Portsmouth resident, attorney Randall Pratt, appears in Seabrook Circuit Court on Thursday to ask a judge to overrule the Portsmouth Police Department's denial of his conceal-carry license, to penalize the police chief and to order the Police Department to reimburse him for his legal costs. Attorney Randall was asked to turn over a tablet computer with an unauthorized recording of a conversation with Capt. Mike Schwartz.
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As I've said before, when you sacrifice one right, none are safe. The police do not deserve protection from being recorded. They are agents of the state, and as such, they should be subject to whatever monitoring citizens wish to do. And note that in Rhode Island, an application for a carry license requires three references. In the free states, no such nonsense is needed.
ReplyDeleteIf you want to get a job at McDonalds you need to provide references. When they don't respond, there's a good chance something's wrong with the candidate. Rhode Island has this exactly right.
DeleteIt's funny, but I don't recall seeing a job at McDonalds as an enumerated right in the Constitution. But when you're willing to demand references for voting, free expression, and so forth, get back to me.
DeleteReasonable restrictions on ALL rights are acceptable.
DeleteAnd when people decide to stop you from expressing your opinion? The definition of "reasonable" is the key point here. A person who cares about liberty wants the broadest possible reading of any right.
Delete"the broadest possible reading of any right." Typical over-blown gun-nut rhetoric. Of course, no one agrees with that, not Scalia, not the other 4 Conservative Justices. But, that doesn't stop you, Greg, from sounding off like an idiot.
DeleteThe man is an attorney. Knew what he did was wrong. I guess the question left is if convicted of that crime would it be enough to decline his permit?
ReplyDeleteSeems to be a tren that if people don't get their way, they will break the law to get what they want. Greg is a perfect example.