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WOW!!! # Law Student Puts Cop In His Place After Being Unlawfully Stopped For Carrying A Gun In Maine (Video)

 
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In my opinion the young man was acting immature, not the attitude I expect off someone open carrying.

He could have acted with respect and said the same things, that way he probably wouldn't have been disarmed during the conversation.

You do not waive your rights by divulging your name and address, and I don't see the problem with allowing a pat-down search.
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Wrong. If you act "with respect," and answer questions, you are considerably more likely to be found non-compliant with one of the bazillion of laws in the US. It's best not to answer questions, continue to ask if you're being detained and demand a supervisor if so.

I know two people who fucked themselves cooperating with police.
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The average tard on the street doesn't realy realize just how COMMON this is!
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I'm curious; why can't you stand the 'average Nethertard on GLP'?
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Because most of the ones who post on GLP are ULTRA liberals. BIG government loving Socialists, Marxists, and Communists.

I am a real conservative, like Ron Paul. Not the NEOcon variety. Much more of a Libertarian type.

I hate Fascism just as much as a Communist hates Fascism. But I hate Communism even more. And so many Europeans seem to absolute LOVE Socialism/Communism/Marxism. And I find the Nethertards to be the worst.

I hate government tyranny of BOTH the right AND the left. The libtards seem to hate tyranny from the right, but embrace tyranny from the left.

But YOU, are a freedom-loving, limited government, sweetie.

I want you!! :)
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Now this is something Dutch people should read, in order to understand that 'conservative' Americans are not automatically Neo-cons.

I have learned, during the year-and-a-half that I post on this site, that a whole lot of people, whether they are far-left or far-right, have had it with the way our lives & minds are being permanently fucked up by people who profit from taxpayers money - OUR money - to shove a system of government through our collective throaths, that is based on rules, regulations & laws nobody needs, but everybody is effected by.
 Quoting: RoXY



Well said.

The whole left vs right Hegelian Dialectic is nothing but a tool of enslavement. One that guarantees more of the same.

That's why I can't STAND people who blame "the right", or blame "the left", when they THEMSELVES are to blame, because THEY are neck-deep in the dog and pony show. Playing on the enemies field, by the enemies rules, in a little box created FOR them, by... the enemy.

Break OUT!

People from BOTH the left AND the right are paying for their own high-tech tyranny. At literal gunpoint. People need to get back to our roots, and start striving for restoring the basic principles that made this nation so distinct from all others to begin with.

Continual deviation from the worlds most perfect form of government, is what has landed us where we are at today. The founders (here) NEVER intended that we were to be a democracy! Knowing that Democracy always degenerates into a tyrannical dictatorship (which we ARE).

This country was founded as a constitutional, representative REPUBLIC. The REAL beginning of the end, was 1913. He who owns the gold... RULES. And that is what we are not facing.

Anyway... It's 1:15 AM here in Oregon, s I'm off to bed. But Roxy... never change!

hearts
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Oops... typo...

SHOULD read: "And that is what we are now facing."
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In my opinion the young man was acting immature, not the attitude I expect off someone open carrying.

He could have acted with respect and said the same things, that way he probably wouldn't have been disarmed during the conversation.

You do not waive your rights by divulging your name and address, and I don't see the problem with allowing a pat-down search.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 18375284


Wrong. If you act "with respect," and answer questions, you are considerably more likely to be found non-compliant with one of the bazillion of laws in the US. It's best not to answer questions, continue to ask if you're being detained and demand a supervisor if so.

I know two people who fucked themselves cooperating with police.
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The average tard on the street doesn't realy realize just how COMMON this is!
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 19010700


A good friend of mine legally pulled his pistol during an altercation. He even called the police. When they came out there, they took his gun and three weeks later charged him with aggravated menacing based on absolutely nothing. His lawyer told him, verbatim "I have no clue what the hell they're doing here." They ended up dropping it to disorderly conduct which he plead out to because the legal shit had already cost him over 10k.
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In South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Louisana, and Texas, the police would have whomped up on that Yankee boy's ass. Law or not. Don't try that shit in the South.
Just sayin'
 Quoting: Lurker 6356307


So they would have totally and completely violated his rights, and then assaulted him to boot... eh?

You're not proud of that... Are you?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 19010700


I don't live in the South anymore, but I'm just sayin' how it is. You see, the Yankee boy don't belong and all.
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1rof1
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Must feel good. A nice belly laugh from the safety and comfort of your keyboard.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 18952592


Yeah, sure does...I was on the motorcycle earlier, cruising around the ghetto shouting for ya...
 Quoting: BRIEF




No wonder you didn't find me. I live in a paid for 5 bedroom 4 an 1/2 bath home with private beach access on the Pacific. Nearest ghetto is a long drive from here.

In fact, none of my 12 rentals are in the ghetto either. All in nice middle to upper-middle class neighborhoods.

But... I'm sure that you didn't have to go far on your cycle, to find a ghetto.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 19010700


It's funny, my Victorian is in the historic part of the city...sorta like the garden district in New Orleans...but I don't have to go real far to find a housing projects...
I never forgive and I never forget

I am a licensed firearm holder. I will, under protection of law, use lethal force if attacked.

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SJPD attempt to raid our garage sale... they are kicked to the curb!


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SJPD attempt to raid our garage sale... they are kicked to the curb!


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That's different...I'd do the same thing...but walking down the street brandishing a weapon is a whole different story...
I never forgive and I never forget

I am a licensed firearm holder. I will, under protection of law, use lethal force if attacked.

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SJPD attempt to raid our garage sale... they are kicked to the curb!

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That's different...I'd do the same thing...but walking down the street brandishing a weapon is a whole different story...
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They have this wonderfull expression in India that says: "Same, same, but different..."
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 Quoting: RoXY


That's different...I'd do the same thing...but walking down the street brandishing a weapon is a whole different story...
 Quoting: BRIEF


They have this wonderfull expression in India that says: "Same, same, but different..."
 Quoting: RoXY


Indians are retarded and nasty...
I never forgive and I never forget

I am a licensed firearm holder. I will, under protection of law, use lethal force if attacked.

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That's different...I'd do the same thing...but walking down the street brandishing a weapon is a whole different story...
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The man in the video was not brandishing a gun. It was holstered.
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That's different...I'd do the same thing...but walking down the street brandishing a weapon is a whole different story...
 Quoting: BRIEF


They have this wonderfull expression in India that says: "Same, same, but different..."
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Indians are retarded and nasty...
 Quoting: BRIEF

Have you ever been to India?
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That's different...I'd do the same thing...but walking down the street brandishing a weapon is a whole different story...
 Quoting: BRIEF


The man in the video was not brandishing a gun. It was holstered.
 Quoting: s. d. butler


No cop would bother a person with a holstered gun...
I never forgive and I never forget

I am a licensed firearm holder. I will, under protection of law, use lethal force if attacked.

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That's different...I'd do the same thing...but walking down the street brandishing a weapon is a whole different story...
 Quoting: BRIEF


The man in the video was not brandishing a gun. It was holstered.
 Quoting: s. d. butler


No cop would bother a person with a holstered gun...
 Quoting: BRIEF


I'll drop the truth that he was carrying the pistol in a holster and not brandishing it. I can't argue with wilful ignorance.

Go to www.opencarry.org , go to the state forums, take any state especially the states that are more totalitarian .


You will see NUMEROUS examples to disprove your statement. "No cop would bother a person with a holstered gun......
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That's different...I'd do the same thing...but walking down the street brandishing a weapon is a whole different story...
 Quoting: BRIEF


The man in the video was not brandishing a gun. It was holstered.
 Quoting: s. d. butler


No cop would bother a person with a holstered gun...
 Quoting: BRIEF


I'll drop the truth that he was carrying the pistol in a holster and not brandishing it. I can't argue with wilful ignorance.

Go to www.opencarry.org , go to the state forums, take any state especially the states that are more totalitarian .


You will see NUMEROUS examples to disprove your statement. "No cop would bother a person with a holstered gun......
 Quoting: s. d. butler


Even if it was holstered, which at some point it wasn't because he wanted a confrontation, taking 2 seconds to flip an ID isn't a big deal...he was forcing his right, which he has the right, to be a dick...
I never forgive and I never forget

I am a licensed firearm holder. I will, under protection of law, use lethal force if attacked.

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That's different...I'd do the same thing...but walking down the street brandishing a weapon is a whole different story...
 Quoting: BRIEF


The man in the video was not brandishing a gun. It was holstered.
 Quoting: s. d. butler


No cop would bother a person with a holstered gun...
 Quoting: BRIEF


Go to Buckeye Firearms and look at the dozens of cases of that happening since preemption. Lots in Cincy, Columbus, Dayton, and especially Canton. They all result in lawsuits and tax payers footing the bill.
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Must feel good. A nice belly laugh from the safety and comfort of your keyboard.
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Yeah, sure does...I was on the motorcycle earlier, cruising around the ghetto shouting for ya...
 Quoting: BRIEF




No wonder you didn't find me. I live in a paid for 5 bedroom 4 an 1/2 bath home with private beach access on the Pacific. Nearest ghetto is a long drive from here.

In fact, none of my 12 rentals are in the ghetto either. All in nice middle to upper-middle class neighborhoods.

But... I'm sure that you didn't have to go far on your cycle, to find a ghetto.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 19010700


It's funny, my Victorian is in the historic part of the city...sorta like the garden district in New Orleans...but I don't have to go real far to find a housing projects...
 Quoting: BRIEF




Victorian... eh? A word often misused, to describe an old, rundown house, that would be better off condemned.

So, you live in New Orleans? Now THAT explains a lot about you, Brief. One of the lowest, scummiest, most degenerate cesspools of the nation. With the most corrupt law enforcement in the country.

And you STILL think of police as these "noble" gods... lol.

I can easily see now, why common sense and decency seem like such foreign concepts to you. In fact, adding what I know now, to my existing perception of you, I'd say it's hopeless.

I'm afraid that you're a permanent joke.
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He so totally prepped for this encounter. Fucking look-at-me, Youtube generation. Fuck you all.
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Must feel good. A nice belly laugh from the safety and comfort of your keyboard.
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Yeah, sure does...I was on the motorcycle earlier, cruising around the ghetto shouting for ya...
 Quoting: BRIEF




No wonder you didn't find me. I live in a paid for 5 bedroom 4 an 1/2 bath home with private beach access on the Pacific. Nearest ghetto is a long drive from here.

In fact, none of my 12 rentals are in the ghetto either. All in nice middle to upper-middle class neighborhoods.

But... I'm sure that you didn't have to go far on your cycle, to find a ghetto.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 19010700


It's funny, my Victorian is in the historic part of the city...sorta like the garden district in New Orleans...but I don't have to go real far to find a housing projects...
 Quoting: BRIEF



A "Victorian"... eh?

chuckle

An often used coverword, used to describe an old, brokendown house that would be better off condemned.

So... You live in New Orleans, do ya? The asscrack of the nation, with some of the most unbelievably corrupt police in the country.

No WONDER you are so completely delusional when it comes to inability to see the worsening corruption and thuggery in the police. You are so used to the absolute WORST, that anything less seems TAME by comparison.
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He so totally prepped for this encounter. Fucking look-at-me, Youtube generation. Fuck you all.
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If not for people like this, cops wouldn't have any incentive NOT to fuck with people. Now because of these videos, most departments train their officers to not violate OC rights.
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He so totally prepped for this encounter. Fucking look-at-me, Youtube generation. Fuck you all.
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You are a hopelessly well trained Canucktard.
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If not for people like this, cops wouldn't have any incentive NOT to fuck with people. Now because of these videos, most departments train their officers to not violate OC rights.
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Btw, US posters, have a safe and happy Independence Day!

Jake101: Thanx!
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Btw, US posters, have a safe and happy Independence Day!

Jake101: Thanx!
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Thanks! It's always good to call attention to those successfully questioning authority. It reminds people that police officers are only as powerful as you allow them to be.
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The man in the video was not brandishing a gun. It was holstered.
 Quoting: s. d. butler


No cop would bother a person with a holstered gun...
 Quoting: BRIEF


I'll drop the truth that he was carrying the pistol in a holster and not brandishing it. I can't argue with wilful ignorance.

Go to www.opencarry.org , go to the state forums, take any state especially the states that are more totalitarian .


You will see NUMEROUS examples to disprove your statement. "No cop would bother a person with a holstered gun......
 Quoting: s. d. butler


Even if it was holstered, which at some point it wasn't because he wanted a confrontation, taking 2 seconds to flip an ID isn't a big deal...he was forcing his right, which he has the right, to be a dick...
 Quoting: BRIEF


"Even if it was holstered, which at some point it wasn't"

This assertion is a flat out lie.

Again, if he had the weapon in his hand the police would have treated it as a felony stop. He would at the least been put on the ground and handcuffed. None of this happened. Therefore the weapon was NEVER ANYWHERE EXCEPT HIS HOLSTER.
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Everyone in Maine should start carrying their gun in protest of the martial state that is trying to be implemented AGAINST AMERICAN CITIZENS in the land of the 'home of the free and home of the brave'.
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I'm curious; why can't you stand the 'average Nethertard on GLP'?
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Because most of the ones who post on GLP are ULTRA liberals. BIG government loving Socialists, Marxists, and Communists.

I am a real conservative, like Ron Paul. Not the NEOcon variety. Much more of a Libertarian type.

I hate Fascism just as much as a Communist hates Fascism. But I hate Communism even more. And so many Europeans seem to absolute LOVE Socialism/Communism/Marxism. And I find the Nethertards to be the worst.

I hate government tyranny of BOTH the right AND the left. The libtards seem to hate tyranny from the right, but embrace tyranny from the left.

But YOU, are a freedom-loving, limited government, sweetie.

I want you!! :)
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Now this is something Dutch people should read, in order to understand that 'conservative' Americans are not automatically Neo-cons.

I have learned, during the year-and-a-half that I post on this site, that a whole lot of people, whether they are far-left or far-right, have had it with the way our lives & minds are being permanently fucked up by people who profit from taxpayers money - OUR money - to shove a system of government through our collective throaths, that is based on rules, regulations & laws nobody needs, but everybody is effected by.
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1)It is not merely money that these people are profiting from, it's stolen property, and 49% of voters in the US are profiting from this.
2)Authority is fiction. laws are opinions forced at gun point, by people with no legal or moral standing in law, that represent no-one with standing.
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Everyone in Maine should start carrying their gun in protest of the martial state that is trying to be implemented AGAINST AMERICAN CITIZENS in the land of the 'home of the free and home of the brave'.
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And everyone in every other semi free open carry state.
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The ACLU-NJ Police Tape App
Citizens can hold police accountable in the palms of their hands with "Police Tape," a smartphone application from the ACLU of New Jersey that allows people to securely record and store interactions with police, as well as provide legal information about citizens' rights when interacting with the police.


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The Dilemma of Gun Ownership in the United States
by Kourosh Ziabari
July 10, 2012

Adopted on December 15, 1791, the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution rules that the possession of firearms and ammunition for the purpose of self-defense is legitimate and legal under US law.

This amendment, which was ratified along with the rest of United States Bill of Rights, emphasizes the right of people to keep and bear arms.

According to a 2006 Gallup survey, some 34 percent of the citizens of the United States possess firearms. Thus there seem to be more than 200 million firearms in private hands.

Based on the statistics released by Reuters, from 1993 to 2000, the United States was the leading supplier of conventional arms to the developing world. In 1999, more than 4 million firearms were manufactured in the United States for domestic sale or export. The Reuters' report added that more than 300 US companies produce arms and ammunition annually; a fact that is incredible and mind-boggling.

What drew the attention of the international community to the issue of gun ownership in the United States once again was the heartrending murder of the assistant principal of Millard South High School, Vicki Kaspar, who was mortally shot by Robert Butler, a 17-year-old student of Lincoln (Nebraska) Southwest High School on January 5. The student was earlier suspended by Ms. Kaspar for driving a car across a Millard South athletic field. After killing the assistant principal, Butler committed suicide as he had previously announced.

The death of the 59-year-old Kaspar marked the latest lethal attack by a student on the staff of a high school in the United States a crime, which is seen with increasing regularity in American high schools.

However, the deadliest massacre of this type in the United States took place 4 years ago when Seung-Hui Cho, a South Korean senior-level undergraduate student at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, killed 32 people and wounded 25 others in a shooting rampage, which was described by the media as the bloodiest mass murder of university students and professors in US history.

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