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http://www.newsday.com/news/nationwo...orld-headlines
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> Sheriff Wants Citizens to Have Radar Guns
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> By Associated Press - December 6, 2004, 6:05 PM EST
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> FRISCO, Colo. -- The Summit County sheriff has a plan for cracking down
> on speeding: Giving citizens their own radar guns so volunteers can sit
> by the side of the road and watch for lawbreakers.
>
> Sheriff John Minor said the volunteers would not have any contact with
> motorists and would never be responsible for issuing citations. They
> would forward license plate numbers to the sheriff's office, which
> would send out letters asking violators to slow down. (snip)
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> Screw this criminal coddler crap about sending out letters. The
> volunteer with the radar gun is a witness to a crime and that means the
> police can go out and arrest this speeder before he kills and maims.
>

Why not equip citizens with a radar gun AND a 9-mm. That way, they could
just shoot speeders on the spot and save the expense of a trial? Damn -- I
shouldn't have said that -- with all the gunnuts out there, someone is bound
to try it.