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Originally Posted by impulse777
but the car is being seized as proceeds of crime.
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The original seizure law, which was brought in to combat the HA, was rewritten in 08' to allow them to take assets that may be used in a crime. It's the equivalent of going back in time and killing Pol Pot as a baby so he couldn't massacre a generation of Cambodians. Good in theory, but horrible in practice.
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Originally Posted by zulutango
So if someone takes a gun and fires off a few shots that just miss hitting and killing someone, you must apply the same reasoning. If you had done so, the crown would seize your gun, so why the different opinion about cars?
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The different opinion comes from the fact that a car and a gun are two completely different objects.The centralized mass of a bullet travelling at 1200fps is a lot different than a car travelling at 220fps, equal to 200kmh. Not to mention the fact that roadways are for auto use. The last time I checked, we didn't have "bulletways", and I'm sure if we did they would be dangerous places to hang out.
The fact that our local police representative likens a car to a gun is why I would like to limit the amount of power these individual officers have.
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Originally Posted by gars
You need licences to drive them (which can be taken away), you must have insurance to operate them, and there are rules on how you're allowed to drive it.
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On a public road, yes.
But there is nothing stopping me from buying a car to drive on my property. I wouldn't need insurance, or a license. Only if I want to use the publicly owned road system, do I need to go through the gov't processes.