Brickbat: If You Have Nothing to Hide

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Beloit, Wisconsin, Police Chief Norm Jacobs is asking residents to volunteer to let his officers search their homes for guns. He says they should think gun violence as an infectious disease and home inspections as a vaccine.

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[Fist of Etiquette]

I, in turn, as the chief to volunteer to have his department's work audited by residents and any troublesome officers removed. Think of it as liposuction.

[invisible furry hand]

I prefer to think of it as an enema

[Adans smith]

or lancing a butt boil

[Wicked Skin]

Isn't just like draining off the bacon grease?

[UnCivilServant]

No, bacon grease is useful.

[some guy]

So, very useful.

[mr lizard]

Yep, it's good for pan frying orphans to go with the bacon

[Libertarian]

Cop, looking for guns: "Are you sure that's a ficus over there? Doesn't look like a ficus. Mind if I take a closer look?"

[UnCivilServant]

"They can print guns these days, so we're going to check your computer too."

[Hyperion]

Why does it matter if it's a ficus? We thought it looked like pot. So we seized the entire estate without any crime being committed. And nothing else happened.

[some guy]

Just be glad we seized it on the spot rather than coming back at 3AM in full SWAT gear, tossing a flashbang in your baby crib and shooting your dog of a husband.

[mr lizard]

I almost missed what you did there

[Radioactive]

that's a .357 magnum ficus I'll have you know.

[Puddin' Stick]

Cannabis ficus?

[Adans smith]

Power is much more infectious ,and dangerous.

[Monty Crisco]

Follow up to it:
http://www.wpr.org/beloit-city.....homes-guns

Turns out it wasn't the great idea that the authoritarian statist cocksucker police chief thought it was...

"Gun violence is as serious as the Ebola virus is being represented in the media, and we should fight it using the tools that we've learned from our health providers," he said.

Jacobs said he hopes some searches will result in the discovery of guns they didn't know were in their own homes. He said that there's also a chance they'll find guns linked to crimes.

"That's really what we're looking for," he said. "Maybe we'll find a toy gun that's been altered by a youngster in the house ? and we know the tragedies that can occur there on occasion."

The sheer amount of outright asshattery and bullshit in those three paragraphs leaves me shaking with rage...

[Libertarian]

I'll just leave this here...

http://www.thegatewaypundit.co.....ool-video/

[Steve G]

oh my

[Rich]

WTF did I just watch?

Is that parody, wildly irresponsible, ... what?

[Charles Easterly]

Thanks Libertarian,

I saw that this morning via an e-mail from The Liberty Crier and forwarded it to two friends.

Here are their responses:

"Positively stupid idea."

"All common sense right out the window. The people who make these things are more dangerous than the guns."

Also - thanks for the link to The Gateway Pundit. It's a new website for me to look into.

[Hyperion]

Obama has a pen and a phone. Police chiefs have a pen and a phone. Slime runs downhill.

[Adans smith]

pen and phone and men with guns

[Radioactive]

he also has an ass and a hat...drum roll please...making him an asshat!

[Steve G]

I came to SWAT or chew gum..and I'm all outta gum

[UnCivilServant]

"Here, have a pack"

[Scarecrow Repair]

He brought them with him, and they're all itching to throw some flash bangs too.

[some guy]

"Any arrests made due to things that we find during these searches are also for your own good."

[Adans smith]

Well,if it's for the 'greater good',ok then.

[UnCivilServant]

*droning chant*"The Greater Good."

[Adans smith]

the chant of tyrants ever where

[UnCivilServant]

And the Neighbourhood Watch Alliance.

[userve32]

Wow man that makes a lot of sene dude.

http://www.Anon-Wayz.tk

[mr lizard]

Quick, someone reset AnonBot. The resistance must live!

[nailzer]

This is a person the swears to uphold the constitution?

[UnCivilServant]

Well, he did ask instead of issuing a general warrent. So he's not technically in violation of the constitution, he's just an asshole.

[Steve G]

Yes, yes, and he plans on keeping that oath...like some sort of.. Oathkeeper or something.

[Rebel Scum]

He says they should think gun violence privacy and presumption of innocence as an infectious disease and home inspections as a vaccine.

[Rich]

Jacobs said he hopes some searches will result in the discovery of guns they didn't know were in their own homes.

Well, *I* hope one search will result in the discovery of Jimmy Hoffa.

And I trust Jacobs will allow his home to be searched for evidence of possible sheep fucking, as serious as the Ebola virus.

[UnCivilServant]

Well, where do you think the scourge of weresheep came from?

[Charles Easterly]

I see Sheep People.

[Radioactive]

from cops with Ebola fucking sheep? or cops fucking sheep with Ebola?

[Ted S.]

If the cops have done nothing wrong, they should have nothing to hide.

[prolefeed]

I'm wondering if anyone is going to actually take up this offer.

I mean, who volunteers to let their house be searched for evidence that you've committed a crime? Or to have your entirely legal guns confiscated?

Or is this a prank article?

[The Laconic]

I think of busy-bodiness as an infectious disease, and a knuckle sandwich as a vaccine.

[sarcasmic]

Who the fuck has guns that they don't know about?

[UnCivilServant]

I keep forgetting about one of the .22s every so often. Fortunately they're stored together, so it's not going to turn up in an unexpected place.

[Radioactive]

you store your .22 up your ass?

[UnCivilServant]

What? That non-sequiteur doesn't even make sense.

[sarcasmic]

You don't?

[Radioactive]

only my 9mm.

[Radioactive]

sort of an extreme form of cc.

[sarcasmic]

Who knew that the previous owner, a WWII vet, hid a BAR in the basement wall?

[Piso Mojado]

Depends on how much you want to emulate the Branch Dravidians.

[sarcasmic]

but they just never seem to quit.

Authoritarians never do. And over time, incrementally, they always win.

[Charles Easterly]

Constant vigilance is necessary, and I agree with the Tundrarian here about the importance of Second Amendment groups. They help keep ordinary citizens aware of the most recent anti-defense efforts of "gun control" groups.

[Meriwether]

I tried to start a 3A group two years back. Nobody thought it was "relevant".

[sarcasmic]

BAR!