Read the following excerpt from a US court opinion:
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in order “to protect the public from the possibility that a revolver would fall into untrained or perhaps malicious hands.” Id. at 443, 93 S.Ct. 2523. Because the search was a result of a function “totally divorced from the detection, investigation, or acquisition of evidence relating to the violation of a criminal statute,” it was permissible. Id. at 441, 93 S.Ct. 2523. Although Dombrowski involved the search of a vehicle, some lower courts have relied on the community caretaking rationale in upholding warrantless searches of homes. United States v. Quezada, 448 F.3d 1005, 1007 (8th Cir.2006); United States v. Stafford, 416 F.3d 1068, 1073 (9th Cir.2005); United States v. Rohrig, 98 F.3d 1506, 1521-22 (6th Cir.1996). But see United States v. Bute, 43 F.3d 531, 535 (10th Cir.1994) ; United States v. Pichany, 687 F.2d 204,
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What is the most suitable continuation to the opinion? Your options are:
A. holding state has burden of showing exception to prohibition against warrantless searches applies
B. recognizing the community caretaking exception but holding it inapplicable to justify the police action at issue
C. holding that community caretaking exception applies only to automobile searches
D. recognizing that the community caretaking exception is distinct from the emergency aid or emergency assistance exception to the fourth amendment warrant requirement
E. recognizing that the community caretaking function as an exception and enunciating a test for its application
Reply with [A, B, C, D, E] only.