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**44 AMP** · July 21, 2010, 12:20 AM

If you think new laws are bad, take a look at some of the old ones that are still on the books, and can still be enforced, if the govt decides to!

Included in them are laws prohibiting certain consensual acts between husband and wife!

And some that are today, rathe humorous. For example, it is illegal to shoot rabbits from the back of a Brooklyn streetcar, but only if the car is in motion!
In Washington, it is illegal to have sex with a virgin (including if married to one)!!!

When I was younger, many states still had and enforced "blue laws", prohibiting all businesses (except grocery stores, liquor stores and bars) from being open for business on Sunday! Hospitals were, of course also exempt, fortunately.

There are tons of "crazy" laws on the books, and our duly, oops, duely elected officials are hard at work giving us more every day they are in session!

July 21, 2010, 12:20 AM	#10
44 AMP Staff Join Date: March 11, 2006 Location: Upper US Posts: 28,846	If you think new laws are bad, take a look at some of the old ones that are still on the books, and can still be enforced, if the govt decides to! Included in them are laws prohibiting certain consensual acts between husband and wife! And some that are today, rathe humorous. For example, it is illegal to shoot rabbits from the back of a Brooklyn streetcar, but only if the car is in motion! In Washington, it is illegal to have sex with a virgin (including if married to one)!!! When I was younger, many states still had and enforced "blue laws", prohibiting all businesses (except grocery stores, liquor stores and bars) from being open for business on Sunday! Hospitals were, of course also exempt, fortunately. There are tons of "crazy" laws on the books, and our duly, oops, duely elected officials are hard at work giving us more every day they are in session! __________________ All else being equal (and it almost never is) bigger bullets tend to work better.