Freedom_Is_Not_Free
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I am against the war on drugs and think we should just legalize them all and treat it as a health problem. Take all the crime and money out of it.
That said, I think the difference between drug sniffing around a car or a house comes down to this: are the police on public property or private property. The police are more than welcome to use their dog on public road outside the body of your car. As long as they are on public property, you have no right that prevents them.
As far as the home goes, as long as they do not trespass on your private property, your home is fair game. So if you are on 5 acres, they can’t get to your home. They have to stay outside your gate. If your condominium fronts right on a public alley, then the police are more than welcome to use their dog on that alley if they so chose.
That is the dividing line. The police cannot trespass on your private property, be it your home lot or inside your car. As long as they are walking on public ground, they are welcome to come as close to your car or your home as public ground can get them.
“That is the dividing line. The police cannot trespass on your private property, be it your home lot or inside your car. As long as they are walking on public ground, they are welcome to come as close to your car or your home as public ground can get them.”
God, how I love living up a dirt lane on a mountain 20 miles west of nowhere.
Soon as you turn off the paved county road, you are trespassing.
How cool is that?
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