Comments on: Democrats and the Bill of Rights http://americaswatchtower.com/2008/06/30/democrats-and-the-bill-of-rights/ I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power, than by violent and sudden usurpations. James Madison Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:29:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Putney http://americaswatchtower.com/2008/06/30/democrats-and-the-bill-of-rights/#comment-19679 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:05:02 +0000 http://mpinkeyes.wordpress.com/?p=1984#comment-19679 From an article in the San Antonio Express-News:

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA.070208.1B.guns.3c7c070.html

“Harris County grand jury cleared a Pasadena grandfather in the shooting deaths of two men SUSPECTED in a burglary of his neighbor’s house last fall.” (emphasis added)

I am not a lawyer, but what I can surmise from the article is that the grand jury found they were ‘intruding’ onto his property.

Whether or not they were illegal immigrants is irrelevant to this argument.

]]> By: Mr Pink Eyes http://americaswatchtower.com/2008/06/30/democrats-and-the-bill-of-rights/#comment-19676 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:03:59 +0000 http://mpinkeyes.wordpress.com/?p=1984#comment-19676 True Putney, but why would he have been cleared if he was not innocent? If he were innocent than the people he killed must have been guilty otherwise this case would have gone to court.
Oh, and by the way, it these people had not ILLEGALLY broken into the country and had stayed in the country they belonged in they would still be alive today.

]]> By: Deb http://americaswatchtower.com/2008/06/30/democrats-and-the-bill-of-rights/#comment-19666 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:41:42 +0000 http://mpinkeyes.wordpress.com/?p=1984#comment-19666 “Profoundly disappointed”? “rigid ideology”? Are they frickin’ kidding me? Are they that completely naive that they think if there is a “law” that the bad guys won’t be able to get guns? Or are they trying to look soft & fuzzy while they are actually thinking –good let them kill each other, and decrease the surplus population. You know, less “breeders”. And the “fairness” doctrine, PLEASE— it could not be any more obvious that it is sour grapes, jealousy, fear that the people will come to their senses and make a right turn, take your pick. And about the enemy combatants “lawyering up”, well then they should go to the county lock-up with the drug dealers, etc. until their trial instead of having uninterrupted prayer time 5x a day at club Gitmo.

]]> By: Putney http://americaswatchtower.com/2008/06/30/democrats-and-the-bill-of-rights/#comment-19663 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:16:18 +0000 http://mpinkeyes.wordpress.com/?p=1984#comment-19663 “If he was cleared than they were guilty” Really? If he was cleared than he (Horn) was innocent according to that law. This was a grand jury about his guilt or innocence, not theirs. The GJ was about Horn, not the people he killed.

]]> By: Terrant http://americaswatchtower.com/2008/06/30/democrats-and-the-bill-of-rights/#comment-19657 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:58:02 +0000 http://mpinkeyes.wordpress.com/?p=1984#comment-19657 You seem to have conveniently left out the other side of the fence. Let’s start with three words: Free Speech Zones. While it was not invented by Bush, he has certainly used it to a great extent. Aren’t my rights to free speech abridged if I am not allowed to express opposing views that the current administration does not agree with? In most of the cases where they are used, there are no legitimate safety reasons, it is just suppression of speech.

What about the 4th amendment and the warrantless surveillance of domestic calls? Or is it not a violation of our rights if it is in the name of the pursuit of the latest bogyman? Heck, from what I understand the warrant can be obtained after the surveillance. Yet, the republicans feel that even that is too much of a hindrance to investigations.

Neither side is clean when it comes to trampling our constitutional rights.

]]> By: Mr Pink Eyes http://americaswatchtower.com/2008/06/30/democrats-and-the-bill-of-rights/#comment-19648 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:05:36 +0000 http://mpinkeyes.wordpress.com/?p=1984#comment-19648 If he was cleared than they were guilty. Was he supposed to let them kill him so that they could be tried for murder? That would have been an example of an innocent person being killed.

]]> By: Putney http://americaswatchtower.com/2008/06/30/democrats-and-the-bill-of-rights/#comment-19644 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:59:41 +0000 http://mpinkeyes.wordpress.com/?p=1984#comment-19644 How many innocent people are going to die because of this ruling?

Joe Horn was cleared by the Grand Jury for fatally shooting two burglary suspects – but we will never know if they were guilty or if they intended to kill Horn.

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