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 »
The article clearly states a democrat sponsored this. Show us where you see anything about republican sponsorship. You now something? It is one thing to try to b******t others around you—it is really screwed up when you find yourself bullshitting yourself into believing all of your c**p. You need some professional help snowflake.
They can’t charge you for something they can’t find. lol
Well it is massachusetts after all where Whitey Bolger’s brother was the Speaker of the House and president of U Mass. It’s amazing to me that the State that hosts Harvard and MIT is also totally corrupt!
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This is some b******t…
Where is the ACLU on this law. It is obviously against the forth amendment of the constitution.
More Big Brother
Oh look, more mandatory minimum sentencing that has been proven time and time again to not deter crime. Mandatory minimums are the socialism of the crime world: people keep saying how they could work for this crime or that, and they never do.
Just let one other person know about it,,, and it is no longer a secret. LOL
Rusty Barnes Jay Hemminger