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He would have died. Others possibly as well. He would not have kept his house. There are cases to make for the second amendment. A single citizen taking the la
by nothrabannosir 7y ago
He would have died. Others possibly as well. He would not have kept his house.
There are cases to make for the second amendment. A single citizen taking the law into his own hands and shooting at cops is not one of them.
- JAlexoid 7y agoActually.... Defending ones' house from government tyranny is one of the most valid reasons for Second Amendment.
- z3ncyberpunk 7y agoBetter than being 83 and homeless? I'll take my death, you can keep that precious 'freedom'
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 7y agoDepends on who the cops are. Such action is not unprecedented: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Athens_(1946) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Athens_(1946)
- jacobwilliamroy 7y agoI dunno. That incident pre-dates SWAT and 9/11. Nowadays they could just launch a missile at his house, bulldoze the lot, and sell it to some corp to build a parking lot or a suburb or something.
- tstrimple 7y agoLet's not be hyperbolic here. SWAT doesn't have missiles. They will send a bomb in on a robot and blow you up instead.
- SauciestGNU 7y agoOr drop explosives from a helicopter like the police did to the MOVE compound in Philly.
- cannonedhamster 7y agoThey do have grenade launchers though. Much cheaper than the robot.
- JasonFruit 7y agoFine --- a slow missile.
- nannePOPI 7y agoIf you execute such an order and try to seize the property, you deserve to die if you die in the confrontation. After the Nuremberg trials, "I was just doing my job" is not recognized as an excuse anymore. Now, should the judges, bureaucrats, etc deserve to die too? No, because they don't actually go there and try to seize the property, but they must be put in jail as taking part in the conspiracy to unlawfully get the property of the old man. When bureaucrats and judges will begin to pay, they will stop doing stupid stuff against weak people.
- ping_pong 7y agoI never said shoot at cops. Just hunker down with a big sign that says "OAKLAND COUNTY IS STEALING MY HOUSE OVER $8.41". I guarantee the media would cover this.
- mywittyname 7y agoWhat are you expecting him to do with those guns? Who are you expecting to show up when some guy barricades himself in his house with a bunch of guns? I've witnessed a standoff first-hand. The police will show up and attempt to take down the person in question. They don't just hang around with their thumbs up their ass. They have riot shields, body armor, and they storm in from every direction with 20+ guys. SWAT does not fuck around.
- chmod775 7y agoApparently SWAT and police are stupid and incompetent beyond belief then, if they are willing to endanger lives over eight dollars and when the alternative is just walking away and taking that money from his bank account. Maybe they still make those lemon-activated thinking-hats from the hitchhikers guide? Adding those to the issued gear might help.
- JAlexoid 7y agoIt's not about $8. It's about challenging their authority. Don't be deceived - there are many authoritarians wearing uniforms.