01-26-2018, 02:22 PM
(01-26-2018, 02:00 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Sure, and if we eliminated the 4th amendment protections law enforcement could really clamp down on crime. I'll use street gangs as an example. Law enforcement knows who the gang members are. They know where the gang members largely hang out. If law enforcement were freed from the shackles (used ironically btw) of the 4th amendment then street gangs could be eliminated nationwide within two weeks time. They would be obliterated. As criminal street gangs account for well over half of firearms related homicides would not doing so promote "public safety"?
With every Constitutional right the courts have to determine what limitations can be imposed in the name of public safety. That is why they have been able to put limits on free speech without completely eliminating the First Amendment. In fact they have even carved out exceptions to the Fourth Amendment. The key word in all of this judicial rulings is "reasonable", and I don't see anything unreasonable about requiring government regulation like licensing and registration of guns the exact same way as we treat other products that are a public safety issue.
BTW if police know where gangs hang out then why wouldn't they just get a warrant to search the location?
