Property Rights: Confiscating property used for felony crimes

[TheNoNamedOne]

When willful crimes of a felony nature occur, do you support confiscation of all property that was used in committng that crime?

For example, if cocaine is found on a speedboat(this speedboat was not purchased from funds of illegal activity) being imported into the U.S. by a U.S. citizen willfully engaged in drug smuggling, and the boat is registered to and owned by that citizen, should that boat be confiscated?

What if the owner of a 100 acre farm in Montana is found to be engaged in sawing off shotguns and manufacturing zip guns to be sold to gangs? Should his farm property be confiscated?

Or do you feel property rights are sacred and should preclude confiscation regardless of guilt? Maybe all those items should just be set aside and impounded, and once the criminal serves his time, be given all property back.

What do you think?

[Asshat]

This question is somewhat over-simplified. In the US, no one owns their property. Not really.

That $7,000 boat is going to be assessed at $12,000 by the county, and you'll pay taxes on it, or have your pay garnished, loose the boat, etc.

That $101,000 home you pay on for 30 years is appraised by the tax man at $150,000 and you'll pay the taxes on that too. Or loose it.

You paid that $101K but 15 feet of the front and back, and 10 feet of the sides are setbacks that you can't do anything with but grow flowers on.

And that same county that assessed your home at $150K will pay you $75K when they tell you to move because they are building a road, or flooding the river near it.

The simple answer is "yes" they should take your property if you use it in a crime-but that action should be a court action with due process. Not automatic.

But hey, we already know what happens when you try to mess with sawed off shot guns in Idaho right? The ATF moves in, surrounds your home with snipers and takes out your children unless you come out peacefully.