According to an article in WorldNetDaily news, on October 1, 1999 the state of Connecticut passed bill S.B.1167 in defiance of the United States Constitution’s Bill of Rights, Amendments 2, 4, 5, 6, and 7. The new Connecticut law makes it possible for any two gestapo officers to forcibly enter a citizens home, search it, and seize all firearms found there. The only requirement is that the gestapo swear to a judge that the citizen is cruel to animals, may be dangerous to himself or others, or ‘‘other factors including but not limited to’’ recklessness, etc. Later on, the judge holds a hearing (without a jury) and decides whether or not to return the citizens property.
Note that no crime needs to have been committed in order for the state to seize private property under this law. In fact, as originally written, the provision would have allowed seizure of personal property based upon allegations of any two persons in an affidavit to a judge. The language was later modified to require that two police officers (or the state attorney’s office) be of the opinion that an individual may be harmful to himself/herself or to others. Complete text of the law can be found on the State of Connecticut’s Website. Note that even though this site belongs to the State of Connecticut, it apparently does not contain the final approved version of the law since the most recent information regarding this law on the State of Connecticut's web site says that it was referred to committee in June 1999. However, the article in WorldNetDaily.com indicates that the bill was passed into law on October 1, 1999 and that since then, the gestapo have already seized private property from four different citizens under the guise of this law.
These actions clearly violate the following sections of the United States Constitution:
Laws have been on the books for quite some time that ‘‘protect’’ us from the the freedoms to not wear seat belts and motorcycle helmets, to drive fast on highways (even if they are completely deserted), and to take drugs that the government thinks might be harmful to us. I personally don’t give a damn what the government thinks may be harmful to me and would much rather make my own decisions about how to live my life. What next? Are they going to tell us what kind of toothpaste to use or how to take a shower? This isn’t the land of the free and it’s not the country I once loved.Amendment II. A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Amendment IV. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Amendment V. No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb, nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation.
Amendment VI. In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed; which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defence.
Amendment VII. In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise reexamined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.
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