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Originally Posted by Baz
What I take away from this is lack of enforcement of the law.
Whether or not you agree about the law....it's your job to enforce it.
If you don't like the law - change it.....but to pick and choose is pretty lame.
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Federal law enforcement of misdemeanors on federal land is a fuzzy area.
Case in point: We used to tune our racing karts in Laguna Niguel at what is now the Chet Holifield Federal Building. On weekends (this was in the 80's) there were no federal officers on the grounds. The OC Sheriff would sit on the public road and watch us. There were also parents teaching their kids to drive and another parking lot was taken over by model airplane enthusiasts Sat and Sun.
Later on the building became more active as an archives storage. But the point is, it is federal property and the sheriff had no jurisdiction over the parking lots, only the roads leading to the driveways.
Had the federal officers been present, I doubt they would have done anything but tell us to move out under some trespassing statute since this wasn't a park intended for visitors. If we drove the karts across the public streets, we would have been cited.
This would make for an interesting discussion on a law forum.