This was forwarded to me.
http://www.conservativedrink.com/media/GloverInterview-060809-Video.asp
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From: Dudley Brown <direc...@nationalgunrights.org
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Subject: "Your rights are suspended."
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Date: Monday, August 10, 2009, 6:25 AM
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August 10, 2009
*Welcome to Shreveport: Your rights are now suspended.*
/Over a month ago, the National Association for Gun Rights first
broke this incredible tale out ofShreveport, Louisiana.
At the time, no other gun rights organization had touched the story.
But when we tracked down the victim for an interview, we couldn't
believe what we heard, and we immediately sent out a nationwide alert.
The story went viral overnight.
If this tale of government abuse moves you, send it to a friend or
family member to get the word out./
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*/According to Cedric Glover/*, mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana, his cops
"have a power that [. . .] the President of these Unites States does not
have": His cops can take away your rights.
And would you like to guess which rights he has in mind?
_Just ask Shreveport resident Robert Baillio, who got pulled over for
having two pro-gun bumper stickers on the back of his truck -- and had
his gun confiscated_.
While the officer who pulled him over says Baillio failed to use his
turn signal, the only questions he had for Baillio concerned guns:
_Whether he had a gun, where the gun was, and if he was a member of a
pro-gun organization_. No requests for a driver's licence, proof of
insurance, or vehicle registration -- and no discussion of a turn signal.
Accordingly, Baillio told the officer the truth, which led the police
officer to search his car //without permission// and confiscate his gun.
_However, not only does Louisiana law allow resident to drive with
loaded weapons in their vehicles, but Mr. Baillio possessed a concealed
carry license_!
What does such behavior demonstrate, other than _transparent political
profiling_ -- going so far as to use the infamous Department of Homeland
Security report on "Americans of a rightwing persuasion" as a how-to
guidebook, no less?
Mr. Baillio made no secret of his political affiliations: An American
flag centers a wide flourish of pro-freedom stickers and decals on his
back windshield.
In fact, when Baillio asked the officer if everyone he pulls over gets
the same treatment, the officer said no and pointed to the back of his
truck.
Baillio phoned Mayor Glover to complain about this "suspension of
rights" only to find that his city's morbidly obese "commander in chief"
was elated at the story: According to Glover, Baillio got "served well,
protected well, and even got a consideration that maybe [he] should not
have gotten."
Thankfully, Mr. Baillio recorded a good bit of that phone call. You can
watch a video with the transcriptions here
<ttp://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/3291641:4546566245:m:1:162939046:B86BF85473C524A5E139B80AB553467F%22>.
I've reproduced a chunk of the call below:
Baillio: /(in the context of being asked about the presence of a
gun)/ Well, I answered that question honestly, and he disarmed me.
Glover: _Which would be an appropriate and proper action, sir_. The fact
that you gave the correct answer -- it simply means that _you did what
it is you were supposed to have done, and that is to give that weapon to
the police officer_so he could appropriately place it in a place where
it would not be a threat to you, to him, or to anyone in the general public.
[. . .]
Glover: My direction to you is that, had you chosen not to properly
identify the fact that you had a weapon and directed that officer to
where that weapon was located; had you been taken from the vehicle, and
the officer, in the interest of his safety, _chose to secure you in a
safe position_, and then looked, found, and determined that you did, in
fact, have a weapon...then, sir, you would have faced additional,
[inaudible], and more severe criminal sanctions.
Baillio: So what you're saying is: _I give up all my rights to keep and
bear arms if I'm stopped by the police: Is that correct_?
Glover: Sir, you have no right, when you have been pulled over by a
police officer for a potential criminal offense/[which would be what?! -
DB]/ to stand there with your weapon at your side in your
hand /[Baillio's weapon was nowhere near his side or his hand, and
Glover knew that. -- DB]/ because of your second amendment rights,
sir. _That does not mean at that point your second amendment right has
been taken away; it means at that particular point in time, it has been
suspended_.
Will Grigg from ProLibertate, an excellent freedom blog
<ttp://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/3291642:4546566245:m:1:162939046:B86BF85473C524A5E139B80AB553467F%22>,
has this to say:
According to Glover, a police officer may properly disarm any civilian
at any time, and the civilian's duty is to surrender his gun --
willingly, readily, cheerfully, without cavil or question.
From Glover's perspective, it is only when firearms are in the hands of
people other than the state's uniformed enforcers/oppressors that they
constitute a threat, not only to the public and those in charge of
exercising official violence but also to the private gun owner himself.
NAGR spoke with Mr. Baillio, and he told us that he's in the process of
securing the official procedures and codes for firearm handling and
private property confiscation for the Shreveport police department.
So far, the city has been half-heartedly cooperating with him.
"I felt sick," Baillio told NAGR. "My uncles didn't die for this country
so I could surrender my rights like a wimp. I felt terrible. I was just
thinking of all that my family has done for freedom in this nation --
including dying -- and here they are disarming me at a traffic stop." *_
What to do?_*
1. Read Luke's commentary here
<ttp://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/3291643:4546566245:m:1:162939046:B86BF85473C524A5E139B80AB553467F%22>,
and participate in the discussion by leaving a comment
<ttp://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/3291644:4546566245:m:1:162939046:B86BF85473C524A5E139B80AB553467F%22>.
2. Send this around. This kind of behavior cannot go unchecked.
3. Call Mayor Glover's office to complain: (318) 673-5050.
I'll leave you with one last consideration. As a licensed firearms
instructor in charge of a hundred different students every month, I'm
often asked if citizens should voluntarily inform police officers of the
presence of a firearm during a routine traffic stop.
While different states have different laws, my answer for Colorado
citizens is an emphatic "No": Colorado law doesn't require you to
volunteer that kind of information, and this case in Louisiana proves
why, if at all possible, you should never invite trouble by doing so.
For Liberty,
Dudley Brown
Executive Director
P.S. NAGR maintains a gun rights blog that our members use to keep
abreast of current gun rights developments.
Whether the news is coming down from Congress
<ttp://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/3291645:4546566245:m:1:162939046:B86BF85473C524A5E139B80AB553467F%22>,
the states
<ttp://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/3291646:4546566245:m:1:162939046:B86BF85473C524A5E139B80AB553467F%22>,
the ATF
<ttp://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/3291647:4546566245:m:1:162939046:B86BF85473C524A5E139B80AB553467F%22>, Eric
Holder
<ttp://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/3291648:4546566245:m:1:162939046:B86BF85473C524A5E139B80AB553467F%22>,
or even this particular autocratic city official
<ttp://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/3291649:4546566245:m:1:162939046:B86BF85473C524A5E139B80AB553467F%22>,
Luke will keep you ahead of the game and up to speed on the battle for
your gun rights.
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point your browser towww.NationalGunRights.org/Blog
<ttp://paracom.paramountcommunication.com/ct/3291650:4546566245:m:1:162939046:B86BF85473C524A5E139B80AB553467F%22>.
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