The Invisible Gun
George Justin Mallone at anti-state.com - The Horrible Logic of (Youth) Victim Disarmament - kids have a right to defend themselves. Of course. Kids and guns. Kids and guns. Kids and guns. [smith2004]
Adam Gorlick of AP via the Worcester (MA) Telegram & Gazette - 'Security' arrest invalidated - a Massachusetts district court judge has ruled that the police cannot stop someone just because they're worried about homeland security. Good news. [market]
Stuart K. Hayashi at The Hawaii Reporter - The Invisible Gun - very well done description of the fact that every law points a gun at somebody's head, and why this is very wrong. [market]
If one commits a minor offense, such as parking on state property without feeding the parking meter, then this person can be fined a monetary sum. If he doesn't pay it, the fines increase. If none of them are paid, then the police are sent to arrest and incarcerate this person. If he continues to resist, he can be beaten or even shot.
As Ken Schoolland noted in the "Escalating Crimes" chapter of "Jonathan Gullible," as long as an individual continues to resist a law, the penalties' severity will rise. Death is the final punishment if the disobedience doesn't stop, even if the original offense was minor. Every law is backed by a gun.
Cannabis Culture via MAPInc - Police Raid Marc Emery - Marc Emery, the proprieter of Marc Emery Direct Marijuana Seeds, the establishment that extols you to "overgrow the government", was served with a search warrant at 3:30am on March 5 by Canadian narcs. They had the decency to call him on the phone instead of breaking down his door, likely because his son was in the house. They found nothing. [cures-not-wars]
The tactics employed by Victoria Police were intentionally intimidating, and the presence of a child may have been the deciding factor in keeping police from kicking in the door and firing tear gas grenades. Marc stumbled out onto the sidewalk in the predawn light in his underwear. Coral was still pulling on her shirt as she hurried out with Dylan to stand beside him.
Officers eventually emerged from the darkness with a warrant. Had they daunted the "Prince of Pot" as they had hoped? Not a bit, says Emery. He casually invited them in out of the cold.
"Eight cops sheepishly troop in, because I'm not the least bit disappointed-looking and they know this isn't going to be as juicy as they fantasized," said a scornful Emery.
The warrant specified that police were looking for plants, pots, lights, ballasts, capacitor assemblies, fans, blowers, fertilizers, scales, and documentation associated with the production of marijuana.
"This young cop, Constable Colin Brown, is doing his best unthreatening 'let me explain why we're here,'" recalled Marc. "When, within a few seconds and a cursory look at our very middle class home with no grow op or anything odd, he realizes his fishing expedition has come up empty."
Clifford A. Schaffer at The Shephard Express (WI) - Policy For Busting Doors Needs A Change - the chief of police in San Jose, CA, doesn't bust down doors in drig raids. He first arrests the owners of the domicile outside, then enters the house. This is safer for everyone involved. Get a clue, SWAT teams. We're not talking about violent criminals here who are going to kill someone if you don't get to them right away. All they're likely to do is eat a few more Twinkies. [drugsense]
hunter at Project: Safe Skies - How to be free in one easy lesson - some good advice for fighting the nannies. [safeskies]
We've got the facts, the law, and the rhetoric on our side. Don't beg - TELL that worthless weasel that he is criminally culpable for every murder, assault, and rape that goes down where the victim could have defended themselves.
