Speaking of Random Stop-and-Search...

Since I did just a few minutes ago in the post below, Bruce of mAss Backwards informs us that the Mayor of Boston is promoting the idea for his state. Instead of stopping vehicles near high-value terrorist targets, however, Mayor Menino wants random stop-and-search of vehicles crossing into the state to try to reduce the influx of handguns used in crimes.

As Bruce puts it,

Translation: I have no plan clue.

As one commenter quipped:

“The first random searches produced NO HANDGUNS” said a spokesman of the newly formed Securing Mass borders taskforce, “however we did find 4 cartons of Marlboros and a 6-pack of coke in no return bottles coming in from NH.”

In conjuction with Bruce's post, my previous post, and my post on the unfortunate cheerleaders below that one, I'd like to reiterate Ayn Rand's perhaps most famous quote of all:

There is no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is to crack down on criminals. When there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking the law. Create a nation of lawbreakers and then you can cash in on the guilt. Now that’s the system!