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ORIGINAL: EponasChylde

No one really takes that law seriously down here.In fact, the stores can have hundreds of dildos as long they label them as "novelty devices" or, I kid you not, "a cake topper or decoration."  There might be a few rare wacko cops that are crazy enough to care about this, but 99% of them have better things to do. The only real time they would use this is if they were trying to take you down for a BIGGER crime and needed an excuse to search your house (much like how they'll pull someone who is speeding because they suspect there are drugs in the car but can't prove it.) Remember, we have a LOT of weird laws down here (homosexual acitivity is still illegal here.) However, no one really cares. They're way too busy busting pedophiles and druggies to worry over what happens sexually between consenting adults in privacy.

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Yes, it's a great idea to have laws designed purely for selective enforcement.  We should do that up here in Pennsylvania!

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But if they did have enough manpower, would they?

Do we really want this on the books in case they ever want to revive it?

Yours,


benji

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ORIGINAL: EponasChylde

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Yes, it's a great idea to have laws designed purely for selective enforcement.  We should do that up here in Pennsylvania!

Many laws are selectively enforced. If there's no victim involved, usually an officer has discretion to choose whether or not to arrest (except for violent offenses, sex crimes, etc.) In regards to "victimless crimes", it's usually officer descretion. For example, an officer doesn't HAVE to arrrest a guy for walking down the street intoxicated. He can, if he feels it's prudent in that situation, but he doesn't HAVE to.

It's called the letter of the law vs the spirit of the law. The idea behind this dildo law was to be able to bust "shady" sex shops that were also running prositution, gambling, and drugs through their establishment. In other words, to shut down places that were causing crime in the neighborhood. The letter of the law may say "anyone with 6 dildos" but it was never intended to bust private individuals or even clean, legit sex shops.

The fact is that there are 5 gazillion laws on the books and you have to prioritize your time as an officer.. Like I said, being homosexual is illegal here too, but who has time to go looking around for gay people? Which would you rather the cops do? Go arrest people for having consensual gay sex in private or go solve murder cases and bust narcotic rings? It's a manpower issue..You simply don't have the time or energy to enforce every law on the books.

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ORIGINAL: EponasChylde

Ultimately, that's a moot question since there will never be enough man power to even get all the murderers and rapists off the streets, let along the druggies, thieves, etc.

However, for the sake of discussion, no I don't think they would even if they had the time. Cops don't make the laws...legislators do. I think most cops would rather that stupid laws like this be taken off the books completely. The ONLY purpose they serve is being used as probable cause to search for a more serious crime.

As long as cops are legally allowed discretion about these matters, I don't think they'll bother arresting people for them. Cops are human too and most of them don't care about a victimless crime. Most cops are out to make the world a better place. That's what draws them to the field. How is arresting a woman for having 7 dildos in her closet going to help make the world better and safer? It isn't.