Something that has concerned me for a while (ever since the siezure of 80 guns at that groundkeepers house) is the wording of the 4th Amendment and it's interpretation by LEA's.
When it was brought up about the items siezed there was reference made by several members that once inside the house anything is fair game. If the language of the 4th is as plain as the 2nd, then this line of thought is wrong and needs to be fought.
According to the wording of the 4th Amendment not only does the residence need to be named specifically, but also the items looked for!
Now, in the groundskeepers case the SWAT team and the police were looking for stolen items from the school district. I don't believe that those 80 guns fall into that catagory by the furthest stretch of the imagination.
In its reading, it also sounds like you would need a search warrant to search an individual, as well.
Thoughts?
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John/az
"The middle of the road between the extremes of good and evil, is evil. When freedom is at stake, your silence is not golden, it's yellow..." RKBA!
When it was brought up about the items siezed there was reference made by several members that once inside the house anything is fair game. If the language of the 4th is as plain as the 2nd, then this line of thought is wrong and needs to be fought.
According to the wording of the 4th Amendment not only does the residence need to be named specifically, but also the items looked for!
Now, in the groundskeepers case the SWAT team and the police were looking for stolen items from the school district. I don't believe that those 80 guns fall into that catagory by the furthest stretch of the imagination.
In its reading, it also sounds like you would need a search warrant to search an individual, as well.
Thoughts?
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John/az
"The middle of the road between the extremes of good and evil, is evil. When freedom is at stake, your silence is not golden, it's yellow..." RKBA!