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Imagine you are a legislator. If know that laws will not be completely enforced then it gives you the freedom to create laws that are bad or overly harsh becaus
by mantap 6y ago
Imagine you are a legislator. If know that laws will not be completely enforced then it gives you the freedom to create laws that are bad or overly harsh because that harshness is rarely seen. Whereas if you know the police will enforce these laws against you and your family you will be much less likely to support them.
- thinkharderdev 6y agoTo be fair no law is completely enforced. Even if there is no discretion on the part of law enforcement, they still have limited resources and have to prioritize enforcement in certain areas. I do take your point though. It is easy for legislators to pass laws against all manner of things because they know that the police won't be patrolling their neighborhoods enforcing them.