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West Haven Woman arrested because her handgun showed up in a picture on MySpace:
http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=8363479
I thought paying the cops to scour MySpace and related sites was an acceptable plan to catch child predators, but now they are arresting people for pictures of their guns being handled by their kids? Also, a guy in Wisconsin is being prosecuted for child-porn for posting naked pictures of his girlfriend that she took herself and emailed to him.
How in the hell did we get to this point? We keep electing nanny-state gun-grabbers and then are surprised when we end up with a police state!
The potential for abuse of this stuff is simply unlimited. A malicious teen takes a naked picture of self, emails it to teacher/principal/parent/enemy, and then immediately calls the cops. Good luck defending yourself on that one! Or, as an alternative, angry husband takes wife's pistol from safe, makes sure it's clear, hands it to kid, takes picture, calls cops... We have at least one prosecutor in this state that refuses to drop criminal charges against a dead man, do you think he cares if your kid, girlfriend or husband set you up?
Next time some bozo politico is proposing tough new laws on X, take a minute and try and think about how an overzealous prosecutor can you that law against your family, friends, and neighbors. Are you sure you really need that law, or would enforcement of the existing laws be enough?
http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=8363479
I thought paying the cops to scour MySpace and related sites was an acceptable plan to catch child predators, but now they are arresting people for pictures of their guns being handled by their kids? Also, a guy in Wisconsin is being prosecuted for child-porn for posting naked pictures of his girlfriend that she took herself and emailed to him.
How in the hell did we get to this point? We keep electing nanny-state gun-grabbers and then are surprised when we end up with a police state!
The potential for abuse of this stuff is simply unlimited. A malicious teen takes a naked picture of self, emails it to teacher/principal/parent/enemy, and then immediately calls the cops. Good luck defending yourself on that one! Or, as an alternative, angry husband takes wife's pistol from safe, makes sure it's clear, hands it to kid, takes picture, calls cops... We have at least one prosecutor in this state that refuses to drop criminal charges against a dead man, do you think he cares if your kid, girlfriend or husband set you up?
Next time some bozo politico is proposing tough new laws on X, take a minute and try and think about how an overzealous prosecutor can you that law against your family, friends, and neighbors. Are you sure you really need that law, or would enforcement of the existing laws be enough?
