April 15, 2019
If you could write one new law, what would it be?
My first thought when I read this question was that we have too many laws already. Do we really need even one more?
But then I think of some of the new laws I’ve seen in my lifetime. Like the one that made it illegal to rape your wife. (Wrap your mind around that- it used to be legal.) or the one that made it illegal to aim a camera up a woman’s skirt without her permission. How about the one that required electric automobiles’ engines to make a loud sound so blind people could hear them coming? (That was proposed, I don’t know if it passed or not.)
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So, it’s obvious that we need new laws to keep up with changing times and technology. But that also means that some old ones no longer apply. Like the one from Arizona that rules that donkeys aren’t allowed to sleep in bathtubs. Or Michigan’s law that makes it illegal to buy or sell vehicles on Sunday. (I remember not being able to buy groceries on Sunday.) How about South Carolina’s law that makes it illegal for a minor to play pinball?
Here’s my proposal for a new law. For every new law that is passed, at least one old one must be taken off the books. The first fifty or so would be a piece of cake, but after that I’m not so sure. Can you imagine the hours lawmakers and their clerks would have to put in to find laws to strike from the books? The thought fills me with glee. At least it would be a better use of their time than hours spent debating a state song or fish.
What law would you write? Tell me in the comments. Now I’m off to check out what the other authors have to say.
April 15, 2019
If you could write one new law, what would it be?
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