The importance of Gun back ups
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The local DA has a history of political motivated decisions and even though every legal expert agrees that the McCloskeys were legal, I was fearing racial politics would enter in the proceedings.
The couple has not been arrested. I guess even the St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner would have had a tough time explaining to a judge why was the couple in jail for standing to a crowd illegally bursting into their private property. But taking away guns and leaving them unprotected? That is par for the course.
“I am alarmed at the events that occurred over the weekend, where peaceful protesters were met by guns and a violent assault,” Gardner said. “We must protect the right to peacefully protest, and any attempt to chill it through intimidation or threat of deadly force will not be tolerated.”
This was her statement the days after the incident happening. Notice that she had nothing to complain about the breaking and entering of the “peaceful protesters” into private property. Her mind was probably set that they were in the right and the couple had to be punished. But she could not arrest them so the confiscation of the weapons should serve as enough punishment, specially if another group of “peaceful protesters” happen to break in once again and paid them a visit so they can share with the couple the goodness of “peaceful” arson and vandalism.
You have to give it to her and her application of Black History: The move to disarm a troublesome household goes straight back to the “golden” era of the Klan where local authorities would “seize” weapons from black homes so the Night Riders and other assholes could do their business unimpeded by the fear of getting a load of buckshot in the tummy.
We have spoken before of the Holy Defensive Trinity: Pistol, Shotgun and Rifle. I think it would be prudent of you to make sure you have one or more two Trinities available and out of the reach of politically-biased prosecutors. I particularly do not enjoy KKK tactics coming out from anybody of any color.