As a government employee [not law enforcement] I can tell you this much: the saying you can't fight city hall isn't entirely true, but it's damn close. What it boils down to is this: if someone has a big enough bug up their ass then they'll gladly piss away a day or more of their time (using your tax dollars) to come up with creative interpretation (see bastardization) of an existing reg to do what they damn well want. Then the problem becomes that you're going to have to defeat the twit using your time and your dollars while they're leaning back in their chair whistling dixie and not breaking a sweat since there's no personal liability in it for them either way. It really is an ugly thing.
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