• surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    I always wondered if it would hold up in court.

    If you had a “come and take them” bumper sticker, a gun in the glove box, and forgot to lock your car. Could I legally take it?

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      4 hours ago

      The law feels like programming, if you follow the rules you can do whatever, but it’s more like an rpg with a game master. The moment you start bending the rules like a pretzel to start screwing people over, the humans running things will step in to stop you. That’s probably for the best, we don’t want to live in a world where “technically” always wins the day.

    • I’m not a lawyer, but my understanding is that US law doesn’t typically operate on technicalities like this. Would the “reasonable man” believe the bumper sticker was an offer to any passers-by to search the car and take any guns they find? I’ll answer my own question — definitely not.