{"id":2174,"date":"2013-07-05T02:30:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-05T02:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2013\/07\/05\/on-fourth-of-july\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:22:24","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:22:24","slug":"on-fourth-of-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=2174","title":{"rendered":"Really? On The Fourth Of July?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:13207,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.town.arlington.ma.us\\\/public_documents\\\/arlingtonma_police\\\/index&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.arlingtonma.gov\\\/public_documents\\\/arlingtonma_police\\\/index&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:13208,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.history.com\\\/this-day-in-history\\\/the-american-revolution-begins&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250319181551\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.history.com\\\/this-day-in-history\\\/the-american-revolution-begins&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-19 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17:17:56&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-19 17:17:56&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.town.arlington.ma.us\/public_documents\/arlingtonma_police\/index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.town.arlington.ma.us\/public_documents\/arlingtonma_police\/index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Arlington, Massachusetts Police Department<\/a> needs a refresher lesson in just what was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/this-day-in-history\/the-american-revolution-begins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the spark that set off the American Revolution.<\/a> It was the attempt by the British under <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Gage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General Gage<\/a> to seize the arms and powder of the local militia. A year and some months later we declared <a href=\"http:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com\/2012\/07\/we-hold-these-truths-to-be-self-evident.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">our independence from Great Britain.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today, the APD demanded to inspect the premises of <a href=\"http:\/\/booksbikesboomsticks.blogspot.com\/2011\/01\/cradle-and-grave-of-liberty.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TJIC<\/a> for firearms because he had applied for a Massachusetts LTC (license to carry). They had no warrant. They ended up seizing the legally owned firearms of his fiancee&#8217; Jenn.&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/booksbikesboomsticks.blogspot.com\/2013\/07\/cradle-and-grave-of-liberty-part-deux.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tam has the story<\/a>. Make sure to read the comments for follow-up information.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weerdworld.com\/2013\/anti-freedom-5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Weerd has more info on the required permits<\/a> in Massachusetts to provide some context.<\/p>\n<p>The saddest part of the whole incident is that the local cops think they are just doing &#8220;their job&#8221;. From TJIC&#8217;s comments at Tam&#8217;s blog:<i><br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<i>At the end, some of the cops who ransacked the house tried to shake hands with me. &#8220;No hard feelings&#8221;.<\/i><br \/>\n<i><br \/><\/i><br \/>\n<i>I refused and said &#8220;Gentlemen, please think about what you&#8217;re doing. On the fourth of july, the day we celebrate freedom, you stole legally owned firearms from a women who is engaged to a guy who made a joke you don&#8217;t like. You are not the good guys. You are &#8216;just doing your jobs&#8217;. Look in the mirror. You&#8217;re the bad guys.&#8221;<\/i><br \/>\n<i><br \/><\/i><br \/>\n<i>Response: &#8220;I&#8217;m sorry you feel that way. Have a good Fourth.&#8221;<\/i><br \/>\n<i><br \/><\/i><br \/>\n<i>My lawyer says that there&#8217;s a decent chance I may yet be arrested.<\/i><br \/>\n<i><br \/><\/i><br \/>\n<i>And with that, I should probably go radio silent for a while.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com\/2011\/01\/i-am-tjic.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">As I said back in 2011 when the original incident occurred, I am TJIC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I still am.<\/p>\n<p><b>UPDATE:<\/b> There is now <a href=\"http:\/\/www.northeastshooters.com\/vbulletin\/general-discussion\/214093-police-surround-former-blogger%92s-house-because-he-applied-gun-permit.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a discussion going on about this on the NortheastShooters.com forum<\/a>. Unfortunately, it doesn&#8217;t add any new information as of now.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Arlington, Massachusetts Police Department needs a refresher lesson in just what was the spark that set off the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":3,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2985,2105,2986,2987],"class_list":["post-2174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-arlington-ma-police-department","tag-history","tag-illegal-seizures","tag-tjic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2174"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9283,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2174\/revisions\/9283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}