nitrogen wrote:LedJedi: You sir, rock.
the problem here, is, the courts. The courts have been whittling away our constitutional rights in regards to what law enforcement can do for years.
Thank you sir for your kind words.
However, i must respectfully disagree on one point. The fault is not with the courts. The fault is with every one of us reading this sentence right now. We tolerate what the courts do. We allow it. We don't have a hissy fit and protest in large numbers. We dont elect politicians that reflect what we truly feel. We dont get passionate about it if someone whittles away our freedoms. We just let it slip quietly into the night. Make your opinions known!
Write your elected officials. Tell them politely but very passionately what you think and tell them you expect them to represent your passion. Write your police departments and tell them exactly how you feel about the practice of disarming law abiding citizens who are minding their own business.
Start a petition in your town informing the police department that it's law abiding citizens who pay their salaries and for their patrol cars to make your streets safe to not appreciate being disarmed if they are not misbehaving.
Don't pass the buck of responsibility for changing what is going on in your community on to someone else. Draw a line in the sand directly in front of you and proclaim "the buck stops here".
Take an active role and do what you can to see that your rights are restored and protected. You personally can do that, even if it's something as small as making a small little card that forum geeks like me can print out and have with them in their wallets.
Even the smallest pebble still makes a wave.