Ludicrous Laws

[Champ]

1.
LAW: It is illegal to transport a skunk across state lines.
COUNTRY: USA / STATE: Tennessee
CITATION: 70-4-208. Unlawful importation of skunks - Penalty.

2.
LAW: It is illegal to taunt someone for refusing to participate in a duel.
COUNTRY: USA / STATE: West Virginia
CITATION: §61-2-24. Taunting for nonparticipation in duel; penalty.

3.
LAW: There is a one-dollar fine for every instance of public drunkenness and/or swearing.
COUNTRY: USA / STATE: West Virginia
CITATION: §61-8-15. Profane swearing and drunkenness; penalty.

4.
LAW: It is illegal to require someone to purchase a horror comic book.
COUNTRY: USA / STATE: California
CITATION: Cal Bus & Prof Code §16603 Requiring purchase of horror comic book as condition to sale or consignment of magazine or other publication.

There are 6 more at the link.
http://encarta.msn.com/grad_article_ludicrouslaws/Ludicrous_laws.html?

[eyesroll]

1. Won't it be nice when we look back at today's stupid laws and are able

to call them ludicrous?

Champ  (1000+ posts)
Sun May-30-29 10:01 PM
Original message

Ludicrous Laws

Check these out -- these were on the books as recently as the '00s.
1. LAW: Marriage is defined solely as a union between one man and one woman.
COUNTRY: USA/National

2. LAW: Simple possession of marijuana can bring a jail sentence longer than that for many violent crimes.
COUNTRY: USA/STATE: Various.

[vpigrad]

3. Agreed!

Another example:

In most states, any idiot can buy a gun.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

7. Don't forget the DMCA.

3. LAW: Telling people how to circumvent any kind of copy blocking is illegal.
COUNTRY: USA/National

[Don_G]

2. You Can't Get A Moose Drunk In Fairbanks

There was this Alaskan bar owner....

[kevinam]

4. don't know the number but...

Where I live, Covington GA. It is against the law to have pool tables in an establishment the sells alcoholic beverages by the drink. Darts are okay. Yup, makes sense. Of the two, I would rather someone with a pool cue than sharpened projectiles, but that's just me. Granted in the state of GA it is against the law to sell packaged alcoholic beverages on sundays. God would hate us very much if we did. Sorry, religous folks, I just think that law is ridiculous, and can't quite understand why it hasn't been ruled unconstitutional. Maybe I should become a constitutional attorney and I would know why...Kevin.

[Don_G]

5. A More Comprehensive List State-By-State

http://www.legal-forms-kit.com/legal-jokes/dumb-laws.html

[Paranoid_Portlander]

6. It's illegal to have more than two dildos...

...in a house in Arizona. I suppose it would be OK to have more than two if you live in an apartment. It's also illegal to have less than one front tooth missing in Arizona. That would mean no front teeth missing, which would be illegal? Or part of a front tooth? I think the folks at Legal-forms meant more than one front tooth missing would be illegal. That makes it a little less ludicrous. Thanks for the list! Very entertaining. Many more gems in the list.

[Champ]

8. Arizona my home state

Also, any misdeameanor committed while wearing a red mask is a felony. :crazy:

[UrbScotty]

9. Can we make #3 a national law?

If so, Bush would only be about 95% as rich as he is today.