Perhaps if the OWS people showed up as heavily armed as the Tea Partiers (or, Tea Baggers, as I prefer), they'd be shown more respect. Probably not such a swell idea, but the 2nd Amendment, ill-phrased as it is, actually applies to ALL Amdericans.

MrBrownTX wrote on 11/06/11 at 07:26:27:


Well put.

I have had my bags searched - at gunpoint. A guy robbed a bank close to where I lived in Toronto and got away on a yellow bike wearing a leather jacket. I happened to be on a yellow bike wearing a leather jacket. When a cop is searching your bags while holding a gun on you, you don't argue.
I have also had my van searched at gunpoint here in London. A guy robbed a series of variety stores using a green van. I happened to have a green van. No less than three cops with shotguns pointed at me that time. That time I got angry (while still holding my hands up) and told them that this was the third time I had been stopped that day and if I was stopped again I would sue. They broadcast my plate # to every cop and I wasn't hassled again.
My colour choices were criminal I guess.

Artecher that sounds pretty rough..

Like I said- I don't spout off about my rights when guns are pointed at me.
Toronto cops are scary and don't pay attention when you talk. London cops are reasonable, and listen, and are much more diplomatic. My issue with them on that occasion was that I had already been stopped twice that day and told I was not the man they were looking for. It would have been simple for them to broadcast my plate # after the first time and save themselves a lot of time, and me some poopy underwear.