[quote=spdrun]Arresting people for the actual crimes mentioned, not licensing and/or arresting everyone who goes door to door in a respectful fashion.[/quote]
The cops would be so busy following up on reports of harassing solicitors that they would not be able to handle it.
Also, forgot to add that the majority of attempted and actual break-ins in our neighborhood happened when people were pretending to be door-to-door solicitors.
I know we will probably not see eye-to-eye on this issue, but (IMHO) the rights of solicitors, however legitimate they may be (and most around here do NOT seem to be legitimate) do not trump the rights of residents to feel safe, secure, and unmolested in their own homes.
