- Rick Stanley, US Senate Candidate, arrested in Thornton
for engaging in 2nd Amendment Rights (Carrying a Gun OPENLY on his hip,
as he does almost everyday to bring attention to the US Police State)
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- Rick Stanley, US Senate Candidate, Libertarian Party,
was arrested in Thornton, Colorado on Saturday at around 1:30 PM, September
7th, 2002, at the City of Thornton Harvest Festival Celebration held in
Community Park at 2141 E95th Ave. Stanley was arrested for violating a
Thornton City ordinance, not allowing guns on a person in plain sight,
in violation of State Law, the State Constitution, and the US Constitution.
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- [click below to read full media release]
- Stanley was also harassed by police for handing out political
literature which is also protected by state law and US law, not to mention
a first Amendment Right violation. Stanleys property rights were also violated,
when the City of Thornton stole his .357 Magnum pistol, and gave Stanley
a receipt for, telling Stanley if he wasn't found guilty of the ordinance,
he could get it back. One fine cop said that the property would probably
be forfeited as it was involved in a crime in the City of Thornton. The
gun is apparently the crime, as Stanley was holding it in holster in plain
site for all to see, and harming no one, while Campaigning in the Park.
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- STANLEY SHOWED HIS AUTHORIZING PERMIT TO CARRY ANYWHERE
IN AMERICA INCLUDING COLORADO. After showing the US Constitution and reading
the 2d Amendment to the Thornton Police, "the right of the people
to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed", Stanley was released
finally from City of Thornton Custody with a ticket to appear in the Thornton
Municipal Court at 9:30 AM on October 8, 2002, to enter a plea. Stanley
intends to enter a plea of not guilty and as in his Denver Gun case from
December 15, 2001, will appeal to the Supreme Court if necesssary for relief
and to overturn an UNCONSTITUTIONAL ORDINANCE that is less than the State
Constitution and less than the US Constitution, and therefore violates
the law, and as Supreme Court law has stated before, "any inferior
ordinance, statute, or legislation that violates the Supreme Law of the
Land is void from the point of it's enaction, as if it was never enacted".
Stanley vows to fight all unconstitutional laws whether elected to the
US Senate or not. Next stop BOULDER. One problem though, can someone loan
me a gun? Seem to have had mine stolen!
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- Sincerely,
- Rick Stanley -- Rick Stanley
- U.S. Senate Candidate for the Libertarian Party Stanley
for Senate
- http://www.stanley2002.org
- Phone:(303)329-0481
- Email: Rick@stanley2002.org
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- "The plain meaning of the right of the people to
keep arms is that it is an individual, rather than a collective, right
and is not limited to keeping arms while engaged in active military service
or as a member of a select militia such as the National Guard." -
U.S. vs. Emerson, 5th Circuit Federal Court, published October 16, 2001
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- http://www.sianews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=106
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