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re: BR Panhandling Thread: Should We Make Giving Money To Beggars Illegal?
Posted on 3/9/20 at 10:24 am to Giantkiller
Posted on 3/9/20 at 10:24 am to Giantkiller
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Posted on 3/9/20 at 10:26 am to YouAre8Up
quote:charities like the united way or the red cross
They wouldn't stand around and beg for money if jackasses didn't keep giving them money. Donate to charity if you want to feel good about yourself
There you go. The answer.
hmmm
Posted on 3/9/20 at 10:26 am to Displaced
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Is this where the small gov conservatives beg for more government regulation and laws to punish harmless optional actions?
Pretty sure it's already illegal. So this would make it one of those, "enforce the laws on the books" things.
Posted on 3/9/20 at 10:27 am to Giantkiller
I saw something funny Saturday morning at College under the I-10 overpass. There was one of them bum's wheelchair tucked way up in there almost out of sight. Clearly some of these bums are using that wheelchair for sympathy. 
frick Dem all.
frick Dem all.
Posted on 3/9/20 at 10:29 am to mikelbr
How in the literal frick does one's life get to the point of living under a fricking bridge and begging people for change?
Posted on 3/9/20 at 10:30 am to BugAC
quote:loitering, panhandling, camping in certain spaces are all illegal to some degree is most urban centers
Pretty sure it's already illegal. So this would make it one of those, "enforce the laws on the books" things.
but those breaking these laws are often suffering from mental illness ( which is NOT illegal ) to pass a law(s) that make the private citizens/religious organizations action of aiding those in need illegal only leaves the Govt as the one legally allowed to "solve" the problem
this is straight out of Alinsky's playbook
Posted on 3/9/20 at 10:31 am to BugAC
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Pretty sure it's already illegal.
Giving money to panhandlers is illegal?
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So this would make it one of those, "enforce the laws on the books" things.
Like blowjobs in Louisiana?
Posted on 3/9/20 at 10:36 am to YouAre8Up
quote:most of the time its a mental illness that involves substance abuse as they seek to self medicate
How in the literal frick does one's life get to the point of living under a fricking bridge and begging people for change?
not get high for fun ,but to deal with the anxiety/fear
limiting those that can help, esp. those religious institutions that WANT to help makes the problem worse not better
if you can legally give money to political candidates, religious organizations, businesses and the black market ( small purchases and use are not often enforced) then why the rush to make this ONE mooney exchange illegal ?
its unconstitutional,, but you trump loving retards aren't smart enough to understand what real Conservatism is
Posted on 3/9/20 at 10:41 am to Giantkiller
Just make it legal to taze anyone who approaches your vehicle.
Posted on 3/9/20 at 10:43 am to Giantkiller
We need to start handing out poo dollars
Posted on 3/9/20 at 10:43 am to YouAre8Up
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How in the literal frick does one's life get to the point of living under a fricking bridge and begging people for change?
Mental issues with no social support net (ie: family doesn't have enough money to take care of them) and/or drugs (the opioid epidemic has created shitloads of homeless, just take a look at Austin, San Fran, LA, Seattle, etc).
Posted on 3/9/20 at 10:44 am to YouAre8Up
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How in the literal frick does one's life get to the point of living under a fricking bridge and begging people for change?
Everyone is 5 bad decisions away from shitting in a bucket.
Posted on 3/9/20 at 10:45 am to Giantkiller
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woods between Bluebonnet and Seigen,
got a really clear shot the other day... since the trees dont have leaves on them, their tent city is exposed big time.
Posted on 3/9/20 at 10:52 am to Giantkiller
No i appreciate and understand the 1st amendment
Posted on 3/9/20 at 10:54 am to Giantkiller
There are more bums in BR than ever before. At least they go home at night though. I haven't seen tents under the overpasses like in nola.... yet. Something does need to be done.
Posted on 3/9/20 at 10:54 am to Giantkiller
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Maybe offering a $50 bonus to each EBR Deputy for every panhandling ticket they can write.
They would bypass a murder scene to go ticket the panhandler down the road if this were the case.
Posted on 3/9/20 at 10:59 am to Ed Osteen
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Soliciting money through panhandling is illegal in Louisiana. Seems like it would be easier to just ask the police to enforce the current laws instead of making new ones.
after being harassed by no less than 5 beggars in the Walmart parking lot on College I asked the sheriff who was standing guard in the entrance if anything can be done about the situation b/c its gotten out of hand. He said "its not illegal to ask for money son..." So they are either splitting hairs on what constitutes panhandling or they are just flat out refusing to enforce the law.
Posted on 3/9/20 at 11:05 am to Displaced
If you want to keep giving the BJs out, that’s your business.
Posted on 3/9/20 at 11:13 am to Ed Osteen
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Soliciting money through panhandling is illegal in Louisiana. Seems like it would be easier to just ask the police to enforce the current laws instead of making new ones.
I think the problem must be the courts know they will never get their money from fining them. The least the cops could do is run them off the street corners.
Many of them aren't even homeless that is what really pisses me off.
Posted on 3/9/20 at 11:14 am to BigB0882
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What they should do is making holding up traffic illegal.
This is already a law. Actually, two laws cover this depending on where the bum is located.
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LRS 14:97.1 - Solicitation on an Interstate Highway
A. Solicitation on an interstate highway is the intentional act of soliciting, begging, panhandling or otherwise requesting anything of value on any interstate highway, or on any entrance or exit ramp of an interstate highway.
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LRS 14:97 - Simple Obstruction of a Highway of Commerce
A. Simple obstruction of a highway of commerce is the intentional or criminally negligent placing of anything or performance of any act on any railway, railroad, navigable waterway, road, highway, thoroughfare, or runway of an airport, which will render movement thereon more difficult.
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