BY Herschel Smith
10 years ago
Breitbart:
The Association of Chief Police Officers’ (ACPO), the body that represents senior police officers in the United Kingdom, has begun a campaign to send police to enter the homes of legal gun owners to snoop on them. Many of those who may receive visits cannot understand why they would be targeted and suspect it is to discourage gun ownership in Britain.
The Countryside Alliance pressure group fears that the new initiative will target ordinary members of the public, and is due to begin on Wednesday, 15th October. The group has launched a campaign to alert Members of Parliament to the issue. The policy is also the latest in a series of ‘power grabs’ by ACPO, which is effectively a trade union, but regularly demands executive powers with little accountability to the public.
On its campaign website the Countryside Alliance said: “Legitimate gun owners are always ready to support sensible, evidence based proposals to improve firearm licensing and security. For instance we fully support unannounced checks on license holders based on specific intelligence on risk.
One stark difference between American gun owners and British gun owners is that I (and many of my readers) absolutely will not support proposals of any kind to “improve” licensing of firearms. And the security of firearms is my business, not that of the government.
This doesn’t seem too far fetched for America, though, police entering homes to “inspect” guns under anti-terror laws. After all, we already violate rights against illegal search and seizure and right to due process under anti-terror laws (i.e., the Patriot Act). But here’s a word to police in America. You try to enter homes and inspect firearms in your neck of the woods, and you may get shot.
