> There are people who genuinely feel that way You mean there are people who genuinely feel that it should be an arrrestable offence to let an 8-year-old out o

> There are people who genuinely feel that way You mean there are people who genuinely feel that it should be an arrrestable offence to let an 8-year-old out on their own? Well, sure; that doesn't surprise me. But what some cop "feels" bears no relation to what the law is.