CONCORD — Property rights advocates and law enforcement agencies clashed over a bill Tuesday that would limit drug forfeiture laws, while gun rights advocates and those concerned with public safety went toe-to-toe on extending justifiable lethal force from the home to a vehicle.
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard House Bill 331 which would prohibit any state or local law enforcement agency from transferring to the federal government any property seized in drug trafficking unless it exceeded $100,000 in value.
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