A NY city councilman doesn't want you to have that Geiger counter without their permission

village voice ^ | 01-15-08 | by Chris Thompson

[kms61]

good lord.

[spunkets]

Bloomberg and his band of merry idiots are morons. Of course morons put them in office.

[gondramB]

>>Bloomberg and his band of merry idiots are morons. Of course morons put them in office.<<

Bearing in mind this is the Village Voice and they probably don’t like Bloomberg - this does sound right up his ally.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Nothing is more feared and hated in NYC than freedom!

[trumandogz]

Easy solution.

Have the same standards as with home burglar alarms.

If the alarm sounds, and it is false, the owner of the alarm must pay a few to cover the costs of the police/fire/EMS response.

[Picklezz]

All levels of government are "protecting" us right out of our freedom. We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense...

[DB]

City governments should not have the power to do these things.

It is fundamentally wrong bordering on totalitarianism.

[LibWhacker]

Anyone who proposes a lousy tax or lousy law needs to be dragged out and be severely bullwhipped... Court overturns your dumb law? Bullwhipped! Voters don't go for your big tax increase? Bullwhipped! Trying to grab the guns of law-abiding citizens? Bullwhipped! Public outcry squelches your proposed new law that's before the City Council? Bullwhipped!

This ought to cut down drastically on the number of harebrained ideas that are floated before lawmakers, and definitely cut down on the number that are passed into law.

Decent, sensible people spend far too much time and effort undoing the damage done by these idiots. Must be millions of laws on the books, many of them dumb ones like the one proposed by this Falkenrath character that only serve to limit our freedoms.

Don't like my idea? So bullwhip me. I'd risk it for a chance to get my law on the books. Actually, you couldn't since my law wouldn't be on the books yet, hahahaha!

[Tree of Liberty]

bordering?

[RSmithOpt]

And they are elected and paid to pursue such non-essential situations instead of cutting waste, fraud, taxes, reducing crime, etc.

One forbid doing anything else than to bow to the Monster Nanny State.

Ever notice in any public appearance, only the GOP'ers are asked any question that hints at the interpretation of / factual words of the US Constitution?

[grjr21]

"There are currently no guidelines regulating the private acquisition of...

As it should be in America

 

And if people use these detectors without a permit, Vallone asked, do we really have to put them in jail? Afraid so, Falkenrath answered.

"You can't rule honest men. Where's the profit for anyone in that? The only power Government has is to crack down on criminals. So when we runs out of real criminals, we create them. We're after power Mr. Reardon and we mean to have it. Once you understand that, you'll be much easier to deal with." Ayn Rand-Atlas Shrugged.

 

"When I was first given a briefing only weeks ago, the potential problems did occur to me," he said in a later interview. "But the extent of the opposition, on such short notice, was a bit surprising."

 So Mr. Vallone you knew it was a bad law , and you still want to pass it  ?   lets just  sneak it quickly through

  but one way or another, the cops are going to have this new power..."but I think the police department gave some very impressive testimony on the stand, and also expressed a willingness to listen to concerns."

Don't Taze me Bro 

 

[Mr Ramsbotham]

The Decemvirs had neglected to import the sanction of Zaleucus, which so long maintained the integrity of his republic. A Locrain, who proposed any new law, stood forth in the assembly of the people with a cord around his neck, and if the law was rejected, the innovator was instantly strangled. -- Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

[Kakaze]

Once again, don't rely on yourself, don't protect your family......thats what government is here for, we will protect you

I'm being sarcastic, but all too many people I meet on a daily basis are repeating all of this or part of it like a child in need. We are in a sad state.

[doodad]

I have used such devices many times in the course of a former career. They do require a little training to calibrate (the most important) and operate. So, if a citizen does get a reading, why don’t they just call the local EMA, who is already funded and trained, to verify. There is no need for LEOs to panic or even interpret.

Funny, I used to live in DC and in the basement was a CD shelter from the early 60s with just such a device. I still have it. Labeled Family Radiation Kit and they wanted you to have it then. Sigh.

[DelaWhere]

Ok, so detectors are prohibited without license... Hmmm Smoke Detectors, Carbon Monoxide Detectors, Oxygen Sensors, hey, why stop there - put a policeman in every home - kind of our miners canaries, then while they are checking everything for our license we can observe them and see if they have any ill effects...
Utterly STUPID!!!

[mad_as_he$$]

That ship sailed long ago in NYC.

[ex 98C MI Dude]

We might not be living in “1984” yet, but the date seems to be 30 December, 1983! We are getting really close.

[LibWhacker]

Wow, lol... Holy cow, I guess there’s nothing new under the Sun after all. Thanks for that information. Fascinating.

[RightWhale]

Clocks and calendars = time detectors