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Originally Posted by NineseveN
seems kinda odd that someone would be so against this amendment...
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i can understand why someone might be against this...frankly, i'm against it.
while the intentions are good, this is ripe for abuse.
for example, your anti-gun neighbors could report you for carrying guns to and from your car every time you go to the range, and you would potentially have no recourse...
throw in some anti-LEOs who follow-up and harass you every time that one of your idiot neighbors calls...and an anti- judge who rules that your neighbors are being objectively reasonable in suspecting that you are "preparing to engage in illegal violent activity" by "loading an arsenal of assault weapons into your car"...
and you are doomed to constant harassment without any legal recourse.
imho, when evaluating proposed laws like this (or anything that expands the power of the government or increases the use of citizens to spy on each other), you have to ask yourself "how could an anti-freedom socialist use this propsed law to further quash the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?"
personally, i could easily see this being used for that purpose.
btw, how big is the problem this is supposed to address? how many actual terrorists have successfully sued anyone for reporting their suspicious activities? i've never heard of such a thing personally. i'm not a big fan of solutions that are worse than the problems they are trying to solve.