Sounds to me like one more step to take law enforcement out of the hands of those who wear badges and are trained and putting it in the hands of the public and untrained . Giving them motivation to abuse it for personal gain, or retaliation . Isn’t that the definition of anarchy.

That article may be old, but it still clearly demonstrated the way the registry is abused and undeniably weaponized. It shows how the registry can be exploited to ensure no registered citizen can ever live in a new housing development, no matter where it may be located because now they can designate one piddly little lot as a “playground” and the state will throw up a 2500 foot buffer zone around it.

Gerald
Don’t forget the “ Bay of Pigs” The Russian ships were ordered to proceed with there ships carrying nuclear missiles to Cuba when confronted with American ships . The Russian Captains diisobeyed there. Orders and turned there ships around.

I have always looked at our military as a protector of the citizenry. It’s a tough decision for a leader to make when the military is called out to restore peace within the bounds of our nation. Touchy indeed.

The encouraging thing about our country is that the military would not allow a tyrant to seize power the way old Germany did. I was amazed when the East German army refused to fire on their own citizens when they tore down the wall. Contrast that with what China did in cracking down on peaceful protesters at Tiananmen Square in 1989. There has never been a military in history that valued honor the way that ours does.

Gerald, very interesting. Thanks for your response. The term ‘democracy’ is interchangeably used to describe a few various forms of government. So is ‘republic’. Hitler was elected into the Reichstag and then ‘weazzled’ his way into a cabinet seat. I suppose that there are still some Germans who deny knowledge of the ‘death camps’ but the train loads of one way trips and the odor of burning flesh pretty much made that impossible. WW II history is very interesting but I more or less concentrate on the aviation side of WW II. It’s interesting to see how basically good people can be dupped into electing bad politicians.

I have to disagree with you Captain on Germany. It operated as a Constitutional Republic from 1919 to 1933. Hitler was not voted into office. He was appointed Chancellor by President Hindenburg in 1933. Then Hitler wiped out civil liberties and overthrew the government. One man fueled by hate was able to wipe out the country’s constitution virtually overnight. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weimar_Republic
Most German’s in 1933 were not highly educated. All they could do was trust their leaders, but those leaders weren’t strong enough to stand up to Hitler. They couldn’t stop him. The country’s constitution couldn’t stop him. He even took over the media so there could be no watchdogs.
I lived in Germany for 2 and a half years in the mid 60’s. I had the chance to talk to several Germans who had lived through that. They did claim that they didn’t know what was going on in the labor camps, but I could read it in their eyes that they did know, but couldn’t live with the shame if they admitted that to themselves. The form which a government takes can’t stop tyranny, only its citizens can.

Straight to the point Capt,and well said!!!

Here’s something that’s NOT from 5+ years ago. The same prosecutor ran for judge in my circuit just two months ago. He lost. He was defeated by a former public defender!

This article was from 5+ years ago