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September 25, 2019, 05:51 PM | #1 |
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22yr Police Veteran Tells Congress “I Will Not Comply.”
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A 22yr veteran of the Tulsa police department, Diana Muller informed the House Judiciary committee she would not comply with any proposed bans on semi-automatic firearms. |
September 25, 2019, 08:01 PM | #2 |
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I have been saying we need a Rosa Parks moment.
Could it be????
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September 25, 2019, 10:46 PM | #3 |
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Gutsy move. I applaud her!
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Rosa Parks got fired too.
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September 26, 2019, 07:37 AM | #6 |
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The circumstances surrounding the letter from Birmingham jail letter may be the better analogy. I have ample reservations about civil disobedience, but the basis set forth in the Birmingham letter is that there is a difference between law and justice and that some legislation is so contrary to natural law that it lacks essential characteristics of law and one consequently can't justly obey it.
I thought an "I will not comply" statement at first seems rhetorically a bit meek. However, this was not part of a prepared statement, but was a response to some of the matters raised by the committee and other witnesses. According to Muller, one of the other witnesses, a police chief, urged a ban of firearms possession, not just semi-automatic rifles.
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September 26, 2019, 12:05 PM | #7 |
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Brave, but people that don’t comply with gun laws end up in bad situations:
Prison Fines Probation Loss of rights Loss of employment Possibly injured or killed by a government worker. The public won’t be sympathetic to any right-wing activism |
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The public might be, but that story won't be told, if the press has any control over the telling. And despite the fact that advocates on both sides of the gun control issue are either right or left wing, it is not, and should not be made into a right/left issue. The Anti's are trying hard to make it that way, we should not help them.
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You will sometimes see people try to describe first and fourth amendment rights in ideological terms too, but that isn’t really how these things play out in practice. How does the 1st Am. align ideologically? It may depend on whether you’re actually discussing flagburning, hate speech, ACA compliance or campaign finance “reform”.
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But that's because we believe that the Constitution applies to ALL citizens of this country. As for the 1st Amendment, there again, I have never heard anyone on our side of the fence say 'only we should be able to say whatever we want or worship how we want!' Its the left that does not believe in free speech or freedom of religion or the 2nd Amendment.
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Anyone can ignore the law, as long as they are willing to face the consequences. But talk is cheap saying it and doing it are two different things.
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September 26, 2019, 05:48 PM | #12 |
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It’s getting increasingly difficult to divorce civil rights from being a left/right issue. Gun rights and free speech seem to be the points of contention now.
Problem that aggravates the issue is one side in particular is continually redefining what the exceptions to our civil rights are. |
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If you've ever heard someone in a generally conservative milieu talk about criminals going free on "technicalities", you may have witnessed someone undervaluing civil liberties. I do see an ideological alignment in the general principle of limited federal government, but a lot of that has to do with the almost century long effort of those on the left who see limits on federal power as an obstacle to their project du jour. Quote:
I am not asserting a false equivalency, the idea that both ends of the spectrum are essentially the same, just that the desire to possess arms isn't itself particularly ideological.
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Politicians of all stripe hate the Bill of Rights. But depending whether they lean left or right, they focus on just parts of it. Republicans in general are tolerant of the 2nd Amendment (because they know the Democrats will work that) and go after the 4th, 5th, 6th, and to a lesser extent the 1st Amendments. Democrats, the 2nd, 9th, 10th, and to a lesser extent the 1st Amendments (they know the Republicans will carry the water on the 4th and 5th)
Seven and 8 don't seem to be a very high priority that I've noticed. I'm waiting for one side or the other to take a stand against the 3rd Amendment. The ratchet really only turns one way, and that's towards less liberty.
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We've seen large-scale mass noncompliance in numerous instances. The ATF has reported fewer than 500 bump-stocks turned in. "Assault rifle" registrations in Connecticut and New York are estimated at only 5-10% of the actual number possessed. Only about a dozen "high capacity" magazines were registered in New Jersey.
This mirrors the situations in Australia and the UK, in which compliance is well under 20%. That's all well and good, of course, unless I'm the one who gets singled out. Just because my neighbors and friends are getting away with it doesn't mean I will. Maybe someone in the HOA has it in for me, or I have a vengeful spouse who decides to call the authorities. Then what? I get arrested. If I resist in any way, or the SWAT team doesn't feel like taking chances, things get ugly. They'll brand me as a domestic terrorist on the news to "make an example." It's doubtful I can expect any leniency from the courts. In the wake of things like the New York SAFE Act, the cry of "I won't comply" has become somewhat popular, and the lack of police action on the matter makes people dangerously complacent on stuff like this.
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The left leaning people on this committee would have little trouble finding a CURRENT LEO state that ARs and AKs are military weapons and should be banned..nothing new here..it's all just theater for the cameras. ..I'm sure there are LOTS of AR owners who wouldn't comply..BUT, last AR ban wasn't grandfathered. No reason to think the next(even if there WAS a 'next'..no way with the present makeup of congress or the POTUS) will be..BTEO says he'll be a-comin for yer AR and AK...yawn..so what..By Nov 2020, he'll be back in ElPaso watching the election resturns like a lot of us..but not as a candidate, like the rest of us.
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I’m always doubtful about National bans for sure, they’re more difficult than state bans. But there is some history with the AWB.
I agree that Candidate Beto will not be around at the finish line. I understand that the former officer is just that, a former officer. I would expect that I would receive punishment for violating a gun law, I’d expect that a former officer would be held to the same standard. I refuse to allow lax enforcement to be my excuse for not complying to current and future laws. |
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the media is the enemy of the people. if anyone tells you different, they're getting paid by the media to say so.
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It’s like the commies. You can vote for who you want to lead you but your pre-selected choices are communist or super-communist. The current Dem party has made it impossible for anyone who doesn’t embrace lunatic gun control to advance to the national level. That leaves a lot of room for the GOP to move left. |
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When I see that someone retired from a PD, I always assume that they have some other employment because most retirees from their first career are still fairly young.
I work in a technical field, and a good portion of my coworkers throughout the years have been retired LEO. Even though it I am not nor have I ever been in law enforcement or anything related, I would assume that if I had publicly refused to follow any law, present or future, in this day and age... I’d expect to loose my job. |
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She apparently is making plenty of money via competitions and the firearms industry which she is supporting and who is supporting her. With that said, it seems to be gaining in popularity for various law enforcement folks to proclaim that they will not enforce various laws. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...force-gun-laws
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