"The Act proposes that a federal felony should be created of willfully using running in the commission of a felony. "No more than five years" in prison plus a hefty fine.
"Criminals use running in their attempts to get away with their crimes. It's harder for overworked (and especially overweight) Policemen to catch them if they run. "Criminals also use running as part of their criminal technique, so the Act introduces the misdemeanour of running without lawful reason. A list of lawful reasons for running is in Appendix C. "Law enforcement agents will abviously need powers to stop and detain people who are running, in order to determine whether they have a lawful reason for doing so. These powers are introduced in the Act. "There are accepted innocent uses for jogging, and running on licenced athletics tracks, and this legislation will in no way impinge on citizens who run in competitions or jog for fitness. "Oh, and another felony of using masks or beards in the commission of a felony. They makes it harder to prosecute criminals. Hats too, in fact the Police need powers to stop people and search them for hats. "Oops, I forgot, that's already tabled elsewhere." -- Peter Fairbrother
