04-18-2018, 01:22 PM
(04-17-2018, 09:15 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: I literally just attended an LEO training on street and prison gangs today. One of the major topics was the proliferation of knock knock burglaries. One of the main reasons they are so prolific, aside from the money made doing them, is that burglary is a non-violent crime, thus the sentencing for committing them, especially in CA is light. All it takes is for one person to be home and you have a life threatening situation on your hands, possibly escalating to a home invasion. One law that needs to be amended in a huge way is categorizing burglaries as a violent crime due to the inherent risks in committing them.
As to the topic, good for the SCOTUS, vague and ill defined laws are useless and ripe for abuse. Write clear legislation with input from those that will actually have to enforce the law and prosecute violators.
"Knock Knock Burglars" are actively trying to avoid violence That makes it a non-violent crime.
If they choose to escalate it into a home invasion then they are committing a very serious crime and will get punished much more harshly, but yiu can't make a non-violent crime a violent crime base on what might happen. One of the lowest level crimes is "disorderly conduct" which cover stuff like yelling in public. It can lead to fights and arguments, but that does not mean we should elevate "disorderly conduct" to the level of "violent crime". Same for things like "trespassing".
