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December 9, 2014 12:59 PM Subscribe
Beloit, WI police department asks residents to voluntary allow law enforcement to search their homes for firearms.
This post was deleted for the following reason: Hey, your middle link isn't working and Infowars is not generally considered a reliable source. Maybe try again tomorrow? -- restless_nomad
Given recent events that's basically "hello, can we come in and murder you?"...
...just kidding, they'll probably do it on the doorstep if anyone they don't like days no anyway.
posted by Artw at 1:03 PM on December 9, 2014
...just kidding, they'll probably do it on the doorstep if anyone they don't like days no anyway.
posted by Artw at 1:03 PM on December 9, 2014
The chief feels that these inspections by his officers can uncover firearms that the resident may not have even known were there.
Is this a thing that happens?
posted by sandettie light vessel automatic at 1:05 PM on December 9, 2014
Is this a thing that happens?
posted by sandettie light vessel automatic at 1:05 PM on December 9, 2014
Can parents also ask them to look for any hidden stashes of porn?
posted by Glenn Grothman at 1:06 PM on December 9, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by Glenn Grothman at 1:06 PM on December 9, 2014 [1 favorite]
That strikes me as a great way to get fully half of the internet to land on them. If, you know, that's what they were hoping for.
posted by suelac at 1:06 PM on December 9, 2014
posted by suelac at 1:06 PM on December 9, 2014
The chief feels that these inspections by his officers can uncover firearms that the resident may not have even known were there.
Oh, I bet they'll find drug and porn and all kinds of illegal substances that the residents didn't know about. Then they'll have no choice but to seize the house and any cash since those things were obviously used in some kind of crime, etc.
posted by Frowner at 1:07 PM on December 9, 2014
Oh, I bet they'll find drug and porn and all kinds of illegal substances that the residents didn't know about. Then they'll have no choice but to seize the house and any cash since those things were obviously used in some kind of crime, etc.
posted by Frowner at 1:07 PM on December 9, 2014
Infowars, server not found, Guns.com.
Conflating warrantless search with a search done with permission. We done here?
posted by Drinky Die at 1:07 PM on December 9, 2014
Conflating warrantless search with a search done with permission. We done here?
posted by Drinky Die at 1:07 PM on December 9, 2014
Unless there's explicitly an amnesty, if it's an illegal gun on your property then you could probably be held responsible for possessing it, right? So the last people you want finding it are the cops...
posted by BungaDunga at 1:09 PM on December 9, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by BungaDunga at 1:09 PM on December 9, 2014 [1 favorite]
LOFL. I mean, really, now. I almost feel like if you're dumb enough to let them inside your house without a warrant you deserve the results, but that's uncharitable.
posted by longdaysjourney at 1:09 PM on December 9, 2014
posted by longdaysjourney at 1:09 PM on December 9, 2014
Yeah, somewhat weak (partisan) links here; middle link is broken.
Also, the cops don't knock on your doors asking to search your house.
You literally have to call them up.
Now, you'd have to be a fool (IMHO) to call up the police and ask them to search your house (what happens when they find your teens marijuana?), and obviously 'bad guys' aren't going to call the cops to ask to have their house searched, and then sign a waiver (unless they are really really really stoned).
posted by el io at 1:09 PM on December 9, 2014
Also, the cops don't knock on your doors asking to search your house.
You literally have to call them up.
Now, you'd have to be a fool (IMHO) to call up the police and ask them to search your house (what happens when they find your teens marijuana?), and obviously 'bad guys' aren't going to call the cops to ask to have their house searched, and then sign a waiver (unless they are really really really stoned).
posted by el io at 1:09 PM on December 9, 2014
Conflating warrantless search with a search done with permission. We done here?
"well, the joneses didn't consent to that voluntary search we asked for - we'd better keep our eyes on them"
posted by pyramid termite at 1:10 PM on December 9, 2014
"well, the joneses didn't consent to that voluntary search we asked for - we'd better keep our eyes on them"
posted by pyramid termite at 1:10 PM on December 9, 2014
Conflating warrantless search with a search done with permission. We done here?
No, because the only correct response to this request is "unless you have a properly signed search warrant, the answer is not just no, but hell no."
posted by NoxAeternum at 1:10 PM on December 9, 2014
No, because the only correct response to this request is "unless you have a properly signed search warrant, the answer is not just no, but hell no."
posted by NoxAeternum at 1:10 PM on December 9, 2014
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