Police seize rocket launchers, Uzi from home

WTNH ^ | 8/2/02 | WTNH

[harpseal]

please - who (really) needs rocket launchers? In Conecticut? I am floored...

First, this man was not charged with illegally possessing rocket launchers, which means they were legal for him to possess. In short since no charges were filed we may presume that what he had possessed were totally legal. Who needs a Mercedes or a 4 ghz computer for home use? Especially in a city. Why he had what he is constitutiuonally entitled to is his business not yours or mine unless or until he either commits a violent act or given current court rulings he violates a law.

[Hoosier Patriot]

I am floored...

I am not surprised by that statement.

[blau993]

Don't think there is any real difference -- just two different names for the same thing.

[dd5339]

"Exactly whom would you be filing this suit against? There is no government agency/or court that recognizes the 2nd Amendment as valid."

Actually John Ashcroft, (the Attorney General of the United States), has came out and declared the 2nd amendment to be an individual right.

Semper Fi and stay armed....

[Movemout]

It sounds like he was pretty prepared. This restraining order business is getting out of hand. Divorce is a concern of the civil courts and criminalizing the ownership of weapons is not their business. If one wanted to kill someone, say an ex-wife or separated significant other, clubs and knives are sufficient to the job at hand. Firearms are not required. I would never slay another human being who was not threatening me in some way but if I needed to do so it would not require the use of firearms.

[B Knotts]

please - who (really) needs rocket launchers? In Conecticut? I am floored...

Well, for one...people with gopher or mole problems.

[blau993]

Are people required to register their guns in the USA?

Only those that can take out cities with populations of 50,000 or more.

[SUSSA]

The 5th Circuit Court upheld the ruling in Emerson that said the Second Amendment protects an individual right. It then went on to apply the lowest level of judicial review called "rational basis" to that right. Normally "strict scrutiny" is applied to fundamental rights like the right to trial by jury, the right to worship as you please etc. In Emerson the court ruled that the state can violate your right without ever convicting you of anything or even charging you with anything.

The Bush/Ashcroft "Justice" Dept. argued that the circuit court was right and there was no basis for the SCOTUS to grant cert. This is how Ashcroft can say he believes in the Second Amendment protecting an individual right while gutting it and turning it into a privilege. It is political New-speak. You have to parse every word this administration utters or you are fooled into believing they said something you like when they said nothing of the kind.

[Jagdgewehr]

Included [in] the cache of weapons...

What? No assumption that its a collection?

[Calvin Locke]

Reminds me of Summer Camp. Actually got to spend one night under the stars, the Perseids, and the flaming former
contents of a can of OFF! bug spray that one of the Einsteins put next to the camp fire.

[ibbryn]

In Calif, a restraining order is also easily taken out against a neighbor. When I filed one against my psycho neighbor, the judge put one one me just for good measure. That WAS a suprize! No proof necessary, no problem to get.

[sawsalimb]

There were also cases marked "explosive" and US Army 30mm ordinance which were seized.

It says,"cases marked...",and here's my question:was there anything in the cases? I used to carry my tire chains in a 30mm ammo can,since it was just the right size for the contraptions,and kept them from getting tangled up with everything else in the tool box. And I also used to have a few spare smaller ammunition cans around for miscellaneous storage usage. Does anyone want to bet that these cases were plain old GI ammo cans that get sold at flea markets?

[Sender]

Actually, if one wanted to kill someone, say an ex-wife or separated significant other, the average Buick possesses sufficient accuracy and ample delivered energy.

[BlessingInDisguise]

[blau993]

I don't know. Given the amount of ordnance this guy had lying about, it's quite possible the contents of those containers were "as labeled."

[porte des morts]

Oh yeah, I forgot about that. Geez I guess then we don't have to register guns anymore? And the above posted case is a violation of this mans rights, and all his guns will be returned, right. Cause, Mr. Ashcroft says so?????Don't put too much stock in what a political appointed hack has to say, cuz he''ll say one thing and do another.

(Sorry for the rant, but the fact is, nothing has changed since the AG gave his little pro-gun speech)

[TexasRepublicans]

New Haven? Must have been a Yale student

[porte des morts]

dd5339,
Please read post #28 by SUSSA, much better prose than my lame attempt to make a point.

[T Wayne]

All I have to say, Unintended Consequences

[Doomonyou]

ATF (don't ask me what I think it stands for)

I'll bite, what do you think ATF stands for?