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Fifth Amendment
Jul. 8th, 2009 04:35 pmEvery American should read this page and watch the videos. It's incredibly important information that can save you from being in a world of hurt. This doesn't just apply to the police. Never let any government official into your home without a warrant, including animal control and child protective services. Don't let them see your animals or kids. Be polite, of course, but you have a right to not talk to them (or allow unreasonable search and seizure). If you let them in, it will almost certainly come back to bite you on the butt.
For example, one of my bird friends had animal control called on her as a retaliatory move after some crap in the bird club. She let them in. Now, she has/had a lot of birds (including a couple of large colonies of zebra finches, which breed like mice. She took a lot in when owners unexpectedly ended up with babies), but they were very well cared for. In fact, animal control said they were better cared for than if they'd been at animal control and took her name and number so they could call if they had birds come in and they had any questions. All seemed to be well. However, because there had been an inspection, there was a record about the complaint and the resolution. The city council got wind of it, and completely ignoring the fact that the birds were in great condition, they just looked at the numbers involved. Mind, somewhere between 30-50% of those numbers were just the zebra finches in a couple of large aviaries. But being the ignorant gits they were, the city council flipped out at the number and promptly passed a law restricting numbers of animals in general a person is allowed to have in that city, with /no/ grandfathering clause.
The moral is never let anyone associated with the government, whether local or federal, inside unless you absolutely have to (as in the case of there being a search warrant).
For example, one of my bird friends had animal control called on her as a retaliatory move after some crap in the bird club. She let them in. Now, she has/had a lot of birds (including a couple of large colonies of zebra finches, which breed like mice. She took a lot in when owners unexpectedly ended up with babies), but they were very well cared for. In fact, animal control said they were better cared for than if they'd been at animal control and took her name and number so they could call if they had birds come in and they had any questions. All seemed to be well. However, because there had been an inspection, there was a record about the complaint and the resolution. The city council got wind of it, and completely ignoring the fact that the birds were in great condition, they just looked at the numbers involved. Mind, somewhere between 30-50% of those numbers were just the zebra finches in a couple of large aviaries. But being the ignorant gits they were, the city council flipped out at the number and promptly passed a law restricting numbers of animals in general a person is allowed to have in that city, with /no/ grandfathering clause.
The moral is never let anyone associated with the government, whether local or federal, inside unless you absolutely have to (as in the case of there being a search warrant).
