batf of usa a repost from talk religion misc talk politics guns soc culture jewish from cdt sw stratus com c d tavares subject re who s next mormons and jews date apr gmt organization stratus computer inc in article c rlne pc murdoch acc virginia edu pmy vivaldi acc virginia edu pete yadlowsky writes we used to live in a country where everyone enjoyed the free exercise of their rights to worship and bear arms arms automatic weapons grenades rocket launchers the sorts of things no family should be without i guess all government claims if they were really stocking such weapons for armageddon how come they never used them anyway i ve often wondered what business followers of christ would have with weapons it s hard to imagine a pistol packin jesus though i suppose a pump action shotgun would have made clearing the temple a hell of a lot easier the time is coming those of you who have no sword sell your shirt and buy one and they told him master we have two swords and he said it is enough luke think not that i am come to send peace on earth i came not to send peace but the sword for i am come to set a man at variance against his father and the daugher against her mother matt well when the nice federal officers come to my house to check out my extensive weapons cache i ll just be sure not to shoot at them tea ladies and gentlemen just maybe you won t be home then you can come home to something like this well it s been a rough month begins johnnie lawmaster i just get laid off and my divorce became final but i just wasn t ready for what happened this particular monday that particular monday was was december the first day of the bill of rights third century the day when federal agents and local law enforcement officer broke into the house in tulsa that always flew the u s flag when lawmaster drove into the driveway that bleak afternoon one of his neighbors had some news ohmigod john you are in big trouble my neighbor tells me sixty police federal agents and the bomb squad busted in you house kicked down the door cut locks off your gun safe i couldn t believe it then i walked inside what a nightmare it was no nightmare it was horribly real life apparently acting on information the lawmaster possessed an illegal firearm some thirty agents of the bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms batf teamed up with state and tulsa police authorities search warrant in hand to search for a colt ar caliber machine gun unknown serial number the warrant issued by u s magistrate john leo wagner also authorized agents to seize any tools used in the alteration or modification of firearms such as files or drills documents papers books records and other tangible properties which identify occupants or owners of the property to be searched reports vary but according to neighbors the joint task force operation aimed at the unemployed warehouseman from a nearby hospital involved some agents and local law enforcement personnel against lawmaster they cordoned off the street took station with weapons drawn in the back yard used a battering ram to break through the front door kicked in the back door broke into his gun safe threw personal papers around the house spilled boxes of ammunition on the floor broke into a small locked box that contained precious coins stood on a table to peer through the ceiling tiles breaking the table in the process then they left the doors were closed but not latched much less locked the ammo and guns were left unsecured my front and back doors were pulled shut but they were busted through and couldn t latch anybody could have waltzed in there and stolen everything i own a child could have taken a gun the guns the safe everything was open and laying around i keep all my magazines empty but someone had loaded them while i was looking around in amazement the gas electric and water companies show up to turn the power off they said they were told to shut things down then i found the note nothing found atf they didn t make any attempt to notify me i ve lived in tulsa all my life and never got more than a traffic ticket how come they can t look that up realize i ve been law abiding my whole life then come to the door when i m home they didn t leave someone here to watch over my private property they didn t even come by to explain what happened they just raided my home ransaked it left it wide open and left lawmaster placed a phone call to the local batf agent i asked are you gonna arrest me and he said no i asken him who is going to repair and clean up my house and he said if you re going to talk to me come down to my office i can t come down i said my doors are broken if i had been on vacation and i didn t have friendly neighbors i would have lost everything i own here i am a competent responsible firearms owner and the government leaves them open unlocked with ammo strewn around lawmaster said the agent advised him if you want your door to lock and your gun safe to lock you re gonna have to pay for it yourself oh i ll come right down alright i told him i ll come down but i ll bring my attorney and he said well you bring your attorney and we won t talk to you so if you don t want your tea party to be held in awkward silence make sure your lawyer isn t there there s a good chap it s very sad all those people died especially the kids but that s going to happen in a free society whenever psychologically needy people hook up with a charismatic nutcase what a repulsive outlook on society followers of unusual religions may be killed by the government it simply can t be helped in a free society you and i have two different concepts of free cdt rocket sw stratus com if you believe that i speak for my company or cdt vos stratus com write today for my special investors packet
