Making Booksellers Into Felons

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Glamdring

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[This is from another board. I only quoted the first part to give the gist of the thread.]
http://pub1.ezboard.com/fhoodlumsdiscussionsanddebates.showMessage?topicID=440.topic

"The First Amendment scored a recent win in
a Denver bookstore, but new federal
legislation expanding the war on drugs and
supported by both of Colorado,s U.S.
Senators may make that victory ring hollow.
When the Drug Enforcement Administration
sent an administrative subpoena to Denver,s
Tattered Cover bookstore seeking the sales
records for an individual under investigation
for a drug offense, owner Joyce Meskis said
no.

When agents of the North Metro Task Force
accompanied by Denver police officers
showed up at the LoDo Tattered Cover store
with a search warrant for said records,
Denver District Judge Martin Egelhoff said
no and temporarily quashed the warrant
(there is a July 26th hearing scheduled to
decide the validity of the warrant and Joyce
Meskis has stated she will appeal the matter
as far as possible)."
 
This scares me. I remember when I was in college the strongest arguement that I found for making the profs think was pointing out that the 2nd amendment was part of the bill of rights and once one went the others would follow.

Seems like it is happening now :(
 
Back in the 60s-70s, when the Weathermen and others were blowing things up, two FBI types went to a local library and demanded a list of all those who checked out books on making bombs.

The librarian refused. They asked her if she loved her country. She replied that if they came to her with someone's name, she'd have to comply, but that she would not be part of a fishing expedition.

The judge upheld her position.

Some things never change, just the participants.
 
As the truthful saying goes:

FIRST, THE SECOND,
SECOND, THE FIRST.

The idiotic Marxist bliss ninnies in the media, are unable to comprehend that axiom.

J.B.
 
Oatka--yes, the librarian did good. In librarianship it's considered a breech of confidence to reveal who's checked out what. Apparently, a lot can be learned--or at any rate inferred--about a person from what he or she reads.
 
So the trick is to check out books at the library that you will never read in addition to the one you do :D :D :D

Disinformation :)
 
I may sound goofy, but how would the sales records help. Unless you pay by credit card, that is. Am I the only one who gives bogus names,phone #'s, Zip Codes when questioned by sales people???
 
Taz-
Forget bogus info. I tell them straight-up "you don't need that information".

- "You don't need my address to change my oil."
- "You don't need my driver's license for a cash-paid gym membership."
- "Can I have your zip code?" "No."
- "Social security number? What does buying this product/service have to do with my retirement?"
 
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by ctdonath: ... "You don't need my address to change my oil."[/quote]A good one -- never thought of that. With regard to telephone number, "Unlisted" and according to the 1974 Federal Privacy Act, when a SSN is requested, it must also list in writing the statutory authority requesting it.
 
Trying to argue with a minimum-wage, gov't-school-taught kid at the oil change place makes my head hurt. Using bogus info saves on my Tylenol bill.

LawDog
 
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by TAZ:
I may sound goofy, but how would the sales records help. Unless you pay by credit card, that is. Am I the only one who gives bogus names,phone #'s, Zip Codes when questioned by sales people???[/quote]

Checks?
 
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