If crime was bad enough, would you vote for martial law?

[buckstopshere]

I voted no for all the reasons already stated and won't bother repeating.

I'm just curious who the three people are that voted yes and why they are willing to give up their constitutional rights. What's the thought process here?

 

[Arm America]

No thanks.

I would not care to have a few elected officials make a decision
that infringed on the rights of free men.

Under very few circumstances should martial law be enacted.
(Severe weather conditions to protect the idiots comes to mind)

 

[rambone]

Under very few circumstances should martial law be enacted.
(Severe weather conditions to protect the idiots comes to mind)

I don't think people should have a curfew even if it is dangerous outside. It's their funeral.

Heaven forbid they go after the criminals.

If they have some crime suspects, then they don't need martial law to sort it out. We can't give up freedom to save America. The worst criminals in that town are the ones who betrayed their oath to uphold the constitution.

 

[calcot7]

You get to vote on that?

 

[rambone]

You get to vote on that?

Pretend you're on the city council. Let's say you have a say in the matter, like the people in the article who voted for Martial Law.

 

[gohard43]

No way......I'd pack up my bags and get out of there as soon as possible.

 

[ghostinthewood]

No because i see the real problem.Instead of martial law there should be open hunting season on illegal drug dealers and users. Buck or doe no limit and watch crime drop.

With that type of thinking its not long til people stretch to drug abuse. Not long after that bars, restaurants, and pharmacies will be bombed.

Anywho, I'm sure the couple of people that voted yes just don't want to be talked down to, if they even care enough to follow the thread.

(I voted No)

 

[edporch]

NO, because even if the time came that martial law ended, the government wouldn't restore things to the way they were before martial law was declared.
Theyd use the imposition of martial law as an opportunity to enact laws and policies that would remain after martial law was supposedly repealed.
Purely for "our security" of course.... LOL

 

[ATOMonkey]

I can guarantee the 3 that voted yes are currently employed as the King's Men, and see no problem with ordering around the plebeans.

 

[.40caltrucker]

I voted no. Who knows I may want a Big Mac at 3AM and shouldn't be questioned or arrested for doing so.

 

[ATOMonkey]

Only pot heads and drunks want munchy food at 3 AM!!! Take him away boys...

 

[jedi]

I would never vote to outlaw liberty.

But those residents of that town also did NOT vote for this. Instead 9 poloticains decided that fate!

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[45calibre]

NEVER!

even if it were voted to stop crime, the price of innocent people being treated the same as criminals would never be worth the price.

 

[ghostinthewood]

Only pot heads and drunks want munchy food at 3 AM!!! Take him away boys...

Man I get profiled and questioned enough...thats actually a great point (to me).

 

[ol' trucker]

If you voted yes.make sure you have on clean panties,and that your make-up looks good. and put on your easter dress.....cause your going to be the b#%~h!!

 

[PatriotPride]

No. And you know what would happen to any law enforcement officers who attempted to enforce martial law.

 

[RandyMarlar]

If they feel a NEED to pass something, I support the city counsel voting to fund firearms training (for people of good character) and passing a rule requiring a firearm in each home. A $500 per year security fee would be charged if the homeowner doesn't want to have a firearm.
That would put a dent in the crime issue.

Randy

 

[MTC]

If they feel a NEED to pass something, I support the city counsel voting to fund firearms training (for people of good character) and passing a rule requiring a firearm in each home. A $500 per year security fee would be charged if the homeowner doesn't want to have a firearm.

As tempting as that sounds, not only because it would benefit me personally but also to punish those who, through hostility or indifference have done so much damage to the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, I would still vote against such a law or ordinance.

It cannot be reconciled with the belief, the wish, the need to get government officials off our backs and out of our lives, especially in those areas they have no business or constitutional authority inserting themselves.
As I've tried to explain to the blissninnies who screamed and glared at me in wild-eyed horror for advocating the repeal of unconstitutional statutes, the right to do something carries with it the right to not do that something. The right to arm oneself entails the right to choose not to be armed. We might think less of such a person, or that he is shirking his responsibility, but he should not be compelled to do so. So it's not a matter of the government arming the people or paying for their training, but rather getting out of the way and respecting the right of the people to arm themselves - and to carry those arms - as the people see fit.

We have enough trouble with misappropriation of tax monies at all levels. Furthermore, I don't want government officials deciding, in this particular instance or manner, who is or is not of "good character" or a "proper person". A person who demonstrates his true character through the commission of a violent criminal act will be removed by his intended victims, or those around him who are armed and trained on their own initiative.

 

[Gabriel]

No. And you know what would happen to any law enforcement officers who attempted to enforce martial law.

I do. Nothing.

 

[DRob]

Curiosity got me

I was going to leave this alone but curiosity got the better of me and I scanned the articles.

I am now curious how a 24 hour curfew declared by a mayor and voted on by a town council relates to martial law. Perhaps I overlooked it but I saw no mention of military personnel.

From Wikipedia............"Martial law is the imposition of military rule by military authorities over designated regions on an emergency basis......."