That's a tricky proposal, because even if you might legally lie to police without direct repercussions, the same lie could easily--and quite reasonably--be intr

That's a tricky proposal, because even if you might legally lie to police without direct repercussions, the same lie could easily--and quite reasonably--be introduced into into a later court case as evidence against you. Imagine a prosecutor, or a juror during deliberations: "He lied to police about not owning a gun, and he lied with a fake alibi about being somewhere else at the time. Those aren't the actions of an innocent bystander."