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 »
B******t. This would never fly, in any state!
Will the last REAL AMERICAN to leave Massachusetts, please turn off the lights
Kathy has lived in MASS way too long
Are you really that stupid or is it an act? Republicans are in support of reducing the size of government and lessening tax burdens. Democrats want all your money and your rights.
I don’t like it. I don’t trust our legislative group. It’s their property to do with as they please. Maybe they want to protect valuables when they go on vacation or just have a safe place in their cars to take vast to the bank businesses and the like. I don’t feel comfortable.
What the hell ever happened to innocent until proven guilty, oh wait, that must be some other United States of America! Just one more reason to never go there.
If you are good enough….they wont find it.
Who and how is intent determined exactly?
Oh this is b******t. For fucks sake some people buy those shift knobs in the photo as an example because they like the look and dont even know they have a compartment.
Who or what decides intent? How do you prove intent? This fucking country and its lawmakers are losing all sense of reality
It’s time we dealtt with those who pervert the constitution in the harshest of manners