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joe817 wrote:

EEllis wrote:There is also the difference between the letter of the law and how things were enforced. For years cops would basically use the knife and gun laws against people who they thought of as undesirable while ignoring offences from solid citizens. So if you were one of those solid citizens the state was pretty darn friendly and if you weren't? Well that's the thing isn't it.

You mean that's not the way it is now?


Well put EEllis.

Less than it used to be especially with city cops. I think some would put their own mothers in jail.

There is also the difference between the letter of the law and how things were enforced. For years cops would basically use the knife and gun laws against people who they thought of as undesirable while ignoring offences from solid citizens. So if you were one of those solid citizens the state was pretty darn friendly and if you weren't? Well that's the thing isn't it.