Where Politics And Video Games Collide

illspirit Says: Nice straw man you got there. How much did the fire insurance cost on one that big?

Man you only further substantiate this when you talk about 1 guy in idaho getting the attention of the feds. You show me where even 25% of these served warrants were for the consumers of mod chips. Good luck.

illspirit Says: That one’s pretty big too. Who said anything about putting _all_ law enforcement on the border? The criticism here is that the agency whose primary job is to secure the border and ports isn’t doing their job. Let alone the fact that a minor crime such as the guy in Idaho with a single mod chip shouldn’t be the Federal government’s business either way. Save for a few powers granted in Article I of the Constitution, general law enforcement is supposed to be a function of State and local governments.

This is no different than than making counterfeit drugs, counterfeit currency, trafficking in counterfeit goods, etc. The guys getting served warrants sell the chips; thats distribution. This is crime handled by Federal law. This shouldn't be old news to anybody.

illspirit Says: Or are you saying you’d rather have the Fed’s do everything? Maybe we could even get the ATF to take over for school crossing guards or something? After all, the kids would definitely wait for the signal if there was a heavily armed, Darth Vader lookalike shouting orders at them..

You just dont get it do you? I already stated above, Feds have to take a look at corporate loss when the company can show its greater than $5,000. Consider that theres a large distinction between traffic accidents at crosswalks and trafficking in counterfeit goods (in which in this case, its providing equipment which breaches the license agreement you accept when you buy the console, which is there to prevent counterfeiting; even so the equipment; mod chips; is being profited on).