Police and Prosecuters openly admit stealing mans firearms...WTF
Forty Four O Nine(video) Gregory D. Girard, 45, was arrested Tuesday night for allegedly storing several tear gas grenades and explosive pepper ball projectiles. He was also charged with the illegal possession of four police batons LOL
Martial Law?!
Looks like.
After taking his property do the police now guarentee the personal safety of Mr. Girard?
Those who register, license, surrender, or allow to be taken, their weapons deserve what they get.
While I am an avid supporter of the second amendment , in this case the polce did what they had to do.
Several issues are left out of this story either by design or by space limitation.
The man's wife is the one who came to the police station and reported what her husband had, that her husband began to talk about shooting people in the head, etc., she told police she was afraid to go home.
Police discovered a shooting range in the man's attic, (not a properly built one), the man lives in a duplex, would you want to live next door to someone who is shooting guns in the unit next to you? In Massachusetts it is illegal to discharge a firearm withing 500' of a dwelling, with the exception of self defense or in a properly constructed and certified indoor shooting facility, without the permission of your neighbors.
While I am a Police Sergeant, I am not with the Manchester by the Sea Police Department, however I do know Chief McKeil, because I worked under him in another agency.
Chief McKiel is also a supporter of the second amendment, but he also has to balance that out with protecting the community, once the man is charged with a violent felony (4 counts of possesing an infernal machine) the police may remove the firearms and ammunition for the safety of the wife and the neighborhood.
They are not stolen, they have been seized pending the outcome of his case. For obvious reasons, the man may go on a rampage if he is bailed with those weapons against his neighbor and his wife. The police department would have been negligent to leave all those weapons and ammunition at his disposal, especially in light of statements obtained by the wife and neighbors.
I really get tired of people trying to make these legal seizures firearms by police when violent crimes occur, as the police confiscating guns for no reason.
You also claim "They are not stolen, they have been seized pending the outcome of his case. For obvious reasons, the man may go on a rampage if he is bailed with those weapons against his neighbor and his wife."
Another reason why we must take back our Government because they must applauding this with laughter! This is a very good example for this to happen everywhere and then it would be just a regular thing? People will get use to it and say: so what! The police were doing someone elses bidding. I consider this Communist! Its going to continue til people start fighting back and I mean really doing so