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1984...?
Was George Orwell on to something?
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Governm...-Carrying-Guns
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03-06-2013, 10:53 AM #2Legendary RSR Poster
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Scary stuff for sure.
I'd say at least we still have due process, but after Holder declaring that drone strikes on US soil against US citizens is perfectly legal, I am not sure any more.
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I am not some loon thinking the government is out to get anyone who disagrees with them, but damn with all the crap like this it's getting harder and harder not to be.
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03-06-2013, 11:10 AM #4Legendary RSR Poster
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The only reason they even have uav's is because of the Mexican cartels.
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I'm not sure what you're asking.
Customs and Border Patrol have been using uav technology for a few years now along the Mexican border looking for weapons, weapons caches, drugs, immigrants, etc.
Drones being able to detect someone carrying a weapon is nothing knew. They can detect weapons caches buried in the ground among many things.
I think what really needs to be thought about here is whether or not the US government would specifically target US citizens. I cant honestly answer that, but if you are a law abiding citizen then I would like to think it wouldnt matter.
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Re: 1984...?
I was just asking you to clarify why the government has them because of the cartels, which you did.
And do I think the U.S. Government would target law abiding citizens? No, not really, I mean if they were to use a drone to kill a US citizen it would have to be done by another citizen who presses the button to fire whatever weapon it was armed with.
But as HR mentioned Eric Holder saying it's legal to use a drone on a citizen on US soil, at some point down the road, it could become a slippery slope.
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03-06-2013, 11:57 AM #9Legendary RSR Poster
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Holder has already said the practice is legal. Why would he even make the comment if they were not planning on using drones in this capacity down the road?
Now combine that with the gun control panic and the new technology with drones having the ability to detect people who are carrying a gun (a practice that's perfectly legal in states not named Illinois), it's not very hard to connect the dots and see this is a recipe for innocent folks getting killed / hurt / persecuted when they've done nothing wrong.
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03-06-2013, 01:34 PM #12
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It's a slippery slope we're on. While I agree that better and new technology needs to be used to track down criminals, this is blurring the line of civil liberties.
Like the comic says "Who watches the watchmen?"Master of 'Gifs for dummies'
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