azmjs
member
Police controlling people that they detain is not a new idea or practice.
Policemen already have the power to control people that they stop, extending that control to guns is not a difference in kind from the power they already traditionally possess.
As far as DUI checkpoints go, it is up to the courts to decide to what extent they are allowable, and also to what extent they are similar to more traditional traffic stops.
The specific statistics on traffic-stop shootings aren't relevant, since the aim is to reduce them from whatever levels they already are.
Even a marginal decrease is worthwhile, because there is nothing valuable given up in exchange.
Policemen already have the power to control people that they stop, extending that control to guns is not a difference in kind from the power they already traditionally possess.
As far as DUI checkpoints go, it is up to the courts to decide to what extent they are allowable, and also to what extent they are similar to more traditional traffic stops.
The specific statistics on traffic-stop shootings aren't relevant, since the aim is to reduce them from whatever levels they already are.
Even a marginal decrease is worthwhile, because there is nothing valuable given up in exchange.