That quote is entirely deceptive. Being an citizen exercising any right does not invite LE into your life. It is the sole discretion of every officer whom encounters an open carrier how to proceed. They can choose to uphold a bad law or disregard it.
I believe every public servant takes an oath to uphold the constitution. Not the law, not the policies. But the constitution. Through lawful OC encounters with LEOs they are starting to be reminded of that.
So back to the original context. If catholicism were ordrinarily scrutinized and we were practicing in public, would that invite LE into our lives? What about if this were the early 1900s and we were black. Would that also invite LE into our lives? You can't paint with that brush ever so finely. All the acknowledgements in the BoR have to be valued equally. That is what the MSM, LE and the antis need to understand.
Cameron wrote:
This was a decent article right up until the last line or two....
Invite them into our lives? :cuss: Most of the LEOs are only doing their job, as much as I don't and wouldn't enjoy it, an e check, and just an e-check without (other) rights violations, doesn't really fall into "inviting them into my life" in my opinion, at least until the [case] law shows/reflects that an e-check is a violation of our rights (RAS should be a requirement). Beyond that, is definitely unwelcome and should not be tolerated, the fact that it is (by some LEOs/departments), in itself, is incomprehensible. If the LEOs stay within the laws and rights, the invitation into our lives is quite minimal.