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> sent to cm's
> Tuesday, September 8, 2015
>
> Police are reading your bank & debit card balances without a
> warrant<http://nesaranews.blogspot.com/2015/09/police-are-reading-your-bank-debit-card.html>
> Police are reading your bank & debit card balances without a warrant
> Posted on September 8,
> 2015<http://www.fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/police-are-reading-your-bank-debit-card-balances-without-a-warrant/141390>
> by Joe from
> MassPrivateI<http://www.fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/author/joe-from-massprivatei>
> MassPrivateI<http://massprivatei.blogspot.com/2015/09/police-can-read-your-bank-debit-card.html>
>
> Thanks to DHS’s own research & development
> department<http://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology> if you’re
> arrested, cops can now read your bank balance!
> Police are now able to read our bank credit and debit cards, retail
> gift cards, library cards, hotel card keys, even magnetic-striped
> Metrorail cards
> instantly!<http://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/prepaid-card-reader-aids-seizing-fraudulent-cards>
> Did you catch that? Police will even know the balance of your commuter
> train/bus cards, all without a WARRANT!
> DHS and Technology Directorate’s Electronic Recovery and Access to Data
> (ERAD) Prepaid Card Reader is now being used to read EVERY
> magnetic-striped card.
> “The ERAD Prepaid Card Reader is a small, handheld device that uses
> wireless connectivity to allow law enforcement officers in the field to
> check the balance of cards. This allows for identification of
> suspicious prepaid cards and the ability to put a temporary hold on the
> linked funds until a full investigation can be
> completed.”<http://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/prepaid-card-reader-aids-seizing-fraudulent-cards>
> Reading between the lines, once you’re arrested if you’re carrying a
> ‘suspicious credit or debit card’ police can put a temporary hold on
> your account! Which begs the question, how the hell can you bail
> yourself out if they’ve frozen your accounts? What’s to stop a
> prosecutor/judge from demanding you pay a certain amount in fines or
> bail? After all they know EXACTLY how much money is in your bank
> account.
> The project, developed by DHS’s Science and Technology
> Directorate (S&T) First Responder
> Group<http://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/first-responders>(FRG),
> began in March 2012. The S&T is led by the Under Secretary of Homeland
> Security for Science and
> Technology<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_Homeland_Security_for_Science_and_Technology>
> According to DHS since ERAD was put into field testing, police have
> seized approximately $1 million dollars in ‘suspicious bank cards, etc.
> “The Prepaid Card Reader has generated a lot of interest from our state
> and local law enforcement agency partners, and there is a growing
> demand by these agencies for use of this technology by their
> personnel,” said Deso. “It provides a unique tool for when they
> encounter suspect cards with magnetic strips during the performance of
> their
> duties.”<http://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/prepaid-card-reader-aids-seizing-fraudulent-cards>
> Of course ERAD is generating a lot of interest from state and local
> police, they need to find new ways to balance their budgets and keep
> the American police state going.
> http://massprivatei.blogspot.com/2015/09/police-can-read-your-bank-debit-card.html
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Make non gun owners pay a $500 fine...

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A novel approach to the gun ownership issue...

THIS MAY MAKE YOUR DAY!
Vermont State Rep. Fred Maslack has read the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, as well as Vermont's own Constitution very carefully, and his strict interpretation of these documents is popping some eyeballs in New England and elsewhere.

Maslack recently proposed a bill to register "non-gun-owners" and require them to pay a $500 fee to the state. Thus Vermont would become the first state to require a permit for the luxury of going about unarmed and assess a fee of $500 for the privilege of not owning a gun. Maslack read the "militia" phrase of the Second Amendment as not only the right of the individual citizen to bear arms, but as 'a clear mandate to do so'.
He believes that universal gun ownership was advocated by the Framers of the Constitution as an antidote to a "monopoly of force" by the government as well as criminals. Vermont’s constitution states explicitly that "the people have a right to bear arms for the defense of themselves and the State" and those persons who are "conscientiously scrupulous of bearing arms" shall be required to "pay such equivalent.."
Clearly, says Maslack, Vermonters have a constitutional obligation to arm themselves, so that they are capable of responding to "any situation that may arise."

Under the bill, adults who choose not to own a firearm would be required to register their name, address, Social Security Number, and driver's license number with the state. "There is a legitimate government interest in knowing who is not prepared to defend the state should they be asked to do so," Maslack says.

Vermont already boasts a high rate of gun ownership along with the least restrictive laws of any state .... it's currently the only state that allows a citizen to carry a concealed firearm without a permit. This combination of plenty of guns and few laws regulating them has resulted in a crime rate that is the third lowest in the nation.

" America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards."

This makes sense! There is no reason why gun owners should have to pay taxes to support police protection for people not wanting to own guns.
Let them contribute their fair share and pay their own way. Sounds reasonable to me! Non-gun owners require more police to protect them and this fee should go to paying for their defense!