An off-duty U.S. Border Patrol agent was jailed for more than a day after Mexican border officials found 650 rounds of ammunition in his car, authorities said Saturday...Funny thing about the fedgov. If you're one of "The Only Ones," they work to free and clear you, and even shield your identity from the "Authorized Journalists" (who, Lord knows, are incapable of finding out the name of an employee of the government they're supposed to be watchdogging without it being announced.) But if you're a mere private citizen like Thomas Bean, who also negligently had some ammo in his vehicle, that government will not only imprison you upon your release from Mexico, but will then legally strip you of your "gun rights"--forever--and use every resource at its disposal to ensure they cannot be restored.
Lloyd Easterling, a Border Patrol spokesman, said the agent was assigned to the agency's Yuma sector, but declined to release his name. He said officials worked with Mexican authorities to secure his release...
A similar incident happened in April 2005, when Mexican officials detained two Border Patrol agents at the Mexicali Port of Entry after inspectors found boxes contained more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition. They were freed on bail after more than a week in a Mexican jail.
This, of course, happened in "pro-gun John Ashcroft's" DoJ. And it was unanimously upheld by the Supreme Court, including the "conservatives" everyone is relying on--when the "right case" eventually comes along (not something the gun lobby establishment considers "icky" like Silveira, or God forbid, Fincher)...
Just so we're clear: if convicted of a "felony" in a foreign land, the national government intends to see you disarmed here--even if your activities are perfectly legal under US law. This logically includes Mr. Ashcroft's fellow Pentecostals if caught bringing unauthorized Bibles into North Korea, or even presumably a capital morals conviction under Sharia "law."
That is, unless you're one of them.