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The 4th Amend. says ".....unreasonable searches and seizures..." Maybe you have a different definition of "unreasonable" than I do. I consider a police officer frisking someone because they fit within his/her suspicious nature at the time of night or day and the place that person is in the area to be reasonable. If a young man is on his bike, delivering a pizza at 5pm in a neighborhood, I would not consider that "reasonable." However, if that same person was walking down the street at 3am in the same neighborhood, it might be "reasonable" to stop and question his intentions and identify him in case something untoward happens. In that case, the officer would be prudent in frisking said person for his own safety. That's my opinion. Now, if we deny that right to the police officers, then we would be limiting a police presence and h tying their hands behind their back at to their job when we are hoping that we are safe in our homes. Just because someone abuses a right does not mean that everyone should suffer that does not abuse their rights.