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  • Mij

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    Do i understand correctly, teachers will now be paid for training and allowed to carry in schools? WLFI, on line 5-4-23 Signed by the Gov.?
     

    KellyinAvon

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    Not sure we discussed this one:

    I can see it, 25 feet keeps bystanders out of the crime scene but allows for it to be witnessed. Unless you're carrying a Polaroid SX-70 25 feet is well within camera range.

    Senator Obtuse has problems with it, of course he does.


     

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    Not sure we discussed this one:

    I can see it, 25 feet keeps bystanders out of the crime scene but allows for it to be witnessed. Unless you're carrying a Polaroid SX-70 25 feet is well within camera range.

    Senator Obtuse has problems with it, of course he does.


    I have a feeling that the courts are going to end up intervening regarding what constitutes a "reasonable" distance for LEO to perform their duties without interference. A distance of 25 feet isn't terrible. It errs on the side of preventing interference. But why would 15 feet - or 10 feet - not be reasonable?

    Granted, laws wouldn't be needed to codify such specifics if a) (some) people didn't try to interfere with LEO performing their duties, and b) (some) LEO didn't try to avoid transparency/accountability in the performance of their duties.
     

    actaeon277

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    I have a feeling that the courts are going to end up intervening regarding what constitutes a "reasonable" distance for LEO to perform their duties without interference. A distance of 25 feet isn't terrible. It errs on the side of preventing interference. But why would 15 feet - or 10 feet - not be reasonable?

    Granted, laws wouldn't be needed to codify such specifics if a) (some) people didn't try to interfere with LEO performing their duties, and b) (some) LEO didn't try to avoid transparency/accountability in the performance of their duties.
    Pretty much ANY law wouldn't be necessary if people were reasonable.
     

    Mgderf

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    I have a feeling that the courts are going to end up intervening regarding what constitutes a "reasonable" distance for LEO to perform their duties without interference. A distance of 25 feet isn't terrible. It errs on the side of preventing interference. But why would 15 feet - or 10 feet - not be reasonable?

    Granted, laws wouldn't be needed to codify such specifics if a) (some) people didn't try to interfere with LEO performing their duties, and b) (some) LEO didn't try to avoid transparency/accountability in the performance of their duties.
    25' is just over 8 yards. Not a great distance by any stretch.
    Some people are capable of covering 25' in 3 steps, maybe 4.
    That takes virtually no time at all.

    Now I'm hearing Lynyrd Skynyrd
    "Gimme three steps, gimme three steps mister, gimme three steps towards the door..."
     

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    Not good...


    SEYMOUR, Ind. (WISH) — Indiana State Police arrested State Rep. Jim Lucas for drunk driving and leaving the scene of an accident early Wednesday morning in Jackson County.

    Rep. Lucas (R – District 69) crashed his vehicle on I-65 just north of Seymour at around 12 a.m., ISP Public Information Officer Sgt. Stephen Wheeles confirmed to News 8.

    Lucas drove away from the scene of the crash and Seymour police found his vehicle a short time later at a different location, Wheeles says.

    Officers found Lucas nearby and arrested him for operating a vehicle while intoxicated and leaving the scene of an accident.

    Lucas was booked into the Jackson County Jail shortly before 4 a.m., according to online jail records accessed by News 8.

    Bond for the state representative was set at $705. As of 8 a.m., he had not bonded out, jail officials say.
     

    BJHay

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    The standard response of politicians arrested for DUI is to apologize to anyone that will listen, claim responsibility but hint at other causes and then promise to attend rehab. After that any mention of the incident is dismissed at old news.

    A charge of leaving the scene of an accident may be a lot tougher to explain.
     

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    Not sure we discussed this one:

    I can see it, 25 feet keeps bystanders out of the crime scene but allows for it to be witnessed. Unless you're carrying a Polaroid SX-70 25 feet is well within camera range.

    Senator Obtuse has problems with it, of course he does.


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    It would appear, I did not read the article, but from the .gov site it says current law declares it at 150 ft, so this change would allow you to get MUCH closer to "the action" rather than farther away.
     

    GodFearinGunTotin

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    Oh, and it just dawned on me this is being discussed over here...

     
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