The Supreme Court of Ohio ruled today that, under R.C. 1531.14, a state wildlife officer has authority to enter private land when acting in the normal, peaceful and lawful enforcement of game and fish laws or rules regardless of whether the officer has “good cause” to believe that a law has been violated at the time of entry. [More]
Just in case there was any confusion over whose land this is...
I'm going in send an invite to Cheney to go hunting with the Ohio court...as you know accidents happen.
ReplyDeleteWarrant? We don't need no steenkeen warrant! I'd been told game wardens have carte blanche, now the courts affirm it...making Ohio in its entirety a Constitution free zone.
ReplyDeletebackhoes and bulldozers are excellent tools for such things.
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That very attitude has caused the deaths of game wardens in the past and it looks like we are going to be seeing more of it in the future.
ReplyDeleteOf the men I know that killed game wardens holding that attitude, they are all now dead, of old age. They were never convicted of a crime, though the killings were known publicly. A better time, when a man's property was his and a trespasser had better have a damn good reason. And grand juries agreed with that.
Once they take your citizenship, which is what this ruling basically does, there is not much point anymore in obeying the laws, not of the state, nor of God. God will forgive you, and the sonsofbitches you bring with you, or send on ahead.
ReplyDeleteBut you leave a better world behind when you deprive it of some abusers and make the remainder fearful.
You know if a game warden came to my home and asked to look around, I would most probably help him. If he came and told me I had no say in what he did on my place, one of us or more would need a body bag.
No judge anywhere in the world has the power to rescind my freedom. He may have the power to cost me my life, but he would be well advised to do a cost/benefit analysis prior.
And I haven't hunted since 1972. I don't eat it anymore, so I don't kill it. I don't believe in killing for its own sake.
ReplyDeleteIf I ever get this place fenced I may raise a beef calf or two for food. But they would be killed for a purpose.
sorry for so many posts, talky today, i guess.
So the 76-year-old man killed on his own land recently by a "wildlife protection officer" was a test case. The public said "He musta did sumpthin' bad!" and went back to "American Idol."
ReplyDeleteOh, there were emails and calls of protest from the usual cranks and wackos (us) which were as usual ignored.
Every time I see a commercial urging us to be "green" and "save the Earth," I get angry. Human rights are down the toilet. Human beings are considered a liability and a danger to the environment.
I wonder. If we were not biodegradeable, would they be more hesitant to kill us?
i don't see that the authority to get yourself shot at is of much use.
ReplyDeleteno worries, agents: when the bullets come whistling down the lane, you can just show them your badge.