TMG, I'm objecting to this technique of swabbing the doorknob in order to obtain enough probable cause to get a warrant.
The 4th Amendment says in part:
...and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation...
If there's probable cause, get the warrant. If there's no probable cause, don't come swab somebody's door.
Notice that the article does mention that the technique can be used for detecting the presence of residue that would indicate gun usage. I took my family shooting yesterday. I'll bet we've got lots of shooting-related residue on various surfaces. A swab (without my permission, of course) might lead the police to infer that I have
guns, oh my! Of course, I own and shoot guns perfectly legally.
If Kerry gets elected and in 2006 signs on to U.N.-enforced global gun registration and eventual confiscation, don't you think that this technique will be used against gun-owners? Don't tell me that they
won't do it in a way that would violate the Bill of Rights. They'll have trampled the 2nd Amendment, they'll happily trample the 4th. For that matter, they've already trampled the 1st, 2nd and 4th at a minimum.
Kerry is a bona-fide U.N. worshiper and Francophile. Of
course he would reverse President Bush's position that was
delivered to the U.N. by John R. Bolton (which was a reversal of Clinton's position) and will happily sign agreements to join international gun-control at the next meeting in 2006 of the
United Nations Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects.
Don't think he won't. The House of Representatives would never (in its current mix) agree to this, but they're out of it. Only the Senate has to ratify international treaties. You saw
last March what this Senate's view is of gun-control (considering there are at least 10 RINOs in the Senate). The Constitutional aspects of such a treaty won't bother way too many senators.
Even some U.S. Supreme Court justices have said in
public speeches that international, particularly European legal sensitivities must now be taken into account when ruling on U.S. Constitutional issues.
This is not paranoia. Read the latest issue of NRA's
America's 1st Freedom. It has a detailed analysis of the real threat that the U.N. is posing to the U.S. Constitution.
We, the People, should never trust our government with more power than was specifically granted to it in the Constitution.