Shane: June 2008 Archives
This may not be directly related to a US law enforcement no-knock warrant situation, but it is a good example why no-knock entries are potentially dangerous to an average American as well as the law enforcement group performing it.
From judicialwatch.org
Key quotes:
"The three invaders were dressed in military tactical gear and were armed with AR-15 assault rifles." (I believe it should say "M-16 Assault Rifles")
"Windows were raked and doors were breached as the heavily armed Mexican soldiers entered the residence clad in body armor, black combat boots, ballistic helmets and thigh holsters.
One of the police documents specifically says that all the suspects are Mexican military coming into the United States with full tactical gear and police raid shirts to conduct home invasions."
This is where I go nuts with the no-knock crap. If there are criminals masquerading as law enforcement breaking down doors similar to the way a no-knock raid takes place, then how is the everyday citizen to know the difference. An then how is said citizen supposed to protect himself when the door is kicked it. At some point someone is going to kill a cop on one of these raids and the blame for it surely won't be placed on the criminals who copy police gear, uniforms and tactics...or the politicians who allow no-knock raids to occur at all, despite the clear Fourth Amendment violations.
For anyone in the Seattle/Tacoma/Everett area, Phil at Random Nuclear Strikes is trying to get a list together of folks who would be willing to show up when/if the city holds a Town Hall style meeting on the Seattle Mayors executive order. If enacted, this order will prohibit legal CCW holders from carrying on any city property.
Read more about it here.
As he says, we need to stop this now.
From America’s First Freedom, March 2008, an article called “Free Right to Carry: Truth Wins More Allies”:
As I have said before, a life of fear is what our opponents have chosen. They harbor fear of change, fear of the unknown and the strangest of all – fear of their fellow citizens and neighbors. Those who choose to exercise the basic right of self-defense have chosen a life of confidence.
--Chris Cox
In talking to people who tend to shy away from firearms, I have found truth in this statement. The predominant theme seems to be something along the lines of, "I can't be trusted with a firearm, so maybe no one should be". What a burden it must be to live under such self-oppression.
From America's First Freedom, Feb 2008
"Whoever...insinuates notions of government contrary to the Constitution, or in any degree winks at any measures to suppress or even weaken it, is not a loyal man."
--Samuel Adams
I have been traveling a lot lately fulfilling family obligations, which is a nice opportunity for me to catch up on a backlog of reading materials. This comes from America’s First Freedom, January 2008. In the last paragraph, emphasis is mine.
Canadian Fed up with Gun Law
An Ontario gunsmith who has repeatedly lost his fight in court plans to take his battle against Canada’s restrictive gun registration laws all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada.
Bruce Montague contends that the national law requiring all gun owners to obtain a license breaches his right to possess firearms.
“He (the judge) did acknowledge that we do have a right to firearms ownership, but then he deferred that to saying Parliament has a responsibility to be able to restrict that right,” Montague told the Associated Press.
“We don’t quibble with that point in itself. The real thrust of our argument is, they’ve done more than just restricted the right – they’ve obliterated the right and turned it into a privilege.”
Montague’s lawyers believe that rather than a registry of citizens who own firearms, the government should create a list or registry of criminals prohibited from owning or possessing firearms.
Not only would it be easier and cheaper, but seems like it would also be a lot more effective in controlling crime, which is what the politicians claim they want. Will we see it implemented here in the U.S?… I’m not holding my breath.
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