Mass. politician suggests random searches of gunowners homes
Nov 13, 2013 1:05:32 GMT
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Post by libslayer on Nov 13, 2013 1:05:32 GMT
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A local politician in Swampscott, Massachusetts, recently said residents’ 4 th Amendment protections should be explicitly violated if they insist upon exercising 2 nd Amendment rights in the town.
Swampscott Selectman Barry Greenfield claimed that because local police “need the ability to enforce the state law” which “requires Massachusetts gun owners to keep their firearms locked away or rendered inoperable,” officers should not be hindered in their ability to walk into local gun owners’ homes unannounced and verify compliance.
If that sounds like a proposal for complete violation of the Bill of Rights, it’s because it was such a proposal.
Commenters on the story about Greenfield’s proposal published in the Swampscott Patch quickly called the Constitutionally-clueless politician out.
“Go ahead show up at my door and ask. you will get a loaded 357mag in your face. I am a law abiding citizen and gun owner. This moron obviously has never heard of the 4 th amendment. You know the one about unwarranted search and seizure,” one commenter wrote.
Another posted, “Frog march this guy down the steps of Town Hall, he’s unAmerican and has no place even being near an American government of any size. And, as I understand the impact of one of the recent SCOTUS decisions, (DC or Illinois?) when the licensed gun owner is at home, the guns do NOT have to be locked up and ‘rendered inoperable’. There is little point of having a gun in your house for self defense if it has to be locked up.”
And another commented: “Have any of you back there ever read or even know what the US Constitution is? Your inspection program would be an infringement on the 2nd Amendment causing a violation of the 4th Amendment. You folks need to remove you head from your lower intestine and get some fresh air.”
The public backlash, both online and, presumably, throughout the town, lead Greenfield to rethink his proposal.
KATO808 #DeepInTheHeartOfTexas
A local politician in Swampscott, Massachusetts, recently said residents’ 4 th Amendment protections should be explicitly violated if they insist upon exercising 2 nd Amendment rights in the town.
Swampscott Selectman Barry Greenfield claimed that because local police “need the ability to enforce the state law” which “requires Massachusetts gun owners to keep their firearms locked away or rendered inoperable,” officers should not be hindered in their ability to walk into local gun owners’ homes unannounced and verify compliance.
If that sounds like a proposal for complete violation of the Bill of Rights, it’s because it was such a proposal.
Commenters on the story about Greenfield’s proposal published in the Swampscott Patch quickly called the Constitutionally-clueless politician out.
“Go ahead show up at my door and ask. you will get a loaded 357mag in your face. I am a law abiding citizen and gun owner. This moron obviously has never heard of the 4 th amendment. You know the one about unwarranted search and seizure,” one commenter wrote.
Another posted, “Frog march this guy down the steps of Town Hall, he’s unAmerican and has no place even being near an American government of any size. And, as I understand the impact of one of the recent SCOTUS decisions, (DC or Illinois?) when the licensed gun owner is at home, the guns do NOT have to be locked up and ‘rendered inoperable’. There is little point of having a gun in your house for self defense if it has to be locked up.”
And another commented: “Have any of you back there ever read or even know what the US Constitution is? Your inspection program would be an infringement on the 2nd Amendment causing a violation of the 4th Amendment. You folks need to remove you head from your lower intestine and get some fresh air.”
The public backlash, both online and, presumably, throughout the town, lead Greenfield to rethink his proposal.
KATO808 #DeepInTheHeartOfTexas