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Lots of issues in this thread:
1. Americans have never had a serious threat against their freedom and unlike people in many other free societies they actually have a constitution. Yet many seem paranoid about losing their freedom, to the extent that they would rather have a murderer escape punishment, than have his weapon discovered by "illegal" means.
2. These same people willingly carry photo IDs as a matter of course, quote their social security numbers at every turn, and accept a general lack of privacy of information beyond what most Europeans would tolerate.
3. When and how did the police, who are supposed to be public servants, become the enemy?
4. If they warrant the attitude prevelant in this thread so far, is the original concept of police to "serve and protect" no longer relevant in today's world? We appear to be saying they are an additional threat, rather than protection against threat...
5. Other than working overtime on reinforcing the concept of them and us, what are the anti-police people doing? Your taxes pay for law enforcement. Your representatives create the laws. If a situation is bad, it's because you allow it to be. What are you doing to change it?
6. How many barrack room (or should I say message board) lawyers would fold and say yes sir, no sir, if they actually got a knock on the door?
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