Reply #61: And I doubt many of us here would object, had due process been observed [View All]

[Euromutt]

That is, if the cops had bothered to present their case to a judge and obtained a warrant or similar court order authorizing them to search Cho's, Loughner's or Ms Rice's residence for lethal weapons and seize any found. What rankles in this case is that the cops first illegally searched Ms Rice's apartment and seized her firearms, and then insisted the guns couldn't be returned without a court order, the very thing they hadn't bothered to obtain before they burglarized her place and stole her stuff (which is what the absence of a court order made their actions).