2013-10-23 USA Possession of “Large Amounts” of Weapons May Indicate Terrorist

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Feds Say Possession of "Large Amounts" of Weapons May Indicate Terrorist Activity

A joint bulletin issued in early August by the Department of Homeland Security and FBI warns state and local law enforcement agencies to look out for people in possession of "large amounts" of weapons and ammunition, describing the discovery of "unusual amounts" of weapons as a potential indicator of criminal or terrorist activity.

Citing the example of Norwegian mass-murderer Anders Behring Breivik, who reportedly "stockpiled approximately 12,000 pounds of precursors, weapons, and armor and hid them underground in remote, wooded locations," the bulletin instructs law enforcement to look for "large amounts of weapons, ammunition, explosives, accelerants, or explosive precursor chemicals" that "could indicate pre-operational terrorist attack planning or criminal activity."  Weapons do not have to be "cached" in remote locations to meet the standard for suspicious activity.  According to the bulletin, weapons could be stored in an "individual's home, storage facility, or vehicle" and may include common firearms such as "rifles, shotguns, pistols" as well as "military grade weapons."  The illegal possession of large amounts of ammunition is also listed as a potential indicator of "criminal weapons possession related to terrorism."  While the bulletin never clarifies what constitutes a "large" or "unusual" quantity of weapons or ammunition, it does say that such a quantity would "arouse suspicion in a reasonable person."

The joint DHS-FBI Roll Call Release distributed to police, first responders and private security throughout the U.S. is part of a series of bulletins describing activities "reasonably indicative of criminal activity associated with terrorism."  The suspicious activities described in the bulletins are derived from criteria in the Information Sharing Environment (ISE) Functional Standard for Suspicious Activity Reporting signed in 2009.  The ISE Functional Standard governs the collection of information for the Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative (NSI), an interagency program to collect suspicious activity reports from law enforcement agencies around the country.  Other bulletins in the series focus on everything from surveillance and theft to photography and even "eliciting information," an activity described as "questioning individuals at a level beyond mere curiosity."

Like other bulletins in the DHS-FBI series on suspicious activity reporting, the document notes that "constitutional activities should not be reported" unless the circumstances "support the source agency's suspicion that the behavior observed is not innocent, but rather reasonably indicative of criminal activity associated with terrorism, including evidence of pre-operational planning related to terrorism."  However, no guidance is provided on potential legal issues related to the reporting of constitutionally-protected activities.

http://publicintelligence.net/weapons-discovery-terrorism/

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Interpol Chief: Arm Citizens Globally to Prevent Terror Attacks [October 22, 2013]

Powerful public relations blow to gun control lobby

Interpol Secretary General Ronald Noble told ABC News that one of the only ways to prevent terrorists from hitting soft targets was to arm citizens globally, noting that the Westgate mall siege would have been averted far quicker if it had taken place in gun-friendly areas like Denver or Texas.

Noble's statements are a powerful rebuttal to the anti-gun lobby, especially given his background. The Interpol chief was formerly the head of all law enforcement for the U.S. Treasury Department.

Stressing that an "armed citizenry" was the only option besides turning soft targets like shopping malls into enclaves surrounded by "extraordinary security" perimeters, Noble suggested that the siege in Kenya, which dragged on for days and ended in the slaughter of 60 civilians, represented a huge public relations blow for gun control advocates.

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"Ask yourself: If that was Denver, Col., if that was Texas, would those guys have been able to spend hours, days, shooting people randomly?" Noble said, referring to states with pro-gun traditions. "What I'm saying is it makes police around the world question their views on gun control. It makes citizens question their views on gun control. You have to ask yourself, 'Is an armed citizenry more necessary now than it was in the past with an evolving threat of terrorism?' This is something that has to be discussed."

"For me it's a profound question," he continued. "People are quick to say 'gun control, people shouldn't be armed,' etc., etc. I think they have to ask themselves: 'Where would you have wanted to be? In a city where there was gun control and no citizens armed if you're in a Westgate mall, or in a place like Denver or Texas?'"

As we reported last month, an off-duty SAS soldier armed with a handgun helped save at least 100 lives during the Westgate siege, returning to the building a dozen times to rescue hostages.

Noble's argument that guns in the hands of responsible citizens can prevent bloodshed is backed by hard statistics.

According to a 1993 National Self- Defense Survey conducted by Gary Kleck, Ph.D., a professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Americans use guns to defend themselves against a confrontation with a criminal up to 2.5 million times a year. This means that every day in America some 6,800 people use guns to protect themselves.

Scholars Clayton E. Cramer and David Burnett have documented how "a great number of tragedies — murders, rapes, assaults, robberies — have been thwarted by self-defense gun uses."

http://www.infowars.com/interpol-chief-arm-citizens-globally-to-prevent-terror-attacks/