Posted on 11/07/2002 6:07:19 AM PST by mostlyundecided
Former Michigan Militia Leader's Home Raided
U.S. Marshals Find Guns, Ammunition Inside
Posted: 8:27 a.m. EST November 7, 2002
Updated: 8:48 a.m. EST November 7, 2002
U.S. Marshals raided the home of a former leader of the Michigan Militia Wednesday night.
Federal authorities went to the Dexter home of Mark Koernke (pictured, left) to serve a warrant for illegal use of radio equipment. Inside they found a stash of guns and ammunition, Local 4 reported.
Koernke is currently in custody on other weapons charges.
Federal authorities believe that weapons they seized Wednesday night belong to Koernke and not his family. He could face new federal firearms charges if the weapons belong to him, the station reported.
OK, so now how about raiding the homes of the other militia leaders (Al Qaeda cells and sympathizers) who also live in Michigan (can you say "Dearborn"?)
I can just see the Marshalls riding around in a panel van with a radio direction finder on top, homing in on the State Kriminal.
sorry....racial profiling
If he is a prior felony, then being in posession of firearms would be illegal.
"Inside they found a stash of guns and ammunition"
Just how does the law define the word stash?
Do the firearms and ammo in my Sentinal brand gun safe constitute a "stash"??
I cringe at the use of the words stash and stockpile
Other than that, the article is inconclusive.
Suppose you were a leader of a Muslim terrotist organization trying to disrupt the United States. Your main native born allies are American blacks who have become Black Muslims. (Given John Muhammed's access to large amounts of cash and frequent travel, I suspect that he was recruited into the network of Middle Eastern terror.) Yet, with the exception of a handful of converts like Jose Padilla or John Walker Lindh, Islam has not significantly penetrated the white and Hispanic communities. The most natural ally for the Middle Eastern terrorists among whites would be disaffected white racists and anti-Semites who are enthralled with conspiracy theories that paint powerful Jewish interests at the center of webs of worldwide intrigue. Their theories are basically the same as those espoused by radical Islam, having the same roots in such late 19th Century works as The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion. For these white racists to ally with the non-Aryan Arabs is no more contradictory it was for the Nazis to ally with the non-Aryan Japanese.
I am opposed to governmental restrictions on private ownership and possession of firearms and radio equipment. I recognize that the Feds regard the militia groups as the primary enemies of the State and have dealt with them far more harshly than they have with Muslim terrorists, eco-terrorists, or minority group militants. However, this raid on the home of an already imprisoned militia leader may be prompted by legitimate national security concerns.
Depending on the service, standards for allowable speech vary widely. The standards for allowed speech are very strict for the Public Service, Amateur, Aeronautical, and Marine Services bands. More lenient standards are inplace for the Broadcast Services and commercial land mobile services. No standards for speech exist for the telecom (Cellular and Cord Less telephone) service, and all speech is allowed. Incidentally, the Citizens Band service was also tightly constrained along these lines, but the commission failed to regulate conduct on these frequencies, and it degraded into Chaos.
FYI, I'm not up on weapons laws, what kind of firearms would cause federal charges? Unlicensed?DIRECTLY from the story we have:
Federal authorities went to the Dexter home of Mark Koernke (pictured, left) to serve a warrant for illegal use of radio equipment.WHY are you bringing up the subject of 'firearms charges'?
I think shortwave broadcast is licensed,ANY transmitting requires meeting rules as set forth in the CFR (Code of Federal Regulations, specifically, the 'FCC rules and regs') and may require proper licensing AND requires the use of 'Type Accepted' equipment.
Many of these 'militia types' have taken to using Amatuer HF radios to do their own 'broadcasting' just above or below the 40 Meter Amatuer band - this band has good propagation characteristics and a minimal antenna (simple dipole) and a 100 Watt radio can achieve surprising results ...
Most of these would-be pirates wanna immitate Alex Jones and his *legal* (although insane) broadcasts on 6890 KHz.
The difference here is - Alex legally purchases his airtime from WWRB ...
There are two, no, three exceptions:
1) FRS radios - when they meet type acceptance *as* RFS radios
2) CB radios
3) Emergency situations
(This is aside from normal, low-power, Type-accepted, transmitting devices like RC cars and boats, wireless key-locks, etc)
A .22 revolver, a 12ga shotgun, and a few boxes of shells.
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