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 »
How do all these anti freedom politicians get elected in the first place?Those kind of laws are overreaching and tyrannical.
That’s your opinion
Talk about overreach….
And guess who’s pushing the bill…
Democrats.
Be careful when you buy a ride ! It could already be there ! What do you mean lessen the burden of proof ? Your already guilty till proven innocent !
When are the politician going to be held to the same standards ?
Another good reason to avoid MA
Chris Packard those numbers are hard to find. Here do this; go to your doctor, tell him you plan on taking 105,000 mg of Tylenol next month. He will tell you that you will kill yourself.
Send a creal message to your state elected officials come election time by voting them out. Tell them why you did, and welcome them to private enterprise.
I did read in the story that it was a democrat that proposed the bill. MA is a very liberal state, and the republicans have little to say. That doesn’t mean they wouldn’t pull the same c**p. Cast your politics aside and actually read the whole story. That keeps you from looking like an idiot when you base your posts on political bias
That’s not the point. What does need have to do with it. This is brazen government intrusion of free will. The government hates the fourth amendment more than any of the others. It’s the one that defines our constitutional protections from the government. This is fourth amendment abuse. You can comply if you wish but I’ll fight the bastards till they kill me