RW>>> Without the 2nd amendment, the rest would have been gone a long
 RW>>> time ago.

 PL>> Even with it, some are still vanishing.

 RW> The BORs and it's amendment count is the same as it was right after
 RW> the
 RW> last amendment. None have vanished.

They're still on paper, but not being followed as they should.

 PL>>>> They can -try- to -disarm- this citizen... they'll need
a SWAT team
 PL>>>> though.

 RW>>> BATFE says otherwise...don't be surprised if they wake you in the
 RW>>> middle
 RW>>> of the night.

 PL>> This -is- a concern.  All my eggs are not in one basket though.

 RW> There was an instance of that in San Diego a few years ago. The
 RW> resident
 RW> used a firearm and defended his family and home, only to be shot
 RW> down by
 RW> BATF agents. Fortunately, he lived thorugh it and, since the BATF
 RW> was
 RW> going by a tip from an informer who got the wrong house, he's now a
 RW> very
 RW> rich man.

Very fortunate for him.  WHat was the extent of his injuries.

 PL>> This isn't a -big- city, but the cops here can definately be out of
 PL>> control sometimes.

 RW> Ya know, I see an awful lot of 'police action' that gets reported
 RW> daily in
 RW> the local rag, but I've never seen anyone pulled over...odd that.

Oh, I see it around here.  Getting pulled over in this town can raise some
definate fears in the person being pulled over, even if only for a minor
infraction.  It seems NOTHING is minor to the SPD anymore and all stops
seem like a combination of a felony stop and an interrigation by the KGB.

My uncle, retired NYPD, tells me that even 20 years ago that the
"reputation" of the SPD was out there, and they weren't respected
by members of other law enforcement agancies AT ALL.  It has since gotten
worse.  Only a couple of short years ago there was talk about actually
disbanding ENTIRELY the SPD and pulling the State Police in while a new
force was rebuilt from scratch.  That seems to have all been swept under
the rug lately though.

Phil

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