Cry of the Militia: WAAAHHHH…But We Don’t Wanna Get Arrested!!
February 3, 2016
Cry of the Militia: WAAAHHHH
But We Dont Wanna Get Arrested!!
by Mike Ferner
As the macho, gun-toting, testosterone-addled cowboys who took over the wildlife refuge in Oregon call it quits, their pitiful whine can be heard all the way to Florida: Waaahhh
but we dont wanna get arrested
So much for the rugged-individualists and badass proponents of personal responsibility. Lets see what happens as their armed insurrection winds down. How will the system treat the militant bullyboys?
Will they get pepper-sprayed in the face as did the college students peacefully sitting in a driveway at UC Davis during Occupy protests, or shot in the head with a police projectile as did Veterans For Peace member Scott Olson in Oakland?
Will they get two months in jail like Ed Kinane for stepping across a line at the School of the Americas; or six months in jail like grandmother Mary Anne Grady, for taking pictures of demonstrators outside the Reaper drone base in upstate NY; or a $20,000 fine like Kathy Kellys peace group, for taking medicine to people in Iraq before we invaded their country in 2003; or 10 years in prison for speaking out against the madness of World War One, like Gene Debs;
More:
http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/02/03/cry-of-the-militia-waaahhhhbut-we-dont-wanna-get-arrested/
Ford_Prefect
(7,901 posts)Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)Thank you, Judi Lynn...............
CanonRay
(14,104 posts)Wish I'd said it.
Hotler
(11,425 posts)Thank you for sharing.
Peace
safeinOhio
(32,688 posts)When they say put your hands up, just reach for your inside pocket.
enough
(13,259 posts)Mustellus
(328 posts)... they have AR-15's.
If we use less than cluster bombs and napalm.... its because we are trying to take them alive.
TxVietVet
(1,905 posts)Bunch of wussy warriors.
kiri
(794 posts)Their real fear of arrest is not jail time. It is that they could lose their gun licenses; convicted of a felony denies you a gun permit (and usually a vote). In some states, even a misdemeanor conviction limits open carry and CC.
SCantiGOP
(13,871 posts)Said that the ones arrested so far had multiple convictions on their record, many involving CDV or firearms, including illegally carrying firearms as a convicted felon.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)the law says ex-felons can't own guns. They haven't obeyed the law before. Why, if they eventually become an ex-felon, would they obey the law in the future?