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Originally Posted by Cherie

That analogy makes no sense whatsoever given homes are private property

I thought it was a good example because knife crime is commited in public, and household violence is not? So I didnt mind the lack of consistency there.. however, TS’s example is more of a parallel, and makes stop and search sound even more ridiculous than it already comes across! Answer that instead.

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

To make the analogy work then; would you be OK with middle aged couples being stopped at random by officers saying "We just want to check that you're not beating your wife, we'll need to check her over. I know it's intrusive but a lot of people are abused and we can catch a lot of offenders this way... If you have nothing to hide you won't mind."

Its an extreme example but it is similar logic, surely? I mean... Doing that probably WOULD catch abusers and stop them.