Police in Beloit are launching a new effort to reduce gun violence in which they're asking city residents to volunteer to have police search their homes for guns.
Police Chief Norm Jacobs said he doesn't expect the phone to be ringing off the hook with requests for police to search their homes. He nevertheless hopes the program will encourage people to think about gun violence as an infectious disease like Ebola, and a home inspection like a vaccine to help build up the city's immune system.
...clearing the way for illegal searches in the future.
BobCat wrote:The point of this totally escapes me.
I clicked the link and read the article, and the only thing I can imagine is that the Chief thinks that kids (juvenile delinquents) may have guns at home of which their parents are unaware, and he wants to come search for them instead of having the parents search.
Does that make any sense, or explain this at all? Otherwise - why would a person call the police to come search for guns; you know you have one (or more) or you know you don't, how can you be unsure?
I thought the point was obvious. If the parents consent to the search then everything the police find is fair game.
I guess you are right and it went right by me. The notion that there might be guns in the house that I don't know about is just so strange, I wanted to ask if this WI place is on Earth or some other planet.
BobCat wrote:The point of this totally escapes me.
I clicked the link and read the article, and the only thing I can imagine is that the Chief thinks that kids (juvenile delinquents) may have guns at home of which their parents are unaware, and he wants to come search for them instead of having the parents search.
Does that make any sense, or explain this at all? Otherwise - why would a person call the police to come search for guns; you know you have one (or more) or you know you don't, how can you be unsure?
Yeah, call the police on your kid because you think he might have a gun. Nothing could possibly go wrong with that.
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They say they're looking for guns, because no one would call them if they said they will search your home for drugs if you'd like them to.
Of course, during their search for guns, anything else they find that's illegal can be confiscated and the home owner can be charged.
I don't understand why anyone would want to invite a police officer in to see if they can find anything illegal inside. "Yes, hello officer, please come in and see if you find anything that can put me in jail."
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mr1337 wrote:They say they're looking for guns, because no one would call them if they said they will search your home for drugs if you'd like them to.
Of course, during their search for guns, anything else they find that's illegal can be confiscated and the home owner can be charged.
I don't understand why anyone would want to invite a police officer in to see if they can find anything illegal inside. "Yes, hello officer, please come in and see if you find anything that can put me in jail."
Just because they can lie to us but it's illegal for us to lie to them during an investigation? That's no reason to be paranoid.
Will they check for termites while they are at it?
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