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Old 07-07-2010, 07:05 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by Pineedles View Post
The title says it all. Fortunately the Lt.'s reply included this.

As long as we have LEO's that understand they must interpret AND enforce the laws, because the laws aren't perfect we will have safe boating and motoring. It's not their job to interpret, but thank God they do in this age of imperfect, unnecessary, feel good laws.

Eventually, we will get back to an America that makes sense.
Regarding "common sense";
Unfortunately there is no legal definition of common sense. So when asking officers (as well as boaters) to apply some common sense to a particular situation, you are likely to get different interpretations.
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