Trouble with California
Ag. Check points;we all know understand and tolerate them,never a problem. Couple of weeks ago we were heade to redwood. National forest from Grants Pas Oregon. Ag check ahead, ok I fall into line ...
Forum Discussion
toedtoes wrote:
First:
Their asking and then choosing to search is not about YOUR feelings, it's about them doing a job and having to make a choice based on a wide range of observations.
I have gone into my places where I expected my vehicle to be searched. Never been happy about it, but understand the necessity. (Hate to think of Rent-a-Cop guarding our military base) Once, I was setting on a wide shoulder waiting. Couple of armed MPs pulled up, asked me what I was doing. "Waiting for friend to get unloaded so can move what can't go thru gate to his truck." No issue.
Funny how it is so upsetting for an old white guy to be singled out of a line for a more indepth scrutiny about a bag of fruit. "Oh the horrors! They think I'm lying!"
I have never been one to think there is a limited number of "rights", the only way others can have any is for me to give up mine.
But I also understand we live in a country where one man can order the execution of anybody. The power has been used against a juvenile US citizen, and there was no general public outcry.
Second:
If they let someone else take that fruit (or firewood, etc.), it will very likely find it's way into the state. Or will be dumped a few miles away when found to be infested with a bug and that bug will find its way over the state line. And if that happens, then the ag folks didn't do their job.
By that logic, nobody in a state that borders Cal should not be allowed to have fruit or firewood. The probability that the stopped produce is contaminated is very low. There is a good chance it was hauled out of state once before. Fact is, any produce destroyed is just a increase in demand.
