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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
Agreed, on both counts. Great information form our Coast Guard - and thanks, guys, for your service. Very interesting to learn what it is you guys really do.
So, what about our inland waterways? Not much human trafficking or drug running going on on your typical lake whereupon folks are waterskiing, jet boating, and the like. Every county sheriff or municipal cop with a boat can stop any boater they like, with absolutely no probably cause, and board that boat, right? And everyone seems to be o.k. with that?
What if the fire marshal just drove around and randomly knocked on doors, demanding entry to check for alarms and extinguishers? What if cops did the same thing, just randomly checking your homes for illegal activity, randomly pulling you over to check your seat belts and air bags? No one would put up with that.
This strikes me as a rather remarkable difference.
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Anyone with a pair of binoculars can easily identify the people on a lake that need to be stopped. The ones i see the most are: people who think that being on a boat allows them to get trashed and do whatever they like (dangerous to themselves and others) and people with poorly maintained and/or leaky vessels, which is bad for the environment and potentially dangerous for themselves or others if their crappy old boat loses power out in open water.
How about the DFW people that inspect your catch when you get back to the dock?