What is most disturbing though is even in light of this information people continue to defend the TSA. Ignoring that it is merely a theater that allows criminals to prey upon the citizenry with the aid of the state.
State Sponsored Criminal #417: Pythias Brown
Because the American public is merely an ATM for those who work for the government.
I swear I’m beginning to feel like Marvin the Martian.
Now I know there won’t be a Kaboom, but our opponents keep on promising an equivalent and it never happens.
What do you mean there wasn’t a sudden increase in crime. Our opponents promised blood in the streets, where is it!? You mean that when the law was passed it followed the historical example of the past 20+ years where nothing happened?
Our opponents continue to bring the same old tired and false arguments to the table and are wondering why they are loosing so badly in their fight to infringe on the rights of people. It’s obvious that they’re loosing because many of their supporters are descending into the second stage of grief.
This is the way our opponents behave when they’re loosing. They say that we are the violent ones, yet they are the ones who regularly devolve into threats and violence. Some have devolved into the third stage and are attempting to bargain, bargaining for an extra few minutes of life for their beloved cause.
They will get no sympathy from me. We bargained with them in the past and they took that inch and made it a mile. We learned then and there they have no will to actually compromise or work together, their sole goal is the complete destruction of the right to keep and bear arms.
They can merely move on to depression and finally acceptance. Our opponents must ultimately accept the fact that their bigoted view on rights was on the wrong side of history.
I wish the day that they finally implode would have an “earth shattering kaboom”, but alas I think they will just slowly fade into the dust bin of history. Even once that happens it’s going to be a long road to undo the damage they have done and regain the full respect this right deserves. I will fight tirelessly until that goal is achieved.
I suppose that when their irrelevance is sealed up, I can head out and make my own Kaboom! I’ll make it a Bada-Big-Boom.
h/t David Hardy
Via Uncle I came across another article that paints an even worse picture.
Your guess of what would be considered a “sudden move” is as good as mine. Thankfully the victim in this case was smart enough to refuse, less they decided to ventilate him for fun using a ready-made excuse.
Yet the department has supported the actions of these officers. The clue about the cause of the problem though was this statement:
“We’re told every day, our safety is first,” he said. “We’re here to come home every night.”
Guess officers no longer in the business of protecting and serving now are they? You would rather threaten lethal force against a law-abiding citizen and commit assault with a deadly weapon than do your job. Yes there are risks for law enforcement, but that is the price of freedom and liberty and if you don’t like it, no one is forcing you to be a police officer.
The victim in this case understands the same:
There is nothing scarier than a guy with a badge and gun and thus has “qualified immunity” and having him so willing to deprive people of their liberty as well as use lethal force. If you live in that county, contact the sheriff and voice your displeasure.
State Sponsored Criminal #415: Corry Bassett
State Sponsored Criminal #416: Rob Andazola
Because protecting and serving means you plug the law-abiding citizen who serves his country more fervently than yourself in the back because you feel like it, you just need to get his permission first.
Sorry, cuffs are not how you detain someone. Unsurprisingly the department is defending their little tyrant. This is a perfect example of a USC 18.232 violation.
Total the officer arrested him for 45 minutes without cause. Unsurprisingly the dash cam footage from both officers has been “lost”.
Now as a side note, when asked if you have any weapons your response should be, “I have nothing illegal.”
State Sponsored Criminal #415: Corry Bassett
State Sponsored Criminal #416: Rob Andazola
Because handcuffing someone isn’t arrest unless you decide that it’s arrest. Never mind the fact that force of restraint isn’t legal except in arrest and the argument for the officers safety falls flat unless he places anyone carrying a firearm in cuffs during a traffic stop. Further once his information was run, there was no longer a need for detaining the individual and he should have been left to return on his way.
So I got an email from my friend Ray Carter at the Second Amendment Foundation this morning.
Unbeknownst to me there was a Kick Starter drive started for a film that is dear to our cause.
There’s 14 days left in their drive with a goal of $65,000 dollars. Yeah times are tough on wallets, but you know what it’s also only going to get tougher for our right to keep an bear arms.
There is no question that California is dead center in the fight to keep an bear arms. Every time I’m around other gun owners and the subject turns to our rights, inevitably the subject of California’s draconian laws comes into play.
If you have 10 bucks, kick into the bucket and you’ll get a digital copy of the film. Hell, at just 50 you get a DVD and a crew T-Shirt.
How serious does the Second Amendment Foundation and Calguns Foundation consider this project?
The Second Amendment Foundation and the Calguns Foundation have each contributed $5,000.00 to get this project off the ground.
Let’s get this project completely airborne and complete their goal. This is something that definitely needs to be spread around. Tell your friends, tell your relatives, make this happen, it isn’t just California in trouble. California is merely the front line.
Last week I posted an incident from Moscow at the University of Idaho. It was a classic game of fill in the blank, but all the answers were known in advance. I know some of you probably though I was exaggerating how common this type of event is. Well wonder no longer.
Note how the Greek system was involve yet again. No word on alcohol yet, but it’s hard to think it wasn’t involved.
Now many would wonder why things like this are becoming increasingly common. The answer though is quite simple, kids now days live in a bubble wrapped world. Instead of slowly being acclimated to the realities of the real world and personal responsibility they are shielded and sheltered from it.
This quote from Caleb puts it quite well:
Not only are kids sheltered from danger, but adults who attempt to give their kids that taste of personal responsibility are reported to the police and arrested.
“Orange jumpsuit, in a cell, slammed the door, for 18 hours,” Cooper said.
The ages of the children involved were 9 and 6. I remember at 6 regularly going with my sister different places without our parents. Including down to the local park, and through the woods as well.
By 8 I was heading off doing things entirely on my own. My rules were just the same as Robb’s.
What happens when you shield kids from everything in the world? They simply don’t know how to deal with life when it actually shows up. They always figure that life is safe and nothing can possibly go wrong. For them they live in a world without consequences because they’ve never experienced any.
How nice is it though that the state is now trying to force everyone to live in the same bubble wrapped world. There is one saving grace about this woman’s experience.
(Emphasis mine). Yeah, you think either of those two children will ever trust the police again? They got to experience first hand exactly what government is.
Some things aren’t allowed in prison.
Joe Huffman – Comment while driving home from GBR.
September 9th, 2012
[This comment was made on our way home after we were detained because of a little incident.
You see, we were originally planning on driving straight through prison. No stops, don’t bother doing anything just stash the goods and go. Well as we rolled up to the scene we started playing the game of, “Stash the goods”. We were by no means close to the border either.
On the upside it was a chance to move around and stretch, however I know I wish the stop hadn’t been necessary and I’m reasonably sure others would agree. We are reasonably sure that someone either got really lucky, or really unlucky. The other person was in the middle and got the joy of being air lifted. Joe and I both think there were two people on the motorcycle involved and they only loaded one in to the helicopter. The bike itself had a second seat too. But moving on…
While we were standing there taking pictures and the like, after stashing the goods, Joe then ponders the following: “I wonder what the legality of our knives are.” For you see, neither he, nor your humble scribe bothered to remove our knives and stash them in bag of holding. To which I reply, “you’re probably fine, it’s a simple locking blade, I on the other hand am !@#$ed.” I then smoothly unclip my knife and slip it all the way in my pocket. I don’t feel like finding out how California views spring assist first hand. As I do this, Joe replies with the above.
I felt it quite fitting. Joe and I were able to escape prison a short time later. With many telling us to get the hell out of dodge.
We had no further problems as we made our break for the border. –B]
Initially I wasn’t going to put up a post regarding today. Then I went over to Weer’d’s place and read his post. I was about to write a comment but instead I realized it was growing into a post. Here’s what I wrote before I pulled the plug.
I haven’t forgotten, I may or may not put up a post this year.
Yesterday I was embracing the suck and someone was all too unhappy about it. You see our Federal overlords have declared everyone and their mother suspected terrorists for things as innocuous as going about their daily business. Things such as using cash for a transaction.
I do remember that day. I remember it quite well. I remember staring at the TV in disbelief as I watched what was happening live as I prepared to go to school. I remember the freedom and liberty I had prior to that day. I also remember hour our government reacted. They have reacted to the point where they label me with the same title as those monsters. By god if they’re going to stick me with that title, I am going to embrace the suck and drag the meaning of that word right straight down.
Thanks to the behavior of our modern government, in 2001 terrorists were responsible for that atrocious act. In 2012, the best that can be said is it was done by evil. By monsters who despise and hate us. The title of terrorist no longer fits because according to our overlords, those who fight these monsters are terrorists as well.
Every year on this day I used to be angry at just those who attacked us. Angry at those who took the lives of so many innocent people.
As the years progressed though I found my anger including others. While I am still mainly angry at the men who started this snow ball, I am just as angry at the American politicians for exploiting this tragedy for a power grab. At the same time I am angry because the American people have been complacent with it.
The biggest difference for the majority of America between now and September 10th, 2001 is that we have considerably less freedom now than we did then. Some would argue that “it was necessary” and it keeps us safe. The only thing is, it doesn’t do anything to actually make you safe, it just makes a bunch of sheep feel safe.
Today is a day of mourning. Mourning for not only those we lost, but an ideology that is slowly being destroyed, all in the name of the “War on Terrorism.” Most of the things on the above list are things that I do as well as many of my friends. Hell, you can go through all the flyers for different types of flyer’s here.
When you start labeling normal behavior as a “potential terrorist action” why don’t you just admit that you think anyone who isn’t just a good little sheep a terrorist that needs to be put down?
I would further like to note, the mere fact I’m willing to voice this dissenting opinion probably gets me labeled a terrorist as well. See, they don’t outlaw speech anymore, they just tell you what you said makes you either a racist or a terrorist. Isn’t all this freedom we have nice? Never mind that the government actually fits the real definition of the word terrorist.
*I think I need to get one of these T-Shirts to wear on September 11th every year from now on.
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