Do you have an example of this hard case being used to whittle away at freedom?
Your question is a tactic and is not a reasonable or honest question.
The whittling to which I refer has been going on in full view in the media for over sixty years in a myriad of subjects and areas (helped along by the Soviet Union in the early years) and if you missed it or references to it on FreeRepublic I feel sorry for you. (Unless you’re 18 or 22 years old or something.
There is a soft area between our collective rights and our personal space. To live in a free society you have to put up with a little crap. The soviets had an easy time of it spying on us because we were a free open society. We couldn’t do much to make things harder for them…because we were a free and open society Where is the line vis a vis stalking? How do you define it . You’d HAVE to to start passing laws on it. And SOMEONE would get to define and enforce these new laws.
Bear in mind that once, the killer in question, might have been determined to be a danger to himself or others and locked up for it. Good luck with that crap today. Also the police may once have been able to persuade a less crazy person to develop a new interest. Good luck with that as well. Today the cops can’t look at anyone cross eyed.
I’ll leave you with an honest questionor two: Outsid of information or news what was the point of this article? And two: What law should be passed that would have prevented this stalker psycho from doing his thing?