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- Fri Mar 16, 2012 12:47 pm
- Forum: The Crime Blotter
- Topic: Traffic Stop Leads to Stolen Weapons
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1974
Re: Traffic Stop Leads to Stolen Weapons
...or a pocketknife...used to cut the bottom off a tshirt when squirrel hunting and "the need arose"...amazing what one can come up with if the need's great enough...
- Fri Mar 16, 2012 8:47 am
- Forum: The Crime Blotter
- Topic: Traffic Stop Leads to Stolen Weapons
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1974
Re: Traffic Stop Leads to Stolen Weapons
...I value personal freedoms extremely highly...have and will again put my life on the line to preserve them...but just as a plumber troubleshoots by looking for a little drip, and a Dr. examines looking at a little bump, and finds something much more deadly...
...it's irresponsible to expect officers to ignore the "little" violations...or not to suspect that the "insignificant" violators might need further checking out...the little violations lead naturally to discovery of much more serious violations...or they don't...and no harm done...
...if an officer stops someone for a burned out license plate light and rescues someone who's been kidnapped...he's a hero...if he writes a ticket for the violation...he's a bum...
...this law is big and important enough to uphold...this one isn't and should be ignored...
...our system can't work that way...they SHOULD do what, by LAW, they CAN do...to enforce the law...if we don't like it...our avenue is to convince the legislators to repeal all these little "unimportant" laws...and that won't happen...because most citizens realize they're important, too...
...it's irresponsible to expect officers to ignore the "little" violations...or not to suspect that the "insignificant" violators might need further checking out...the little violations lead naturally to discovery of much more serious violations...or they don't...and no harm done...
...if an officer stops someone for a burned out license plate light and rescues someone who's been kidnapped...he's a hero...if he writes a ticket for the violation...he's a bum...
...this law is big and important enough to uphold...this one isn't and should be ignored...
...our system can't work that way...they SHOULD do what, by LAW, they CAN do...to enforce the law...if we don't like it...our avenue is to convince the legislators to repeal all these little "unimportant" laws...and that won't happen...because most citizens realize they're important, too...
- Fri Mar 16, 2012 7:57 am
- Forum: The Crime Blotter
- Topic: Traffic Stop Leads to Stolen Weapons
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1974
Re: Traffic Stop Leads to Stolen Weapons
Rex B wrote:Fishing. How many law-abiding people do they inconvenience to catch one felon?Jumping Frog wrote:Good police work. I've read so many messages from people complaining about routine traffic stops, for things like a tail light out, headlight out, license plate light, no turn signal, etc.
People fail to take into account all of the routine traffic stops that find criminals with warrants,and go on to find things like stolen property, and other contraband.
...no, they're skinnin' rabbits...and there's more than one way to do that...and if it were your guns recovered, you'd see the good done by "inconveniencing" those who were violating an "unimportant, trivial" type law...kudos to the officers!!!