I think I'm going to start posting every misuse of a firearm by non-LEOs county wide, especially those who legally accessed the firearm used.
Start a thread... you might lose
I think I'm going to start posting every misuse of a firearm by non-LEOs county wide, especially those who legally accessed the firearm used.
But what makes one break-in "valid" and the other "not valid"? Law? The majority made a rule?
So if the majority got together and made a rule that everyone with alcohol in their house was going to get a team of armed visitors breaking down their door..... that's "valid"?
What about rights? The right to pursue happiness? The right to own property? The right to use your body how you please? Are these ideas "invalid" because the majority wills it?
This isn't supposed to be a democracy.
No. We have a Republic(an) form of government. Not a democracy. Very big difference!Sarcasm?
What about violent drug offenses? Mexican drug cartels aren't run by Ghandi.
I get it. If they legalized pot tomorrow I'd say "great" and move on, as I don't really get the prohibition against it. I also won't sit here and pretend that the illicit drug trade is not the driving force behind the majority of non-domestic violent crime in our city every day.
I abhor violence unless absolutely necessary. Objecting to people being thrown in jail and having their rights curtailed for smoking a little dope is not remotely comparable to approving of the cartels' murderous tactics. Frankly, that is either a non sequitur or simply a disingenuous argument thinly veiled as "just asking questions." The cartels' power is largely predicated on US drug policy, as decriminalization would inevitably lead to domestic production of comparable or superior products.
It may surprise you that my intent is to attack not cops but current policy. We would benefit as a society by treating addiction as the illness it is rather than criminalizing it. We would benefit as a society by leaving people who choose to use drugs responsibly alone. I'm tired of my tax money being squandered on attempts to suppress one dangerous substance while alcohol, tobacco, and psychoactive perscription drugs are legally available. I don't drink, smoke, or use any recreational drugs other than caffeine, but that doesn't mean I can't recognize waste.
Oh my God! You made sense. Atta boy, I knew you could do it.
No. We have a Republic(an) form of government. Not a democracy. Very big difference!
mean spirited straight from the OP...but seeing as you kept insinuating that some of us would be devastated and that we may have knwon him, i take it you celebrated the spilling of this persons blood? all over a plant? id rather have loser pot smoking friends than someone as bitter and mean hearted as you sir...that is all
The officers had a legal right to be there, as the law is currently written.
Rambone, I think there's a big difference between an officer doing his job and enforcing the laws or a validly signed search warrant and some gun owner breaking in to a house.
You're wasting your time. There is no distinction in their eyes based on the history of their responses. I have said the same thing many times over, but it make little difference.I abhor violence unless absolutely necessary. Objecting to people being thrown in jail and having their rights curtailed for smoking a little dope is not remotely comparable to approving of the cartels' murderous tactics. Frankly, that is either a non sequitur or simply a disingenuous argument thinly veiled as "just asking questions." The cartels' power is largely predicated on US drug policy, as decriminalization would inevitably lead to domestic production of comparable or superior products.
It may surprise you that my intent is to attack not cops but current policy. We would benefit as a society by treating addiction as the illness it is rather than criminalizing it. We would benefit as a society by leaving people who choose to use drugs responsibly alone. I'm tired of my tax money being squandered on attempts to suppress one dangerous substance while alcohol, tobacco, and psychoactive perscription drugs are legally available. I don't drink, smoke, or use any recreational drugs other than caffeine, but that doesn't mean I can't recognize waste.
Legal. You can always tell the where someone is in his evolution of the concept of freedom by his use of "legal" to excuse behavior that is wrong.
Wow, the depth of understanding here blows me away. All Republics are Democracies.
This is has been going around a lot here. It is like saying "no that isn't a dog it is a German Shepard"