I sure am glad Big Brother is paying government agents with taxpayer dollars to lurk around private property in a warrantless searchand confront armed property owners over a pile of corn.

Maybe the guy was breaking the law. Maybe he thought he was far enough from the corn pile. Who knows. It surely doesn't seem to be worth it in hindsight.

Moreover, this is about state revenue and job security. Its a bit like a speed trap. Sure, a citizen might be breaking a regulation, but posting up on an interstatein such a way to cause people to slam on breaks, trying to merge from a deadstop onto an interstate and weave through traffic to go get the guy, forcing them to stop in the emergency lane for 10 minutes while traffic is whizzing by, and then in most states this is a virtual road block because traffic is forced to merge over into the left lane, is it really worth all that danger to give someone a citation for going9 mph over the speed limit? Well, in the eyes of Big Brother it is because it generates A LOT of revenue and it provides them with something to do such that they can say "you can cut Law Enforcement budgets, look at all these duties we perform." If they really cared about making people safer, they'd enforce tailgating, running yellow lights, making turns from improper lanes, and other actions that actually have a high probability of causing an accident. But speeding is very easy to catch and very easy to prove, which means maximized revenue with minimal effort.

Similarly, if Game Wardens wanted to make people safer, they'd be catching people who pouch on private property, people who pouch out of season, or evenpeople who aren't wearing enough orange on public land, etc. Moreover, they wouldn't be CONFISCATING WEAPONS over trivial offenses. Most people have a lot of sentimental value in their guns and would rather pay a fine of twice the value of the gun than lose the gun itself. But it isn't about safety or fairness with the .gov, its about maximum power and maximum profit.