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Originally Posted by kpw
SelfDefense, if peacably standing your ground when you are doing nothing wrong is flaunting authority, then I have been guilty more than once and will probably be so in the future. Allowing your rights to be trampled because they seem trivial to you doesn't make them trivial to someone else. Some percieve these rights to be more important than you do. It is their ground and their rights that they percieve important enough to fight for. Important to them, not so for you. See the difference? Having authority doesn't always mean having the right and sometimes authority needs questioned or challenged to keep it honest.
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I take issue with the word trampled. It is very emotional and does not do justice to the incident. At the end of the evening everyone went home and their guns returned (or soon will be.) I do understand their position. I do not agree with their tactics.
I disagree that they were standing their ground peacably. If that were true they would have provided identification when asked. My opinion would be quite different if they were in the least bit cooperative.