{"id":58469,"date":"2016-06-06T14:01:13","date_gmt":"2016-06-06T18:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=58469"},"modified":"2016-06-06T14:01:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-19T18:30:45","slug":"korwin-police-never-confiscate-guns-myth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/korwin-police-never-confiscate-guns-myth\/","title":{"rendered":"KORWIN: The Police-Would-Never-Confiscate-Guns Myth"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Alan<\/a>

Alan Korwin, visit his website GunLaws.com.<\/p><\/div>\n

It never ceases to amaze how quickly police and their supporters insist they would never do anything that violated the Constitution or our rights. If push came to shove they would stand with the people, defy authoritarian rule, block any attempt to implement illegal orders, and be the force for good and justice we would all hope they would be. They would never summarily confiscate our guns, that\u2019s for sure!<\/p>\n

Are there any examples of this? Or is this just lip service that sounds good and all the examples are the exact opposite? Does every case have \u201cextenuating circumstances\u201d that justify illegal entry, confiscating property, disarming the innocent, and gun confiscation at the slightest provocation? You can tell those questions are rhetorical. The answers are bad bad bad.<\/p>\n

The Katrina storm is the classic example. Civil order breaks down, police don\u2019t protect the area\u2014they high tail it out of there\u2014leaving people to defend themselves. To help, police \u201cannounce\u201d with no due process and no legitimate authority, \u201cNo one will be able to be armed,\u201d and, \u201cGuns will be taken. Only law enforcement will be allowed to have guns.\u201d (New Orleans Superintendent P. Edwin Compass). He is never prosecuted for violation of his oath<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Anyone found with a gun had it confiscated, at gunpoint, and the stolen property was kept, much of it damaged, returned grudgingly years later. Just doin\u2019 our job, ma\u2019am.<\/p>\n

Just when you need it most, when the only one around to protect you is you, your protectors decide you must be persecuted. Not a single officer stands up against this outrageous friendly power grab. People still cling to the myth of police protection.<\/p>\n

Fast forward to the Boston bomber. The presence of two misguided youngsters on the loose, having perpetrated a horrific act of muslim jihad, justifies warrantless military-style searches of residential homes. Terrified residents are ousted, barely dressed, as storm-troop-clad \u201cpolice\u201d rush in, without specific probable cause, to find nothing. With such dangerous heathens on the loose it is justified, and the \u201cnews\u201d confirms this, repeatedly, non-stop. The one perp still alive is found, not from police work, thanks to a resident\u2019s tip.<\/p>\n

OK, those examples are stark and don\u2019t count. Along with all the other similar stark examples. We have to stay safe, right? Police must act that way in violation of the 2nd Amendment, the 4th Amendment, the 5th Amendment and every sort of decency you expect during civilized times. As soon as trouble strikes, all bets are off.<\/p>\n

Declaring Contraband<\/h2>\n

But what about when legal property you own is suddenly declared illegal? Does this really justify police raids to confiscate it? Can Congress, or your state legislature, or anyone really, legitimately declare your legal stuff illegal?<\/p>\n

If they do, is this a grant of power to Officer Friendly to invade your home and take your stuff? And will the officer? Isn\u2019t this the bright red line where Officer Friendly stands firm, saying, \u201cI swore an oath and I\u2019m not going to take stuff from my neighbor, that he was free to own yesterday. I\u2019m standing up for America and our rights, just like I said I would in the opening paragraph!\u201d<\/p>\n

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(Photo: Liberty News<\/em>)<\/p><\/div>\n

Sorry folks, it don\u2019t work that way. Despite the bluster, when New York State decides you can only have a seven-round magazine, every other magazine you own becomes contraband, and there isn\u2019t an officer on the force who, independently, decides, \u201cI\u2019m going to compromise my job, violate my superior\u2019s orders, sacrifice the pension I\u2019ve slaved for and go to prison, by disobeying a direct order, and refuse to enforce \u2018the law.\u2019 It\u2019s the law now. I will follow orders. These things are contraband.\u201d California the same.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s how your guns get confiscated.<\/em> They do it \u201clegally.\u201d By the book. And you cooperate\u2014or use the front end of your guns for their intended purpose, resist tyranny, and give up your guns from your cold dead fingers, news at five.<\/p>\n

Politicians\u2014ones you actually elect\u2014pass a law to outlaw your stuff, and their loyal police obey and take your stuff. If they miss something, you are left in possession of contraband, subject to felony arrest and imprisonment for having it. You can\u2019t take it to the range, have it fixed by a gunsmith, sell it, show it to friends, nothing. Wait\u2014I hear a knock at the door now.<\/p>\n

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