Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

February 9, 2012

Washington, D.C. resident Matthew Corrigan, an Army Reservist, was depressed and having difficulty sleeping. He called a number the thought was the Military Emotional Support Hotline. While speaking with a counselor, Corrigan mentioned that he was a veteran, and answered ?yes? when asked if he owned a firearm.

A few hours later, Corrigan was startled awake by the sound of his name being called through a police bullhorn. Ordered to come out of the house, Corrigan did so, locking the door behind him. He was surrounded by a SWAT team, handcuffed, and put in the back of a van. When the SWAT commander demanded access to his home, Corrigan replied: ?There is no way I am giving you consent to enter my place.?

To which the SWAT commander angrily replied: ?I don?t have time to play this constitutional bullshit!? and ordered the team to invade the property. Corrigan was taken to a VA hospital, where he was found not to be a suicide risk. He was taken to jail for three days. His dog was seized, and his house was sacked.

Corrigan was never charged with a crime. The SWAT team had no search warrant. Such details don?t matter in post-Constitutional Amerika.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.