Seriously, lets all freak out about “illegal” dinner parties. Government regulation solves everything!
Incase you missed that above, it was dripping with sarcasm. I have an awesome idea, why don’t we just get the government out of our personal lives and decisions and let us live like free fucking adults… How’s about that for an idea.
I wasn’t too happy about how they ruled regarding carrying inside the Post Office, but with regards to the parking lot… AWESOME!
By contrast, prohibiting Mr. Bonidy from securely storing his firearm in his vehicle sweeps too far; the parking lot is not similarly sensitive, and the public safety concerns associated with open carry in the building are not similarly implicated. Therefore, as applied to Mr. Bonidy and his request to use the parking lot with his gun securely stored in his car,the USPS Regulation is not substantially related to the government’s public safety interest. It is an unconstitutional burden on Mr. Bonidy’s freedom under the Second Amendment.
In sum, openly carrying a firearm outside the home is a liberty protected by the Second Amendment. The Avon Post Office Building is a sensitive place and the ban imposed by the USPS Regulation is a presumptively valid restriction of that liberty. The Plaintiff has failed to present evidence to rebut that presumption. The parking lot adjacent to the building is not a sensitive place and the Defendants have failed to show that an absolute ban on firearms is substantially related to their important public safety objective. The public interest in safety and Mr. Bonidy’s liberty can be accommodated by modifying the Regulation to permit Mr. Bonidy to “have ready access to essential postal services” provided by the Avon Post Office while also exercising his right to self-defense.
You can read the entire decision here:
It’s a win and a loss. The loss as read doesn’t surprise me and it is one of those things that serves as a solid reminder that you’re playing a game of chess. Make sure you have a good solid case for anything you bring before the bar. Miscalculations, especially when you troll for a criminal case against you, can be damaging to future cases and used as precedent.
This guy had a plan and he shot for the moon but he made it to Orbit and didn’t really get burned against us at all. They merely stated he hadn’t proven his case. As I said in the title, I’ll take it.
via Gay Cynic.
The government works in two modes: evil and incompetent.
Jefferson Griffeath – Facebook Status
July 11th, 2013
[What else he said in that post also applies but that little bit of wisdom was just too pure to let slip by. –B]
Today saw many nails in the coffin of liberty, the worst of which involved TJIC.
Well, TJIC got his Massachusetts FID* reissued, and has reapplied for an MA LTC**.
The closing comments from TJIC is they have a lawyer, Jennifer’s firearms were illegally confiscated, and they took his FID without cause or warrant.
Go read the comment thread if you want the full details, suffice it to say there’s nothing about that situation that seem right or legal.
Moving forward, the third Amendment was dealt a blow as well. (It happened yesterday but I just discovered it).
See that, that’s agents of the government declaring the 3rd amendment no longer necessary and dead. I figured that one would get a few more years but at this point we’re screwed.
No one in the government is trying to stop these abuses or otherwise reign in the problem. It has become us vs them. The best example of this was the cop from the TJIC incident on the 4th.
Response: "I’m sorry you feel that way. Have a good Fourth."
I am at a loss for words and frankly, I’m needing to sit down with the brain trust and see what, if anything can be done. There’s three options to instill political change, the soap box, ballot box, and cartridge box. It appears the first two aren’t working in protecting freedom and liberty and our would be masters want to disarm us because they know what’s coming.
If you’re the preying type, I highly suggest you start because I’m afraid, quite soon, shit’s going to go hot in this cold war. There’s only so much abuse that can be taken, especially when the person doing the abuse is protected from all repercussions and consequences.
I leave you with this lesson from the 20th century:
If a bureaucrat, or a soldier sent by a bureaucrat, comes to knock down your door and confiscate your firearms– kill him. The disarmament of law-abiding citizens is the required precursor to genocide.
Now is the time to make your plans and if they mean to have a war, let them have one. No warrant, no cause, you have every right to resist.
I’ve written about Independence Day many times before. Honestly, go take a peek at those posts if you haven’t read them before.
It’s not the 4th of July, well it is literally, but it’s our Independence Day. That is what we are celebrating, not just some random day of the year. I don’t celebrate the 4th of July, I celebrate our Independence. I celebrate the men who in that Continental Congress that hot July 2nd 1776 voted unanimously to declare the following:
We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.
Re-read that last sentence and let that sink in for a a second. These men were committing treason according to the British crown. Those men had we lost would have been hung for what they did. One man’s riot is another man’s rebellion. It is important that we all remember those facts.
As you celebrate our Independent with family and friends today, don’t forget about those men who took the ultimate risk to secure your liberty, both then and now. At the same time, you might want to ask yourself, “When was the last time I took a risk to preserve the liberty of myself and my country men.” Currently there is a man on the run who exposed a serious overreach by our government. Many in that government have called him a traitor. He gave up everything to expose the wrong our government was doing.
I know for the most part with this last statement I’m mostly preaching to the choir, but when was the last time you were politically active and engaged? When was the last time you contacted your legislators and expressed your opinions in an effort to make them represent you instead of themselves? When was the last time you spend researching a political topic and didn’t just trust the media for the information on the subject? When was the last time you shared the skill, joy, and freedom that comes with firearms with someone else? All of those items merely require the sacrifice of time, nothing more. If we aren’t careful though and we don’t start fighting back hard, the sacrifices that will have to be made in the name of liberty and freedom will be considerably higher and more costly.
"The price of liberty is eternal vigilance."
And given the day, you should at least watch this once…
Due to the fact that firearms are involved and this individual is claimed by those who would take away our rights as being “anointed” is only seems proper he makes the list.
State Sponsored Criminal: Woodrow Burgess
Because when you’re a cop and work for the taxpayer, take their money and use it to buy toys that many claim you should have but the tax payer can’t.
This reminds me of Petey, the Sexual Harassment Panda.
Aaron Weiss
March 11th, 2013
[My only complaint is he should have said there was no way he would enforce it and if they love it so much they can just do it themselves. –B]
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