Live free or there
Bruce reports:
Pointing to the rising number of shootings in Boston, Mayor Thomas M. Menino is calling for a “handgun summit” in New England and raised the possibility of random police searches of cars crossing into the state to intercept illegal weapons.
That is absolutely amazing. What about that pesky fourth amendment?
November 11th, 2005 at 1:18 pm
Alas, such searches – based on no more than crossing the border – are long-established and have survved court scrutiny. MA routinely stops cars crossing from NH to search for liquor and cigarettes: adding weapons to the criteria is just showmanship, since if one is found while looking for booze it is a criminal matter…
November 11th, 2005 at 1:21 pm
This would be a good time for metulj or persimmon to lecture us about how the right to privacy is already in the Constitution etc etc…