Reply #119: I advocated nothing, I posted the law as it exists...

[Spazito]

I made no comment as whether I thought the law, as written, should or should not exist. It is clear the State of Massachusetts believed strongly enough that the law should exist in that they added it to Section 98 in the form of the addendum D and ensured, by using "shall" rather than "should" that there was no flexibility on the part of the officer to whom a lawful request is made.

Edited to further clarify.