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Larry Hopkins and what a militia means

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The FBI on Saturday said it had arrested Larry Hopkins, the leader of an armed group that is stopping undocumented migrants after they cross the U.S.-Mexico border into New Mexico,” Reuters reports. “Hopkins, 69, also known as Johnny Horton, was arrested in Sunland Park, New Mexico, on a federal complaint charging him with being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said in a statement.”

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The true guilty parties here are those who are making “violent revolution inevitable” through their deliberate betrayal of their country and by disallowing the one thing the Founders considered “necessary to the security of a free State.”

We shouldn’t be surprised that the media portrays UCP as “Trump’s army.” What the “journalists” don’t realize, because they’re trying to smear rather than report, is that a Constitutional militia would be in terms of command. Article. II. Section 2. Of the “supreme Law of the Land” designates:

“The President shall be Commander in Chief … of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States;”

Further, Article I. Section. 8. assigns to Congress the power:

“To provide for calling forth the Militia to … repel Invasions;

“To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States…

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So Americans get arrested for “gun law violations.” Mexican troops illegally armed on our side of the border get obeyed. And an unchecked foreign flood continues as traitors at the highest levels of government do everything in their power to subvert original intent and bring about a tyranny that George III could not have imagined in his most fevered bout of madness.


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“The leader of an armed militia group that spent the past two months detaining migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border has been hospitalized after he was attacked in the prison where he was awaiting trial on federal firearms charges, his attorney said.”
OBTW,
According to catch and release totals obtained by Breitbart News, DHS has released about 12,500 border crossers and illegal aliens into the U.S. over a nine-day period between April 9 and April 17. At this rate, DHS is releasing more than 1,300 border crossers and illegal aliens every day into the country.
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I'm not for or against this guy doing what he is doing I have a open mind. BUT...How is this any different what he is doing then Sharia Law Police policing some city's in the United States...???
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carmen fovozzo wrote:I'm not for or against this guy doing what he is doing I have a open mind. BUT...How is this any different what he is doing then Sharia Law Police policing some city's in the United States...???
He and his group are enforcing the laws of the United States of America. Sharia police are enforcing another set of laws. Since we don't want to run foul of the TOS, we'd best keep that from turning into a religious discussion.

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Not trying to make this about ones beliefs. Why is it ok for the law to arrest one group and not the other.
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carmen fovozzo wrote:Not trying to make this about ones beliefs. Why is it ok for the law to arrest one group and not the other.
From what I've read, the Sharia Police does not arrest or detain anyone, they just keep watch in the neighborhood and call police if they see anything out of place. They do have official-looking cars in which they patrol which could constitute impersonating an officer, methinks. Now if they go beyond that and actually arrest or detain people, then the news sources I've read after I googled it, are either misleading or withholding information.
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IMO, Trump needs to call up the Militia and give it instructions to protect our borders.

As it is now, I am not certain of the legality of militia units operating on their own.

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I don't think there is anything legal about a self appointed militia detaining anyone. Especially at gunpoint. That said I will not condemn these guys for their actions. I view the very presence of these guys on the border as a symptom of the disfunction in Washington and the utter failure of the government to defend the southern border. I view this as a not so subtle warning sign to the far left as to what the future holds if they continue down the road they are on. I sincerely hope it does not come to that.

As far as Larry Hopkins goes, I don't know what his issues with Federal firearms laws are but I would think that anyone who was a prohibited person in possession of firearms would want to keep a low profile.
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Are citizen arrests not allowed? Is crossing the border outside of official points of entry not a crime?

As far as being prohibited from possession of a firearm, yeah that was rather stupid on his part.
WestonDon wrote:I don't think there is anything legal about a self appointed militia detaining anyone. Especially at gunpoint. That said I will not condemn these guys for their actions. I view the very presence of these guys on the border as a symptom of the disfunction in Washington and the utter failure of the government to defend the southern border. I view this as a not so subtle warning sign to the far left as to what the future holds if they continue down the road they are on. I sincerely hope it does not come to that.

As far as Larry Hopkins goes, I don't know what his issues with Federal firearms laws are but I would think that anyone who was a prohibited person in possession of firearms would want to keep a low profile.
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WY_Not wrote:Are citizen arrests not allowed? Is crossing the border outside of official points of entry not a crime?

As far as being prohibited from possession of a firearm, yeah that was rather stupid on his part.
WestonDon wrote:I don't think there is anything legal about a self appointed militia detaining anyone. Especially at gunpoint. That said I will not condemn these guys for their actions. I view the very presence of these guys on the border as a symptom of the disfunction in Washington and the utter failure of the government to defend the southern border. I view this as a not so subtle warning sign to the far left as to what the future holds if they continue down the road they are on. I sincerely hope it does not come to that.

As far as Larry Hopkins goes, I don't know what his issues with Federal firearms laws are but I would think that anyone who was a prohibited person in possession of firearms would want to keep a low profile.
I have no idea what NM law says about citizens arrest. Perhaps the case could be made for legitimate citizens arrest.

I don't believe I would care to jeopardize my own freedom amd treasure to find out.

On another note, just what are these guys accomplishing anyway? BP is just going to end up turning the illegals loose anyway.
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WestonDon wrote:On another note, just what are these guys accomplishing anyway? BP is just going to end up turning the illegals loose anyway.
Sadly you are correct. :( When are we going to wise up and back the truck or bus up to the border and send them back?

There is so much insanity with how Washington handles this whole mess!
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