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True, they should set up child abuse checkpoints too - think of the children after all.

Doctors and teachers handle that, since they have regular contract with children. At least in my state they're required by law to report suspected child abuse.

As a side note, these laws are doing damage to organizations looking for volunteers that I don't think we have fully grasped yet.

People are willing to put a couple of weekends into making a middle school or high school competition happen. They're a lot less willing to do it if they have to go to an FBI station to get fingerprinted or produce a state and federal background check first. And I'm not talking about people with something to hide; I'm talking about people with a completely clean background who just don't want to be bothered.

The equivalent checks outside the US may not require fingerprinting, they don't in the UK.

NZ OP here. Few weeks ago there was a morning checkpoint to inspect everyone's child car seat installation.

Few years back got chased by a cop and ticketed (and scolded) for not restraining kiddo (small town and my clever 2yo somehow learned how to unbuckle themselves (even that houdini clip didn't help)). Warned I could get prosecuted for child neglect if I continue. I suspect the daycare has tipped him off.

Nanny state isn’t synonymous with police state, but it rhymes.

Making slippery slope arguments like this is not discussing in good faith. I was providing the context of someone who lives in that geo-political area.

And check that every single one of your federal papers are present and punctual. We'd hate to have someone that's unbecoming to share a full disclosure of themselves to officers on the road.

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