Sensationalism
As we've seen recently the press will even portray an Airsoft collection as real guns if even one real gun is also present.
If the trend below keeps up, The People will have more to worry about than the fanciful mischaracterizations of The Agit-Press:
Firefighters taking new role as anti-terrorist eyes of the US government (AP), http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/11/24/america/NA-GEN-US-Firefighters-Terrorists.php?page=1
I seem to recall some jurisdictions have recruited garbage men, cable installers, and other invited guests to provide intel to the security state.
Being processed for having a bad attitude at the airport is one thing, being tagged for a bad attitude at home starts to take on the air of an East German block party.
If you are innocent, you have nothing to fear, yes komrade?
Not true, even for non-gun-owners. I've seen an entire block cleared by SWAT for a C&R collector's obvious inert dummies found by EMT's when he collapsed at his front door. So this isn't just a PITA for collectors, it's a problem for neighbors 'kept safe' while a high gain security state maximizes it's false positive rate and guarantees a noise floor that real terrorists can hide amongst.
You can't be too safe but you can be too over-regulated, policed, cowed, herded, pre-empted, and enslaved on the installment program.
As we've seen recently the press will even portray an Airsoft collection as real guns if even one real gun is also present.
If the trend below keeps up, The People will have more to worry about than the fanciful mischaracterizations of The Agit-Press:
Firefighters taking new role as anti-terrorist eyes of the US government (AP), http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/11/24/america/NA-GEN-US-Firefighters-Terrorists.php?page=1
I seem to recall some jurisdictions have recruited garbage men, cable installers, and other invited guests to provide intel to the security state.
Being processed for having a bad attitude at the airport is one thing, being tagged for a bad attitude at home starts to take on the air of an East German block party.
If you are innocent, you have nothing to fear, yes komrade?
Not true, even for non-gun-owners. I've seen an entire block cleared by SWAT for a C&R collector's obvious inert dummies found by EMT's when he collapsed at his front door. So this isn't just a PITA for collectors, it's a problem for neighbors 'kept safe' while a high gain security state maximizes it's false positive rate and guarantees a noise floor that real terrorists can hide amongst.
You can't be too safe but you can be too over-regulated, policed, cowed, herded, pre-empted, and enslaved on the installment program.