cwblanco

I am confident that responsible parents do conduct searches where they believe that they have a reason to. Most likely many kids on the suspect search list are the ones who have irresponsible parents or parents who are felons themselves.

Also, in the final analysis it is like the publicized drug programs, they can "Just say no."

Considering myself a responsible parent/grand parent, I probably would just say no -- mainly because I would not want anyone going through clothes closets and dumping my drawers or going through my drawers (literally). On the other hand, if I had a thug kid by whom I was intimidated, I probably would gleefully say "yes, yes, yes!"

Duisburg

I'd tell them hell no and anybody who comes barging in gets three free bullets :) chest, upperchest/neck, head

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edr9x23super

it is no surprise that people in these "high crime" neighborhoods would be stupid enough to allow such actions. Most of these people that live there have probably been on welfare for generations and are not educated enough to know any better.

What a sad situation.

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farronwolf

If the parent or gaurdian gives them the ok, I see nothing wrong with it. From reading the article it appears that the majority of the cases are single parent households with a woman trying to head the house. If they have a teenaged boy who is bigger than them and defiant as a child, maybe they are in need of some help. It would appear that the officers from the local schools would be best suited to make the judgement as to whom would be more likely to be participating in activities that would lead them to having illegal weapons.

We must face the facts that in some areas of society things are out of control, and if the citizens are willing to work with police in a manner that is within the law, we should not condemn them for doing it. There are parents out there that are unable to control their children, whether it be because they have gotten involved in gang activities, or maybe because they are bad parents. But if they have made a choice to try to change things now, why not help them out. One way or another the police are going to be involved with the youth sometime, catch it early if you can. If it weren't guns, if it were drugs would anyone object? Personally I think they should be doing both during the search. If the kids are under 18 isn't it just as illegal for them to be in possesion of a firearm as it is to be in possesion of drugs?

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Wolf357

If the parents involved voluntarily open their homes to gubment snoopers, that's fine with me. But I would tell the boys with badges to take a hike. If my kid - if I had one, or a dozen - had a firearm hidden in their room, I'd want to take possession of it for my own
use.

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