Posted on 01/10/2009 10:36:44 AM PST by marktwain
Could it be because he (Barfsack) hasn’t given the order yet? A good officer should never publicly speculate as to what his response will be to a purely hypothetical situation.
First: The officers oath, which is the same oath taken by the Vice President and members of Congress, says nothing about obeying orders.
Second, command no longer goes through the individual service chiefs. It goes directly from the civilian National Command Authority to the commanders of the Geographic Combatant Commands or the Unified Commands
IOW, this guy is either a fake, or some sort of non line officer, such as a Doctor, Nurse, or JAG (who would probably know).
Yeah, I guess it's the sign of the times for this kind of crap. I'd have been pissed too were I in your situation.
It's illegal to hunt migratory game birds and in some states other birds, with more than 1 round in the chamber and 2 in the magazine.
Just as in Britain, the fish and game laws are often the first to encroach on Constitutional rights, in this case the right to not be stopped and searched without a warrant of probable cause. Of course if they saw you shoot more than 3 times, then they'd have probable cause.
As ex-president Heston would say:
“From my cold, dead hands...”
Very cold, here in WI.
“That’s BS. If the warden needs to check to see if there is a plug in your auto-5, he should be allowed to inspect your gun, he should just not be allowed to confiscate it.”
Not really. He can simply ask you to show him it’s installed. I’ve been asked this by an EnCon officer here in NY. He wasn’t keen on taking my gun apart and in fact felt more comfortable with me doing it as I was more familiar with my own gun.
In a sane world the complainant would have been ticketed or arrested for making a false complaint to the police.
“The hunter was within his rights.”
I’m glad you guys were OK.
The hunter had no “right” to shoot at your house. The irresponsibility was his and he should rightly be held accountable for it. The first thing taught in hunter ed was “be sure of your target and what’s beyond it.”
...”put the gun in your mouth and pull the trigger or I shoot you in the head”...
He was shooting into trees at a lower elevation and far enough away that he probably couldn’t even see the house. He did have the right to hunt squirrels. I agree he was careless, but it was likely he lacked training or understanding that his bullet could go so far. When you are down where he was and look up towards our house, it is not visible. All you can see is trees.
I was angry about it and a little nervous for a while. I understand the people in the article who were anxious over hunters on the neighboring land, although birdshot isn’t nearly the problem .22s are. But, the pheasant hunters were behaving properly.
I guess I was just trying to present both sides.
“coming soon to the woods nearest you.”
If folks end up having to take to the woods, law enforcement has to have something pre-established that enables them to have at you there.
Presidents take that oath too, and we've seen over and over again exactly how valuable that "oath" is....
"Take you stinking paws off me, you damn dirty ape" ?
I totally understand your view on this. I was never mad about shooting rifles up into the trees for squirrel hunting though it’s perfectly legal in some areas. If the bullet doesn’t hit the tree for a backstop it’s going to go flying off who knows where. It’s basically equivalent to shooting a rifle up into the air.
Whenever I’ve hunted squirrel with a rifle I usually go for the shots that are horizontal or toward ground level. I’m reluctant to shoot overhead into the trees. For that we usually use a shotgun with 4, 5, or 6 shot.
Take Care.
“Wisconsin law does not specifically prohibit the open carrying of loaded or unloaded firearms in public, but a person doing so may risk being arrested, and charged with disorderly conduct, on the grounds that the display threatens the public peace or safety,”
Everytime I see a cop openly carrying a firearm, I feel threatened about my peace and safety. Can I have him arrested for disorderly conduct?
Except, why is there a law to have a plug in your auto-5?
Same here.
Around here, your car gets confiscated on the first DWI offense and is sold at auction long before the case is adjudicated.
Cite the Statute please.
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What if these same cop “Wannabes” demand that you hand over your CAR? Must you give it to them? And cars are NOT protected by the Constitittion, but guns ARE. What if they demands a strip-search? THAT is not in the Consitution either, but guns are! Then what?
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