I would suggest reading the requirements for a license in California. ANYONE can get one. This includes visitors from overseas who only have a border crossing card. (Which is only valid for 72 hours). They even have the AB60 license which states "Not for Federal Purposes". To make it worse, the DMV will accept any documents you provide, all you have to do is sign a form stating the "documents" you provide are legitimate. To make it worse, the DMV will take your thumbprint, but they won't cross check it against any database. So, anyone can get an unlimited number of licenses straight from the DMV, with little or no repercussions. If you don't believe me, go to the California DMV website, and read the requirements yourself.
I fully understand the privacy argument. But you also need to look the massive amounts of fraud taking place. Now that 200 million voting records are out in public, it won't take long for our elections to be compromised. Once you understand both sides of the argument, then you can decide.
Last I checked, you have to commit a crime to get locked up. Maybe instead of bitching about the number of people locked up, maybe you should bitch about all the people committing crime. And yes, I think drug users deserve to be locked up.
Secondly, do you have any comprehension on the sheer number of thugs that get arrested on legit charges and then released? Or how many thugs plead to lesser charges for a reduced sentence.
Lastly, please show me more than anecdotal stories of the massive number of people that have missed out on jobs because they were arrested, falsely or not. Simply being arrested is not keeping huge amounts of people from living their lives.
If you don't break the law, or hang around people breaking the law, your chances of arrest are almost nil. Despite your beliefs, police are not just grabbing random people off the street and trumping up charges just to lock them up.
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I would suggest reading the requirements for a license in California. ANYONE can get one. This includes visitors from overseas who only have a border crossing card. (Which is only valid for 72 hours). They even have the AB60 license which states "Not for Federal Purposes". To make it worse, the DMV will accept any documents you provide, all you have to do is sign a form stating the "documents" you provide are legitimate. To make it worse, the DMV will take your thumbprint, but they won't cross check it against any database. So, anyone can get an unlimited number of licenses straight from the DMV, with little or no repercussions. If you don't believe me, go to the California DMV website, and read the requirements yourself.
I fully understand the privacy argument. But you also need to look the massive amounts of fraud taking place. Now that 200 million voting records are out in public, it won't take long for our elections to be compromised. Once you understand both sides of the argument, then you can decide.
Last I checked, you have to commit a crime to get locked up. Maybe instead of bitching about the number of people locked up, maybe you should bitch about all the people committing crime. And yes, I think drug users deserve to be locked up.
Secondly, do you have any comprehension on the sheer number of thugs that get arrested on legit charges and then released? Or how many thugs plead to lesser charges for a reduced sentence.
Lastly, please show me more than anecdotal stories of the massive number of people that have missed out on jobs because they were arrested, falsely or not. Simply being arrested is not keeping huge amounts of people from living their lives.
If you don't break the law, or hang around people breaking the law, your chances of arrest are almost nil. Despite your beliefs, police are not just grabbing random people off the street and trumping up charges just to lock them up.