An Assault On Many Fronts

Just as we were digging in to repel the assault on our Second Amendment rights from the Obama administration, the city of Boston suffered a horrendous and cowardly attack. Three people were killed, including an eight year-old boy. As historically happens when something like this occurs, American citizens were outraged and called for swift justice.

It's easy, when your emotions are going into overdrive, to act or call for action without taking the time to understand the consequences those actions may have later. Even the staunchest supporter of individual freedom is not immune to making hasty judgements when emotions are running high. People who would never dream of letting the authorities conduct a warrantless search of their home and property will gladly do so in a situation such as the one in Boston recently. Their reasoning is that this was a "special" situation.

Folks, I hate to tell you this, but there are no "special" situations. Sure, we all wanted those responsible for these heinous acts caught and put into custody, but surely this could have been accomplished without violating anyone's Constitutional rights. And putting a whole city the size of Boston in "lockdown" while conducting door-to-door searches of a 20 block area smacks of Fourth Amendment violations. Whether or not Posse Comitatus was violated or not is in question for right now, because Posse Comitatus does not apply to the National Guard under state authority from acting in a law enforcement capacity within its home state or in an adjacent state if invited by that state's governor.  If other military agencies were involved, than the Act may have been violated.

Also, there is some question concerning the authorities' decision not to read the surviving suspect his Miranda rights, if indeed the suspect was an American citizen or in the country legally. If the suspect is indeed guilty, then I would be the first to call for a swift trial followed by firm punishment. But we cannot--repeat CANNOT--skip steps or ignore individual rights at our convenience. Doing this makes us no better than the tyrannical wannabes against whom we constantly--and rightfully--rally.

Regardless of whether or not events unfolded as we have been told, or whether this could simply be a false flag event orchestrated by factions of our own government, the powers that be seized the opportunity to test how far they could go in such circumstances. Though no one outside of Boston knows for sure exactly how the operations were handled, if even one person was forced to consent to a search under duress, then we have a problem. Possibly a much larger problem than Reid, Feinstein, and all the other buffoons who vowed to restrict our Second Amendment rights.

I ask that you all remain vigilant. Our rights are coming under attack from many fronts now. Please do not take this as an affront to our fine law enforcement personnel or the men and women of our military. Most of them carry out their duties with honor and dignity. It is the people at the top that we should be watching.

Forever watching.