Kerbouchard

Ummm, how about Robbery? The misinformed LEO illegally confiscated/stole a firearm based on, what? A call that men had guns? Oh, my! Lock 'em up and throw away the key!

A governmental agency confiscated a firearm from a law abiding citizen. The firearm was not illegal. The 'suspect' was doing nothing illegal. The officer went to far, this time.

Unfortunately, situations like this are not all that uncommon. Unfortunately for the LEO, this upstanding citizen was not a pushover and actually knew his rights and the law.

We hear all the time that ignorance of the law is no excuse. I kind of think the guys 'enforcing' the laws should at least know the law(or call a supervisor if they are unsure). Call me crazy.

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P7fanatic

Don't know how much video there was taken because the female officer threatened the woman with the vid cam with arrest if she did not stop videotaping, according to the write up. Sounds like another violation right there if true.
If it went down as described, I'd really like to see a lawsuit go forward. Hope we hear more of this incident.

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Juggernaut

Being cuffed and stuffed and having your property illegally searched and seized because of ignorance of the [non-] law is MUCH more than a mere inconvenience.

I like how the article was written up with the supporting case law citations, and they at least tried to post the other side of the story- the mysteriously absent official police report- in an attempt of fairness.

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ccw9mm

"Move along." Hm.

There IS, indeed, a right to not be harassed with baseless, I'm-the-authority-so-THERE type accusations. Secure from unreasonable (unfounded, groundless) searches, seizures, and all that. How much more unreasonable should it have been, to qualify?

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gnbrotz

WRONG. Mr. Banks was absolutely placed under arrest. He was informed as much. Ultimately he was not charged (because there was nothing to charge him with) and was never transported from the scene, but was in custody, in handcuffs and in the back of a cruiser for a couple of hours.

luvmy40

Did you read the same article/story that the rest of us did?

It may not be the whole story (The whole story is rarely learned by listening to one side). However, the facts as represented, definitely constitute a "Story". A clear violation of the law by the LEO involved. Even if it was completely unintentional and accidental it is inexcusable. I am not exempt from punishment for comitting a crime due to ingorance of the law. Neither are the LEO.

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steveHK

Some one was arrested, property was stolen,rights were violated and the cops did not know or just simply disregarded the law.

How can you have a constitution avatar and say lets move along...

DPro.40

Your kidding.......Right? If your not, remember, loss of freedoms is one step at a time. If we simply "move along" then we can erect a statue of all the anti gunners with our melted hardware. I have followed several of your post and I just don't get where you come from. I do accept the 2nd amendment helps protect the 1st.

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sojourner

No comment.

The police have the right to publish the story. Why are the mute about the subject? Is it because they do not want to share their side of the story? If they had one shred of evidence that they could stretch to some vague charge, they would have made the charge and then held a public conference to show how they got guns off the street. And we now know why the police are not sharing their side of the story (it is not flattering to them).

Even if it is a miniscule part of the LEO's responsibilities, it is a part of his/her responsibilities. There is no excuse for either not knowing or not finding out immediately and immediately rectifying the situation (without putting the real victims through the ringer).

Wrong. Someone was arrested (cuffed and stuffed would be arrested). Not charged, because there were no charges to be able to drum up. How about the person cuffed and stuffed? I would say he is worse for wear. How about the husband who had his firearm taken from him? And not returned to him (but his wife)?

That's what you want people to believe. You are flat out wrong here.

Pennsylvania citizens are peacefully asserting their 2A rights. And it is an uphill battle because most do not know the 2A laws (including police). And the asserting of their rights inconveniences the police. The police then push beyond their legal authority.

This will unfold the way things did in VA. It is a story, it will be a story and hopefully it will have a good ending where the majority in PA people and all the LEO in PA are aware of our rights and where the relationship between LEO and non-LEO in PA improves.

jcheinaman

Right on!