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I have heard several times lately of areas that have enacted laws allowing the confiscation of large sums of money if the possessee cannot prove that it came from legitimate sources. No crimes charged, just pure theft and abrogation of your Constitutional rights. Personally- I tend to be a mite excitable- I tend to think like this: I am guaranteed the right, by statement and inference, to my property unless the government can prove I obtained it illegally. Anyone seeking to take away my Constitutional rights, by definition, would be a criminal. In this case, we have an armed criminal trying to rob me. Now, I don't want Rich to shut me down for any perceived suggestion of endorsement of tactics most would find questionable, but this is a case of armed robbery. I know how I would treat armed robbers.
[This message has been edited by Spectre (edited 12-18-98).]
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