On Thu, 27 May 1999, GS- wrote:
> > From: Robert Howe <robbii@pacbell.net>
> > I think we all respect the police, I've been watching this debate with
> > intrest, and like you, I was going to avoid it.
> >
>
> Well said Robert! I think all of us can understand what Aaron is
> saying, however, if a lesser tint has saved just 1 policeman then
> it was worth it. Which one is more important? We all have families
> to go home to right. Nuff said.
>
As I see it, the problem with laws in general is that they only
apply to law abiding citizens. Sort've the basic premise behind the
"If you outlaw guns, only outlaws will have guns" slogan. You can
pass all the gun control laws you want; all that's going to do is
to take guns out of the hands of law abiding citizens. The criminals
already don't care about the law. What do they care if they're
breaking one more law than before? Same sort've deal with tint...
If a criminal wants to put limo tint on his windows so he can conceal
a gun as an officer is walking up to his window, he's going to do it.
He doesn't care if there's a law or not. Making tint illegal doesn't
save police officers, it just inconveniences and limits the rest of
society. Ok, ok, I'll admit that on the surface it sounds pretty
stupid to say that people are hampered because they can't put tint on
their windows. BUT, it DOES infringe on our personal freedom, and you
have to ask youself where does it stop? Today its tint... What will
it be tomorrow? Just to make a point, if keeping people from tinting
their windows and saving one officer's life is good, why not ban
automobiles altogether? That would save not only the lives of many
officers, but millions of people as well. Somewhere, you have to
draw a line. Seems to me that this line has been slowly but surely
inching its way into our personal freedom.
Maybe I'm missing something since I am not in law enforcement, but it
seems to me that tinted windows aren't really dangerous, even if there
ARE people inside waiting to shoot the officer. Seems to me that if I
were a police officer and I pulled someone over who had tinted windows
and left them up, I'd get back in the cruiser, shine a couple million
candlepower into the interior of the car, and, using the loudspeaker,
instruct the occupants of the car to lower their windows and/or get
out of the car. If nescessary, call for backup...
-Jon-
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