>Sorry, this could get off topic, but for now I think it's *very* >topical for our friends in FFZ's...and I agree with Jim; know >your rights, don't "cave in" just because you see a uniform; It's on-topic all right. I've made a hard-and-fast decision *not* to commit a violent act in defense of my ferts, with either non-lethal or lethal force. This despite enough size (6'4", 275lbs, not (much) excess) and training (CQC, Kendo) to deal with up to two baton-wielding average cops with better-than-average odds of at least escaping. There are several reasons for this decision, including the fact that it might set public attitudes further against the "weasel set", and that it ain't needed - talk to CDFA people; there are at least two different ways of getting a confiscated ferret *back*. Back to search warrants: I don't think warrant rules vary much at *all* from state to state, especially since a lot of the details involved have been thrashed out in Federal Supreme Court. So, can a lawyer please post details of what's needed to get a search warrant when the only info the cops have is a neigbor report? Is it even possible, or are several eyewitnesses needed? Does it vary from judge to judge? Finally, what items should one look for on a warrant to see if there's some way in which it's clearly invalid - or rather, what *must* be there? Let me make it clear that I've have over 15 police encounters while with my skinnies. Many of those incidents were two cops at a time, in one case it was a whole vanload of 4. Call it at least 25 cops total, the majority San Francisco PD. Of all of those only *one* acted in a way that I or most observers would call "assholeish", and even he didn't actually do anything (due to crowds of observers - he wanted to). So overall, no, I don't have a "bad attitude towards cops" as one EMailer claimed in private. I *do* have an attitude towards bad laws and regulations; I also have severe concerns that the Fish&Game "Department" and "Commision" are too tightly interwoven - the Dept. is an armed police agency of the Executive branch, while the Commision is a Legislative body, creating rules. They're so intertwined that the Wardens absolutely *never* give ferret owners slack, no matter how cute, tame, loved and neutered a given animal is. If F&G Wardens ever think you have a ferret, they'll *always* do their damndest to get it. Because OWNING A FERRET IS A DIRECT STATEMENT THAT THE COMMISION, THEIR MASTERS, SCREWED UP. Get it? They have "ego" tied up in the enforcement of the ban, something that under the US Constitution should -=NOT=- happen - and if you can't tell already, it pisses me off no end. [Posted in FML issue 1551]