TR> It probably would land you in jail,
 SK> And, as I said, I would still be true to my convictions.
 SK> Unjust laws SHOULD be broken.
 TR> and you wouldn't be doing anything noble or patriotic, just the
 TR> opposite.
 SK> In your less than reasonable, and reasoned, opinion.
It would be the opinion of the people and the government of the people before 
I was even born. I've read the rest of your message, and it is obvious you 
don't understand the basic concept, and that basic concept is a very old one. 
Every citizen has a legal obligation to assist law enforcement in the time of 
an emergency. There is nothing Unconstitutional about this concept. Using 
your line of thought, it would be Unconstitutional to draft you for military 
duty to protect our country from invading armies. That would be commandeering 
your very person and very likely put you in a position where you might be 
killed, but that is not Unconstitutional either. I won't be quoting any more 
of your message because of your total confusion about this subject matter. 
Many things can be done in the time of an emergency if there are reasonable 
grounds, all quite legal, all quite Constitutional, and all recognized by 
most to be a civic duty if the situation ever arises. I'll give you one more 
example below, but I probably won't waste much more of my time trying to 
explain this to you.
There is a tornado, and your home is one of the few left standing in the 
entire area. Many people have been killed, many have serious injuries, and 
many have minor injuries. There are hundreds of people who need help as 
quickly as possible. Chances are, the homes left standing in the area will be 
used by various agencies for injury classification, field hospitals, 
temporary 
morgues, distribution of equipment for volunteers, etc. Yes, your home could 
and probably would be commandeered during this situation, with or without 
your approval. This would be an obvious emergency which would qualify as 
reasonable grounds to use your home. This is a fairly severe example, but it 
has already happened numerous times. This commandeering would be quite legal 
and Constitutional. Would you waste an officer's time in arresting you before 
your home could be used to save lives? If so, you would not deserve to be 
called a citizen.
Tom Rightmer - A Victims' Rights Advocate
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