Steve - You didn't offend me, I'm thick skinned
Bench warrant for a failure to appear or search warrant; although they are very different, as you pointed out, they both can facilitate a knock on your door, as you yourself said - IF a judge/magistrate sees fit to order such action...
If you read back, you will see that I am not being critical of the legal system itself, but moreso of the individuals who enforce the laws...
Something to think about
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"...for men change their rulers willingly, hoping to better themselves, and this hope induces them to take up arms against him who rules: wherein they are deceived, because they afterwards find by experience they have gone from bad to worse..."
"The Prince"
Nicolo Machiavelli
Written c. 1505, published 1515
If my words have offended anyone involved in law enforcement, my apologies. But I question authority, sometimes to a fault - and in doing so I have learned that if we do not constantly question those in power, we too soon will meet with someone elses predetermined fate. And that is no way to live at all.