Since the patriot act was enacted to fight terrorism, clearly street gangs fall into the category of terrorist organizations. Like many other terrorists organizations, street gangs pose a clear and present danger to the security of our nation,make thier money illegally, possess weapons of mass destruction and have no qualms about using them. Gangs have killed more people than Al Qaeda, seems like a good idea to use the patriot act for something good.
2007-11-12 13:09:23 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Street gangs that communicate overseas with at least one party, that use terror, should be subject to it. Swat teams should then take the neighborhoods they control back, by killing all them on the spot.
2007-11-12 13:16:30 · answer #1 · answered by buttfor2007 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I, personally, do not support the government ever using the PATRIOT ACT provisions to fight anything other than foreign and domestic terrorist threats. The laws that are involved in the PATRIOT ACT are too far reaching to encourage the government to redefine the terrorist threat they were enacted to fight (AL QAEDA, et al.) and then allow law enforcement to start defining terrorists in a way that enables them to use it against street gangs or anyone else that isn't AL QAEDA, or a (foreign) clearly terrorist group.
The government very begrudgingly -if ever- retreats from any infringement on personal liberty it has ever been allowed by law to make, so I don't encourage them to start infringing. Street gangs should be fought with RICO prosecutions, gun laws, drug laws, etc.
2007-11-12 13:21:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Patriot Act is a law against terrorism and cannot be used to curb street gangs which is covered by the local laws imposable by the policemen.
2007-11-12 13:13:52 · answer #3 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because street gangs fall under civil jurisdiction, meaning that the local and state authorities are responsible for tracking and arresting them. Until they break federal law, they are untouchable by the Patriot Act.
2007-11-12 13:14:03 · answer #4 · answered by volleyballchick (cowards block) 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The Constitution forbids the use of our military on our own citizens.
I agree that street gangs are domestic terrorists however.
2007-11-12 13:15:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
the RICO law is used to combat gangs. RICO is a racketeering law. Patriot Act is not supposed to affect Americans, it was intended to fight foreign threats. gangs are a domestic law enforcement problem
2007-11-12 13:15:00 · answer #6 · answered by nuff said 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Because all of a sudden every telephone conversation would be recorded and be used against us at anytime.
2007-11-12 13:13:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Why? ACLU, Nancy Pelosi, Ted Kennedy, Barny Frank, etc., etc., etc.
2007-11-12 13:18:12 · answer #8 · answered by Tinman12 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋