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Re:Louisiana Makes It Illegal To Use Cash For Secondhand Sales by JoeAltmaier on Thursday October 20, 2011 @01:58PM (#3135985)
So, the criminal is going to be caught because they documented their illegal activities?

I think this is a case of a law that catches only the innocent.

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Re:Louisiana Makes It Illegal To Use Cash For Secondhand Sales by hugh3 on Thursday October 20, 2011 @02:19PM (#3136103)
Well, if it prevents thieves from selling their stolen goods to legitimate dealers and forces them to go to specialist "fences", then the law could certainly help achieve its objective of making life more difficult for thieves.

The question is whether the law does too much to hassle the innocent to make it worthwhile.

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Re:Louisiana Makes It Illegal To Use Cash For Secondhand Sales by JoeAltmaier on Thursday October 20, 2011 @02:33PM (#3136190)
Recording cash transactions seems like maybe not too much. Making them impossible/illegal certainly seems to be too much.
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