Gun Owner’s Highway Patrol Encounter Highlights Importance of Asserting Rights

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There’s another lesson here for gun owners that’s every bit as important as not consenting to having your car searched (don’t physically resist, just make it clear you don’t consent and fight it later with an attorney who can argue probable cause): Don’t talk to the police. [More]

It’s hard to “back the blue” when their seemingly benign conversation in every compelled interaction is to get you to say something they can use against you.

Getting the Flock Outta There

Eagle Sports Range in Cudahy says it has removed all of its Flock Safety cameras, citing privacy concerns. [More]

Here.

Now we see if Flock sues them and if they can then countersue for fraudulent concealment/fraud in the inducement because known negative impacts on business were never disclosed.

[Via WiscoDave]

Related UPDATE

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We’re the Only Ones Disconnected Enough

A federal judge ruled that “tower dump” warrants, which allow police to obtain records for every cellphone that connected to nearby cell towers around a crime scene, are per se unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment as general warrants. [More]

Curses! Looks like we’re limited to Flock and Ring until we can figure a workaround/get a Democrat majority to stack the courts…

[Via WiscoDave]

Improbable Cause

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The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) has filed a reply brief in a case challenging the unconstitutional search of an 18-year-old high school senior’s vehicle that was based solely on the knowledge that he is a legal gun owner. [More]

Those in charge of enforcing anti-bullying rules are always the biggest bullies.

The buck stops here.

Every Breath You Take, Every Move You Make

Gun Owners Have a Lot to Be Worried About With Cameras, AI, and Gun Rights [More]

In fairness, we are a lot easier to go after than the criminals they use the tech as an excuse for…

Y’ever get the feeling the wrong people are being monitored…?

[Via bondmen]

Gold Hat Gun Grab

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An alliance of firearms dealers and Second Amendment advocates sued Democratic Colorado Gov. Jared Polis over a law authorizing warrantless searches of gun sales records. [More]

And if a Republican tried to do this with abortion or minor gender reassignment records…?

It really does give an insight into the totalitarian mind of Democrats in power.

[Via Jess]

We’re the Only Ones Unreasonable Enough

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“The police must have reasonable suspicion that the person is possessing the gun illegally or otherwise engaged in criminal activity,” wrote Judge Kathryn Grill Graeff. “Because the officers here stopped appellant based solely on his possession of a gun, without reasonable suspicion that he was possessing the gun illegally or otherwise involved in criminal activity, they did not have reasonable suspicion to stop him. The stop, therefore, violated appellant’s Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable seizures.” [More]

Baltimore police are d_s when it comes to guns? Who knew?

Curses! Foiled Again!

Although the Maryland appellate courts have, for decades, upheld police stops based on reasonable suspicion that a person is in possession of a gun, after Bruen, carrying a handgun publicly for self-defense is presumptively lawful, and therefore, mere possession of a concealed firearm, by itself, is not indicative of criminal activity. The mere possibility that a person with a gun might not have a valid license or otherwise may be restricted from possessing a gun is not enough to establish reasonable suspicion for a seizure. The police must have reasonable suspicion that the person is possessing the gun illegally or otherwise engaged in criminal activity. [More]

“Only Ones” constrained by rights? Oh, go on…

[Via Jess]

We’re the Only Ones On Track Enough

The Texas Rangers have launched a criminal investigation after two Houston police officers were accused of secretly placing a GPS tracking device on a suspect’s vehicle without a warrant… According to records, both officers initially denied involvement. [More]

And it further means they’d have had to lie about how they obtained any evidence resulting from the placement in order for it to be admissible.

Thank goodness the problem isn’t more widespread…. right?

[Via Steve T]

We’re the Only Ones Fogged Up Enough

“Nevada quietly signed an agreement earlier this year with a company that collects location data from cellphones, allowing police to track a device virtually in real time,” reports the Associated Press. “All without a warrant.” The software from Fog Data Science, adopted this January in Nevada through a Department of Public Safety contract, pulls information from smartphone apps in order to let state investigators identify the location of mobile devices. [More]

No warrant needed and the only thing limiting usage is an agreement…?

Think how much the state could save on traffic stops if it let AI send out speeding tickets! Besides, if you’re not doing anything wrong, you shouldn’t need the Fourth and Fifth Amendments.

Autofascism: Another reason not to go to Vegas

[Via JG]

We’re the Only Ones Tyrannizing Enough

Cops Arrest Man on His Own Property After Karen Neighbor Hears Gunshots [Watch]

I hope he gets a lawyer and that lying sow and her co-conspirators get what’s coming to them. I also suggest he file a complaint with the Tennessee Attorney General’s Civil Rights Enforcement Division and demand an investigation into falsifying a police report.

That said, he should have just said “I’ll speak to you through my attorney” and shut up.

And point of order: I don’t like using “Karen” any more than I do “Boomer” for reasons stated at each link.

The Sheriff’s Office is getting its @$$ handed to it over on Facebook.

[Via Andy M]

We’re the Only Ones Trampling Enough

How They’ll Trample Your 4th Amendment Rights to Get to Your Second Amendment Rights [Watch]

The relevant case… Ah, Joshua Prince. Good man.

I see Col. Paris is taking his pension so he can go double-dip at the FBI. I wonder if Kash will keep him in line.

Replacement Commish Bivens reminds me of someone… but who?

So… defending the “single issue” includes defending against ancillary threats that affect it? Who knew?

Do these guys?

[Via Jess]

That You Need a Bill Tells You All You Need to Know

To enforce the rights protected by the Second and Fourteenth Amendments against the States. [More]

Prognosis
3% chance of being enacted

Rep. Thomas Massie addressed that and more when he introduced a House version (HR9534, the National Constitutional Carry Act) in 2024. Going back to that article reminded me that NRA downgraded him for voting against industry-approved gun control.

Of Course You Realize This Means War

Proposed Minnesota legislation HF 3433 (often associated with HF 3434) includes provisions that would allow law enforcement to conduct warrantless, at-will inspections of private homes to ensure compliance with storage regulations for registered “semiautomatic military-style assault weapons” (SAMSAWs)… To retain previously owned semiautomatic rifles, owners must agree to allow law enforcement to inspect their home storage at any time without a warrant. [More]

“Registered”…?

Not for tyrants and traitors I won’t.

If you can ignore the Second Amendment, you don’t have to worry about the Fourth. Or the First. Or…

Big Brother is Watching You

California’s New Bill Requires DOJ-Approved 3D Printers That Report on Themselves [More]

That report on you

I’m not sure if I’ve ever seen legislation that abrogates so many of the amendments in the Bill of Rights in one edict.

But…but…but it’s for the greater good

[Via TactiCool Memes]

Burying the Lede

Investigators were likely seeking to bring facial recognition analysis to bear on the video to produce a composite image of a suspect that they can run against a national database that includes all U.S. drivers with RealID licenses, according to a former FBI agent. [More]

Assuming you want to fly anywhere or need to access any federal facilities, that’s a requirement. Kinda like a mark

Add the Eye of Sauron and you people had best behave yourselves.

Just like the Founders intended, right there clear as day over in article/section… uh… gimme a minute…

[Via JG]