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I see this as part of a larger strategy. Even if the perpetrators of this foolish idea realized that it would be perceived as stupid by some, they will have planted the seed of the notion that "guns" are indeed part of the problem and police should be empowered to confiscate them whatever the cost of civil liberty. The anti-guns are keeping the pressure on and slowly creating the larger narrative that guns are just generally something to be feared and restricted. It's all about marketing the idea. Unless those of us who cherish our 2nd Amendment take enough countermeasures to combat this war of ideas, we will slowly loose, not only our gun rights, but a whole lot of freedom along with it.
I swear are people really getting this retarded???
You guys need to read my stuff more often: Beloit police withdraws chief’s offer of home searches for gunsThe Beloit, Wisconsin Police Department today withdrew an offer made by Chief Norm Jacobs to have officers search homes for firearms after publicity over the proposal created a public outcry.http://www.examiner.com/article/breaking-beloit-police-withdraws-chief-s-offer-of-home-searches-for-guns
There are so many things wrong here, I just don't know where to start. I don't know if this is just more liberal propaganda from the media or there really are some people who think that people volunteering for the cops to search homes is a good thing. Wonder how well this would go over in Fergusen, MOhttp://www.wpr.org/beloit-police-ask-residents-volunteer-have-their-homes-searched-gunsBeloit Police Ask Residents To Volunteer To Have Their Homes Searched For GunsChief Of Police Says He Hopes Initiative Can Help Residents Begin Thinking Differently About GunsFriday, December 5, 2014, 8:45pmBy Gilman HalstedPolice in Beloit are launching a new effort to reduce gun violence in which they're asking city residents to volunteer to have police search their homes for guns.Police Chief Norm Jacobs said he doesn't expect the phone to be ringing off the hook with requests for police to search their homes. He nevertheless hopes the program will encourage people to think about gun violence as an infectious disease like Ebola, and a home inspection like a vaccine to help build up the city's immune system."Gun violence is as serious as the Ebola virus is being represented in the media, and we should fight it using the tools that we've learned from our health providers,” he said.Jacobs said he hopes some searches will result in the discovery of guns they didn't know were in their own homes. He said that there’s also a chance they’ll find guns linked to crimes.“That's really what we're looking for,” he said. “Maybe we'll find a toy gun that's been altered by a youngster in the house — and we know the tragedies that can occur there on occasion.”There have been seven gun homicides in Beloit this year. Four of the victims were teenagers or young men in their 20s — like Melisha Holloway's 20-year-old son Raymond, who was killed in April. Holloway said too many young men have given up on school.“Pretty much all those kids and young men just need to be is educated,” said Holloway. “You have a lot of them that barely read at a fifth-grade level yet they're 25 year-old-men. But they know how to work a gun. There's something wrong with that picture."This week, 20-year-old Jajuan Logan was sentenced to 12 years in prison for Holloway's murder.Editor's Note: This article is part of a Wisconsin Public Radio year-long series tracking all gun-related homicides in Wisconsin.
