foreign military force?

[demlosers]

Idiot! He has threatened members of a foreign military.

Armed foreign military on his "ranch." A foreign military doing an illegal incursion into the United States and threatening his life and property. Hmmmmm...he may have probable cause.

[Missouri]

Ping.

[Columbine]

What does Arizona law say about the right to self defense?

In my state you can't shoot someone unless they are in your house.

This guy may be morally right but still end up in prison.

[MineralMan]

"Armed foreign military on his "ranch." A foreign military doing an illegal incursion into the United States and threatening his life and property. Hmmmmm...he may have probable cause.
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Nope. The courts aren't going to see it that way. He's announcing in advance that he's planning to shoot a member of a foreign military. If I remember right, the actual border is not all that clearly marked there. He's blowing hard, of course, and is unlikely to actually carry out his threat. If he does, he may not even survive to face trial.

I still maintain that he's an idiot.

[Missouri]

"Two in the chest and one in the head," warned Jack Foote, president of Ranch Rescue

A little more advice for the RR border defenders.

"Aim small, miss small".

[JackelopeBreeder]

If I remember right, the actual border is not all that clearly marked there.

The border is very well marked at that location.

[swampfox98]

"Mexican drug smugglers. Mexican army. Pretty much the same thing. We're in a border war," he said.

Thanks to our politicians, there is no longer a thing called "a border". What is ours belongs to Mexico, and what belongs to Mexico's will remain theirs.

[templar]

"This isn't a game," Borane said. "That's the thing that has always worried me, that these people would cause an international incident and not only hinder relations with Mexico, but that they'd make this area become a hotbed for other organizations like that."

If the governtment and law enforcement had been doing their job there would be no "these people" to be worried about.

[JoeFromSidney]

"This isn't a game," Borane said. "That's the thing that has always worried me, that these people would cause an international incident and not only hinder relations with Mexico, but that they'd make this area become a hotbed for other organizations like that."

Strange, isn't it, that THEIR crossing the border doesn't cause an international incident or hinder relations with the US. It's only our response to their invasion that might cause an international incident or hinder relations.

What's wrong with this picture?

[Trickyguy]

Idiot! He has threatened members of a foreign military. The next time one of them turns up dead at or near the border, guess who's going to get arrested. Idiot!

Show me the law that prohibits shooting and killing an invading foreign military force. You can't, because there isn't one.

[demlosers]

The border is marked by the Rio Grande for Texas, although you could argue ignorance of geography. If the bad guys shoot first he has every right to defend himself.

Yes, the authorities could arrest him for PC reasons, but if it's a trial by his peers down in Texas, I don't see them convicting him if he's in the right.

[steplock]

People are FINALLY beginning to see the reason for our Second Amendment.

Maybe the ignorant treasonous politicians will see this and either move back to china (dems)/russia(rhinos) or simple crawl back into their pig sty they came from.