[The Caucus] describes itself as an 'unapologetic defender of the Second Amendment,' released a statement saying it was 'deeply concerned' by the shooting and calling for an investigation by state and federal officials. It noted that many facts remained unknown."Every peaceable Minnesotan has the right to keep and bear arms — including while attending protests, acting as observers, or exercising their First Amendment rights,” the group’s statement said. “These rights do not disappear when someone is lawfully armed, and they must be respected and protected at all times.”
I'm inclined to say that ICE should be abolished like all Federal police agencies: the general police power is one the Founders intended to belong to the states, though they granted the Secret Service authority to combat counterfeiting and similar specialized offenses fairly early. I had hoped to start the abolishing with the ATF, but if you're going around shooting lawfully-armed American citizens -- a nurse with a carry permit, at that, meaning that his background would have been fully investigated and that he had no criminal record -- you could quickly and justly rise to the top of the list.
But we'll see what facts develop over a few days. For now, I have more immediate problems locally. Good luck to all of you in the storm's path. Keep warm.
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Looks like he fired or ND'ed a round before the police shot, maybe- https://x.com/GBNT1952/status/2015151480164999305?s=20
The weapon the Feds are displaying is an Sig P320, which is reputed to have an AD problem. So much so that Customs & Border Protection delisted it as approved and required everyone who had one to replace it with a Glock.
That means, of course, that CBP has a lot of extras floating around. Not that I’d accuse anyone of ‘dropping’ a gun as evidence. It’s just a thought that will occur to those familiar with the story.
I’d like to believe them, but the higher ups are telling obvious fables. Whatever else happened, he wasn’t “an assassin” trying to kill officers; the videos show clearly that he was trying to protect a woman rather than trying to kill people from ambush.
https://x.com/stephenm/status/2015133481261474030?s=46
If you open with this, I don’t think you can be trusted to handle the investigation. Can Walz? Probably not either. Who can?
Self reliance anyone?
While I agree that various Federal agency police forces like ATF and especially the FBI should be thrown in the dustbin at the first opportunity, ICE and CBP really can't be abolished as the functions they perform regarding border control and immigration, like the Secret Service specialization in investigation of counterfeiting and security of Federal officials, are reserved to the Federal government.
Today's NYPost has a good breakdown. This is going to be a VERY close call. That said, barging into a kinetic ICE activity area with an open-carried pistol is simply stupid.
Hope you escaped major winter problem!! The area west of ATL got some rain, and a very tiny bit of ice in the trees.
So far, so good, but the real cold is still coming. I'm hoping the last line of freezing rain gets through without cutting our power. If it does, this will just be a restful weekend. If not, well, I've taken appropriate steps.
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