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<p>[QUOTE="Blaubart, post: 1634103, member: 37498"]How about random home searches to check for stolen property?</p><p><br /></p><p>How about property registries?</p><p><br /></p><p>How about random drug testing by the government?</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm sure all of these would help reduce crime. But you know what, I don't trust many of the people in our government. I don't trust them not to abuse my information, and I certainly don't trust them to secure my information. What if we had a mandatory property registry and that information got leaked to people that might abuse it?</p><p><br /></p><p>What if, in Houston, the police arrest you because you bought a coin from someone you met on craigslist and it still had the original owner's fingerprints on it when you sold it to a coin store? Now you find yourself in a position where you have to defend your actions. Don't believe what people say about "innocent until proven guilty". They'll treat you like a criminal from the moment they have a suspicion, you just aren't "officially" a criminal.</p><p><br /></p><p>Have you even seen what happens to a person's house when the police to an aggressive search? If they're motivated enough, they tear into the sheetrock and search inside the walls and they are not liable for the damages they cause. It's up to the homeowner to fix things afterwords.</p><p><br /></p><p>"If you have nothing to hide..." That's what you say now...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Blaubart, post: 1634103, member: 37498"]How about random home searches to check for stolen property? How about property registries? How about random drug testing by the government? I'm sure all of these would help reduce crime. But you know what, I don't trust many of the people in our government. I don't trust them not to abuse my information, and I certainly don't trust them to secure my information. What if we had a mandatory property registry and that information got leaked to people that might abuse it? What if, in Houston, the police arrest you because you bought a coin from someone you met on craigslist and it still had the original owner's fingerprints on it when you sold it to a coin store? Now you find yourself in a position where you have to defend your actions. Don't believe what people say about "innocent until proven guilty". They'll treat you like a criminal from the moment they have a suspicion, you just aren't "officially" a criminal. Have you even seen what happens to a person's house when the police to an aggressive search? If they're motivated enough, they tear into the sheetrock and search inside the walls and they are not liable for the damages they cause. It's up to the homeowner to fix things afterwords. "If you have nothing to hide..." That's what you say now...[/QUOTE]
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