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Realistically, the difference is that the traffic cameras are cash generators for the municipalities that have them. It's easy to mail someone a ticket, and make them prove they did nothing wrong. Most working people cannot take the time off work to go to court, fight the ticket, pay court costs and probably still lose because the judge is paid by the municipality.
"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." - Abraham Lincoln
Double post.
Last edited by mikelowrey; 01-08-13 at 01:12.
Everybody wanna be like mike!
"In a nut shell, if it ever goes to Civil War, I'm afraid I'll be in the middle 70%, shooting at both sides" — 26 Inf
"We have to stop demonizing people and realize the biggest terror threat in this country is white men, most of them radicalized to the right, and we have to start doing something about them." — CNN's Don Lemon 10/30/18
Wow. There seems to be a lot wrong with this case. Or, perhaps the story is not reporting the entire facts of the case.
First, the article says that he was going to practice for his US Marshals service test and there is a picture of him wearing what appears to be US Marshals credentials. I am a little unclear if this means that he was an 1811 at the time of his arrest. If he was a Deputy Marshal, then he is authorized to carry his weapon since marksmanship training is part of his official duties. All he needed to do was show his credentials to the USSS officer who was also surely carrying a weapon as part of his duties. If he was not a Deputy Marshal, then he is probably not the sharpest knife in the drawer for bringing a weapon in downtown DC, and approaching the WH / USSS with it in his car. I'm not saying that he is a criminal, it is just not something that I'd recommend doing.
The story also says that he was cited for speeding. How the hell did the USSS determine his speed. The only way to make sense out if this was that he approached or was stopped by members of the Uniformed Division of the USSS who generally used marked vehicles. Unlike agents who are 1811's, these guys may also have local LEO powers around DC. Still, unless he was speeding on WH property, this seems very strange indeed.Mr. Brinkley stopped to ask a Secret Service officer whether his wife could take the baby’s car seat into the White House. The officer saw Mr. Brinkley had an empty holster, which kicked off a traffic stop...
Finally, when did seeing a empty holster give probable cause to affect a search in a car? I call BS on that one right there. I have to wonder if this guy made the big mistake of consenting to the search or telling them about the gun in the trunk. This brings me to my last point:
GUYS, DO NOT ALLOW THE POLICE TO SEARCH YOUR VEHICLE OR PROPERTY. This is especially true if you are already walking a legal tight rope by transporting a weapon in a gun-hostile jurisdiction. I know that we all want to be helpful, but trust me when I tell you that any officer or agent asking to search your belongings is not likely to give you a pass on technical infractions. If they insist on searching your vehicle and threaten to arrest you, then let them arrest you. It is better to be arrested and have evidence thrown out in court than consent to a search and open the back door to your ass.
Last edited by Sensei; 01-08-13 at 10:46.
I like my rifles like my women - short, light, fast, brown, and suppressed.
Police have concluded their investigation and have closed their case....no charges are to be filed. I bet dollars to doughnuts someone made a call to make this go away.
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