OldTexicanNewMexican
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Boy, some of you folks are missing the mark.
Let's break this down, because I'm not sure some of you have any idea what the Constitution even says. Now, let me preface this and tell everyone up front that I spent over 30 years as one of those "shiny badge" sheriff's down in Texas. As such, I've had occasion to read and re-read the Constitution a few times. Furthermore, I've spent more than a hot minute pouring over Supreme Court decisions and how those decisions affected our (LE) enforcement of laws (Precedence).
Let's take "Red Flag" laws. The premise being that someone can swear out an affidavit before a judge that claims another person isn't fit to own guns. The judge then issues a warrant for the police to go into that person's house and seize his guns. On the surface this appears to be a 2A issue, but we're talking about entering a private residence and seizing property, so it's really a 4A issue. But wait, the 4A says that a judge may not issue a warrant but upon proof of Probable Cause that crime has been committed. Huh?
The 4A protects us from the government coming into our homes and seizing our stuff unless the government can show PC that we committed a crime. Red Flag Laws are authorizing the government to come into your home and seize your stuff based solely on the whim of another person, and without any proof or evidence of such.
Finally, the 5th and 15th Amendments are being completely circumvented because the person has been denied "Due Process" as defined by law.
Then to add insult to injury, the Governor and Legislature of VA are threatening to close all but government owned gun ranges, namely the NRA gun range. They propose to take away AR-15's, high capacity magazines and have already ended reciprocity agreements with 20 some-odd states.
Now, if this doesn't raise concern for some of you gun owners, outdoorsmen and hunters there's a serious problem. This is an all out assault on the Bill of Rights and should deeply concern every American. This is precisely the sort of thing that could very well lead to a civil war in this country.
Do these Sheriff's have the right and the duty to interpret the constitutionality of these laws? Damn right they do. They took an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution. Precedence has been set in that arena too. The SCOTUS has resoundingly ruled from the this country's very beginning that unconstitutional laws are, in fact, not laws and there is no duty to enforce them.
Personally, it troubles me and worries me deeply that so many are so willing to go along with this out of control tyranny. I strongly suspect that the founding fathers would already have a body count racking up. We must speak up or start kissing our rights goodbye.
Let's break this down, because I'm not sure some of you have any idea what the Constitution even says. Now, let me preface this and tell everyone up front that I spent over 30 years as one of those "shiny badge" sheriff's down in Texas. As such, I've had occasion to read and re-read the Constitution a few times. Furthermore, I've spent more than a hot minute pouring over Supreme Court decisions and how those decisions affected our (LE) enforcement of laws (Precedence).
Let's take "Red Flag" laws. The premise being that someone can swear out an affidavit before a judge that claims another person isn't fit to own guns. The judge then issues a warrant for the police to go into that person's house and seize his guns. On the surface this appears to be a 2A issue, but we're talking about entering a private residence and seizing property, so it's really a 4A issue. But wait, the 4A says that a judge may not issue a warrant but upon proof of Probable Cause that crime has been committed. Huh?
The 4A protects us from the government coming into our homes and seizing our stuff unless the government can show PC that we committed a crime. Red Flag Laws are authorizing the government to come into your home and seize your stuff based solely on the whim of another person, and without any proof or evidence of such.
Finally, the 5th and 15th Amendments are being completely circumvented because the person has been denied "Due Process" as defined by law.
Then to add insult to injury, the Governor and Legislature of VA are threatening to close all but government owned gun ranges, namely the NRA gun range. They propose to take away AR-15's, high capacity magazines and have already ended reciprocity agreements with 20 some-odd states.
Now, if this doesn't raise concern for some of you gun owners, outdoorsmen and hunters there's a serious problem. This is an all out assault on the Bill of Rights and should deeply concern every American. This is precisely the sort of thing that could very well lead to a civil war in this country.
Do these Sheriff's have the right and the duty to interpret the constitutionality of these laws? Damn right they do. They took an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution. Precedence has been set in that arena too. The SCOTUS has resoundingly ruled from the this country's very beginning that unconstitutional laws are, in fact, not laws and there is no duty to enforce them.
Personally, it troubles me and worries me deeply that so many are so willing to go along with this out of control tyranny. I strongly suspect that the founding fathers would already have a body count racking up. We must speak up or start kissing our rights goodbye.
