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Dumb Laws in the News

Dumb Laws aren't a just thing of the past. We're tracking down breaking news in the world of crazy laws. Keep checking back, because there are new stories every week. The next one could be in your hometown. Let ue help keep you on the right side of the law!

The Election is Officially an Election

Posted by Danny on September 3, 2008

No election, whether it’s the presidential election or the fifth grade class president election at Bumbledick Junior High, is complete without a little scandal. And we’ve got a scandal that’s so juicy, it’ll make you chubby.

The “exclusive” on Barack Obama’s law history comes to us courtesy of Politico.

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Guns at Work May Not Work

Posted by Danny on August 26, 2008

Are you just itching to take that new gun of yours to work now that a new law lets you do it? Well, better put ol’ Bessie back in her holster for a second.

Reason Magazine speculates that the new law in Florida is infringing on property owners’ rights by increasing gun ownership rights.

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AG Doesn’t Know Definition of Law

Posted by Danny on August 19, 2008

It’s understandable if some people don’t know the definition of the word “law.” Public education has taken some massive hits in our time and we’re sure most of them had to burn dictionaries for heat. But it’s another thing when your the attorney general of the country, a job that requires you to at least know the definition of the word “law.”

Michael Mukasey, the U.S. Attorney General, said he won’t pursue charges in the U.S. attorney firings because “not every wrong, or even every violation of the law, is a crime,” according to the New York Times.

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Caution: Men with Guns at Work

Posted by Danny on August 8, 2008

Those crazy gun laws are back again. They’re like cockroaches. They keep popping up in ways you don’t expect them: in your shoes, in the toaster, in the cockroach of the cockroach that just crawled out of the toaster.

A new law in Florida allows employers to bring their guns to work, but there isn’t a law that allows the customers the same right, according to the Palm Beach Post.

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Litter or Die

Posted by Danny on August 5, 2008

We’ve got nothing against littering laws. In fact, if you’re caught littering, we think that you should be thrown on the ground as well, just so you know what it feels like.

Unfortunately, New York is taking things a bit too far with their littering law, according to the Brooklyn Eagle.

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