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If I were a parent and my child went missing, something much higher on my priority list than matching photos in some national database would be having the police search every home in a 2 mile radius of my home.

It seems just as rational to argue that the people who live in those homes should be willing to give up their right to not have their home searched if it means potentially finding a missing child in a potential criminal's home.

We can come up with all kinds of hypothetical situations. I am empathetic to parents going through the hell of a missing child, and to the children themselves. But the protection of children and victims must be balanced with the preservation of rights and freedoms considered deeply sacrosanct.



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