never_retreat
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I think I need to harden my doors.
I think I need to harden my doors.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
From Ron Pauls weekly column.Liberty is lost through complacency and a subservient mindset. When we accept or even welcome automobile checkpoints, random searches, mandatory identification cards, and paramilitary police in our streets, we have lost a vital part of our American heritage. America was born of protest, revolution, and mistrust of government. Subservient societies neither maintain nor deserve freedom for long.
police rolled in with a 20-ton armored truck with a blast-resistant body, armored rotating roof hatch and gunports
Small problem here: you shoot a cop (and through some miracle manage to live through it) you’ll end up with a needle in your arm. Circumstances won’t matter.<SLV>: If my house was accidentaly raided you can bet that in the confusion of the moment I would get a few rounds off before being out gunned. WHO WOULDN'T! I mean, wouldn't any respectable husband and father shoot back if his family was under seige by unknown assailants???
Does the ongoing militarization of the Police qualify them as the standing occupation army that the Founding Fathers worried so much about?
Still, some perspective is in order: Millions of people drive millions of miles without wrecks. Millions of business transactions occur daily without lying or cheating. Millions of arrests are made without excitement of any sort. Stupid events as in this case are news precisely because they are relatively rare.
I think I need to harden my doors.
Doing so might be illegal depending on what state/town you're in--no kidding.
(I'm really suprised this thread isn't locked yet.)
Nope, not no more. I've heard and read about so many such incidents that I no longer get angry about such. I make note of it and move on. I have come to view (a bit unfairly I will admit) the majority of the police departments and individual cops the same way I do wasp nests and individual wasps. A nuisance and a hazard to be avoided when possible, eradicated when they make a pest of themselves. Since I don't muck about with my fellow citizens and generally conduct my affairs in what others see as a law abiding fashion, the cops have not made pests of themselves in my life.It will make your blood boil.
Same thought here. Since I can not find steel door and frame sets that would fit into the look of my HOA, I'm strongly considering using the products from these folks.I think I need to harden my doors.