If you live in Massachusetts, don’t labor under the misconception that you own your vehicle, or a boat or plane. Under a bill sponsored by a Democrat legislator, the Commonwealth would forbid you from adding a hidden compartment to secure your private property, such as a handgun, money or other valuables.
Designed as an alleged anti-drug law, the bill would punish those who add a hidden compartment after the vehicle is purchased with a two-year mandatory prison sentence, and five years for subsequent offenses.
Even worse, the law would empower police to seize the vehicle under civil forfeiture law. Lawmakers in support of the House bill claim it’s necessary to prosecute the war on drugs. State police officials have endorsed the bill as needed to discourage drug trafficking.
Learn how the bill lessens the burden of proof on the Commonwealth and effectively guts the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution that protects citizens from unlawful searches and seizures. The disturbing details can be found on the next page.NEXT PAGE »
Isn’t a glove compartment as secret compartment?
Or a trunk?
The new Chevy impala has a hidden compartment behind the LCD screen. Does that count?
Incredible
CORRUPT$#%&!@*lawmakers are surely on Drugs !!
F**k em! Buy a Mini Cooper. They already come with hidden compartments for your gun and valuables. Now lets see what them dumb fucks say!
Dumbest thing I’ve seen in a while
And they wonder why people shoot at them.
Because people are too busy being distracted by things like statues and bathrooms to pay attention to what is really affecting their lives. Laws like this get little if any media coverage while they are working their way thru state legislatures. If the media was really doing its job people would be aware of their rights being constantly eroded before laws like this are passed.
Screw MA.