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Dick wrote:
> 
> Is no one else alarmed about the laser device that stops cars?  The
> technology exists to allow police to point a laser device at a car to
> shut off its fuel and stop the car.  It was featured on the TV news
> last week, and now it seems everyone has forgotten it.
> 
> I heard California legislators propose to mandate that all new
> automobiles sold in California after a certain date install the device
> in all cars!  I haven't found any such legislation yet proposed.  You
> can look in http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/acsframeset2text.htm to
> search for bills in both houses.
> 
> If it's like Lojac, you won't even know where the device is in your
> car.  They'll make it a crime to tamper with the device and only law-
> abiding citizens will follow the law, and criminals will disable it as
> they please.  Sounds just like idiotic new firearms restrictions.
> 
> The media is now playing up car chases.  Looks like this is a ploy to
> drum up popular support for this device.  They're using the acts of a
> few nuts to justify taking rights away from all citizens.  (Are we
> still citizens?  Or are we *subjects* yet?)
> 
> What if someone stops a car to RAPE the driver?  How difficult is it to
> make or buy the transmitter (the push-button that stops the car)?  THIS
> HAS GOT MAJOR FOURTH AMENDMENT PROBLEMS!  THE POLICE DO NOT HAVE THE
> RIGHT TO SHUT MY CAR OFF!  What if someone's on the way to the
> EMERGENCY ROOM and doesn't have time to pull over, wait for the cop to
> call in the license plate (and the dispatcher to read it back to him)
> and walk up to the car, and explain to the cop why he's speeding?
> 
> What if it causes an accident?
> 
> This year, responsible, law-abiding gun advocates are buying guns that
> will be forever banned from sale in California after this year.  If we
> don't do something, then next year (or whatever year it is) drivers
> will buy up the last "free" cars that can't be shut off by whoever has
> one of these devices.  I don't like it.
> 
> Am I over-reacting here, or what is your take on this?  I want to know
> what you all think.  Merlin, you still out there?  Etaoin Shrdlu?
> Elric?
> 
I think it stinks, Dick.  But then I think car searches, for the most
part, are an abuse of authority.
I don't believe the gummint should force people to buy insurance, I
believe driving is a right,
not a privilege and that we are wasting huge amounts of public resources
writing parking tickets
and citing people for their driving habits.  This laser thing, if true,
is just another loss for the
side of freedom.  I was shocked when the Supreme Court allowed the use
of car searches for
minor "infractions" but there was little or no outcry from the public
over their decision.  The herd
mentality will prevail on this issue (is it an issue?) and we will allow
the barking dogs to press
us even more closely in the name of security.

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