What is the worst law in your country/state?

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Agape93 · Accepted Answer

If someone breaks into your house, you have to retreat and exhaust all reasonable avenues of escape before you can exercise deadly force.

If that applied to me, and I had someone break in to hurt me, I'd have to run out into the woods, possibly at night. I'd have to either run half a mile to a neighbor who hates me and hope he will help, or I'll have to run for over half an hour to the main road, then either hope a car comes or run a few more hours to town. But if caught again, I might be justified in shooting them. Might.

purplepoppy · Accepted Answer

Section 32 of the Salmon Act 1986 it is illegal "to handle a salmon in suspicious circumstances".

Now obviously this is to do with poaching. But if you buy a salmon in a shop, even a fillet and don't get a receipt you could be fined if your caught with it. Worse still if it's in your car they have the legal right to seize your vehicle.

MCheetah · Accepted Answer

I can't think of any US laws that's  that  dumb, besides maybe still outlawing prostitution (that should've been legalized as far back as the seventies; even if I don't like it). But one thing that  100% SHOULD be illegal , is lobbying. It's insane how you can legally bribe and coerce the government into passing laws and bills that you want, and how most Americans don't even have an issue with that. How TF is lobbying NOT illegal? ! As far as South Korea goes, porn is technically illegal. But most people just use a VPN anyway.

ShadezMcgee · Accepted Answer

Despite having castle doctrine, we need to give a verbal warning and call the police when someone breaks into your house and you cannot use deadly force until all options have been exhausted.

@Agape93 I am in the same boat with. That is bullshit. Someone breaks into your house it is not good intentions and as far as I am concerned they forfeit their right to live.

Honorable mention: Being at an at fault state for accidents. You can be liable if you are involved and it was a freak accident or collateral damage

GoodGuyBreakingBad · Answer

Four Pennsylvania USA laws that are just plain weird A bedroom may not be more than 200 feet from a bathroom. ... 
 Fortune telling is illegal for personal gain. ... 
 No purchasing of vehicles on Sundays. ... 
 Catching fish with your bare hands is illegal.

SpringValley · Answer

I'm not exactly sure about the number, but I believe that 16 states still have laws against sodomy.

I read about a husband that was arrested for doing this with his own wife, and in his own living room. Talking about a victimless crime. lol

Rosexøxø · Answer

Hmm… I mean, I don’t follow up with everything, but the most recent would probably be the legalization of certain drugs, like “mari-John-uhhh” lol that’s just me looking for something to complain about- I really don’t feel infringed in any way. 🤷‍♀️

anonanonanonomys · Answer

In Montana Guiding sheep onto a railroad track with an intent to injure the train can get you five years in prison or a $50,000 fine. Illegal for married women to go fishing on Sundays and unmarried women can't fish alone at all lol. And it's was recently removed but there was a law that said if seven or more native Americans were together it was considered a war party and it was legal to shoot them. Racist and gross and now gone thank God

Rkbleezy · Answer

Here is two really weird ones from my county in my state. I have always found these to be the most obvious common sense things as in what not to do, but apparently we needed laws against them.

It is illegal to bring a mule onto a trolley car.

It is illegal to sleep in a refrigerator.

Not just don't do it. IT'S ILLEGAL. I find these extremely comical.

AviatorTom · Answer

These aren't necessarily statewide laws, but do apply in certain areas:

1. Wearing a hoodie (with the hood up) in public is illegal
2. Burring a person under a sidewalk is illegal
3. You can't sell 2 beers for the price of 1 beer

These two are statewide:
4. Accelerating your car in front of a school is illegal
5. Coasting your car downhill is illegal

Sharonclaire · Answer

In general smoking cessation products at low doses should be available to people trying to quit smoking regardless of age. I know of many people who say it’s easier to get access to cigarettes than smoking cessation products. That makes it hard for teens to quit if they have to go to a doctor with parents to quit but not have the parents know about the drugs in the first place.

Anonymous · Answer

No paper or plastic bags so you have to use reusable bags which use more energy and pollution to run through the washing machine than the paper or plastic bags do, plus all of India and China use paper and plastic which means any amount of conservation we do has no positive effect whatsoever.

Aerissa_Jade · Answer

It is illegal to collect rain water, the water that falls from the sky is owned by the government. Yet I can't sue the government for the damage their water does to my roof over time or if a large storm causes flooding.

matchrestore · Answer

There are no laws expressly forbidding nudity, which according to the constitution renders it legal, but there are so many laws regarding morality that would make it hard to defend nudity in court. Even openly breastfeeding has gotten some women in legal trouble because the nudity involved a minor... The infant that was breastfeeding. The morality police here hold a little too much power.

t_time · Answer

That Trudeau and his loser liberal party decided it was a good idea to make a list of random guns ban and make illegal.. even these items made the list including some airsoft guns, some paintball guns, and even BLACK RIFLE COFFEE COMPANY... I think he got a kindergarten student to write it up for him.. this gun ban makes no sense. Go to hell Trudeau... he needs to step down. He is a Embarrassment to Canada

letuswaltzforthedead · Answer

It's illegal to fart publicly after 6PM, you can be fined for falling asleep under a hair dryer at the hair salon, and it's illegal to feed alligators (take a wild guess what state lol).

DribbleGodCurt · Answer

In my state of new york, If you are caught flirting, you must pay a fine of $25.00 Read More: Ten More New York Laws That are Weird, But Somehow Still Exist

Noahzaid · Answer

In my country the problem isn’t with law it’s with the people ruling, judges, governors etc.. are all exploiting their privilege to a very inhumane extent

Ill_made_Knight · Answer

Carrying wire cutters in your hip pocket... illegal
You are not to shoot buffalo from the balcony
You may not eat from your neighbors trash
And lastly I give you.. you are allowed to wear pistols on your hips so long as the pistols are real and you are not selling snow cones

Chazmatazz269 · Answer

The firearms laws in California are absolutely stoopid. The lunatic left doesn’t want to talk about it because the gun crimes haven’t stopped or even slowed. Stopped a lot of law abiding citizens from protecting themselves though. Hence the reasonable people with means have gone elsewhere.

CuriousMufuxka · Answer

Well not either state I live in, or necessarily law but I was charged almost 200 dollars in tolls between New Jersey and Pennsylvania driving back to my home state. Yep.

SwellStroke · Answer

The state I am in has a thing against anything past missionary position. Bj? Nope. Masturbation? Nope. Etc. Though this is more reflective about controlling the masses to fund the machine that runs the state.

Pohjolan · Answer

(Maybe not the worst but the most stupid one.) I'm not allowed to hunt with a crossbow because it could penetrate the chest plate of a medieval knight.

Owasso · Answer

It's not a law, it's a saying. That there's "Freedom and justice for all." What a sick joke. At least other countries are honest... pay em money, and they'll go away. Here, it's all about TALKING the moral high road, but not actually doing it.

Bratsondanielle · Answer

Legal weed. In Colorado the less intelligent people are literally free to buy and smoke weed which is devastating to the trailer park community and the 27 year Olds who live in mama's basement

Fromdusktilldawn · Answer

self defense (especially with a weapon) is illegal data privacy, meaning dashcams are illegal as well

BJP21 · Answer

Im use this analogy of there's an app for that... In California, there's a license for that.

Static_In_The_Attic · Answer

It really grinds my gears to hear that in the state of Pennsylvania it’s illegal to sleep on top of a refrigerator outdoors. I think that’s bullshit because I always wanted to sleep on top of a refrigerator outdoors in that state.

SaoirseS · Answer

You can’t shoot rabbits from a motorboat.

RavVid · Answer

In Australia we have preferential voting which i think is called ranked choice in the US. The problem is that you have to preference all the candidates. In effect you have to vote for one of the two major parties.

NavyblueTacos · Answer

there is an old law which has never been revoked stating: "If the sea between Denmark and Sweeden freezes, and a Swede walks over the ice, you are allowed to hit him with a stick

Guy13 · Answer

Canadian geese are a protected class in USA. Road Kill is much better classification for those grass eating constant shit dropping Canadians... just like Montreal !!!

jennifer_bloom · Answer

That you can’t kick tenants out of your home if they refuse to pay rent

HippieVeganJewslim · Answer

When in Rome, do as the Romans do. It’s legal to torture a lunatic and ban them from being free.

misogynistic_pig · Answer

Subsidy of 500 thousand pesos for single mothers.

BobbieBoy666 · Answer

Against the law of public nudism  Why can't I walk out of my house nude. ?

Mangospacho · Answer

You can’t keep an alligator as a pet or as a guard for your property or to keep the property and house tidy. So much for the dream of having an alligator butler.

Debbie14217 · Answer

when to tie up your horses on the street during certain hours of the business day

PhenomenalQueen · Answer

It’s illegal to drive barefoot.. LMAO like whaaaat

Sparkie460 · Answer

In New York if a person doesn't suffer pain and they are not of working age, they have no monetary value.

OddBeMe · Answer

We have tons of ancient laws that couldn’t possibly ne enforced but would cost money to have removed.

Anonymous · Answer

There are still anti-sodomy laws on the books in some states in the US, which is ridiculous. What my wife and I choose to do in our bedroom is no one's business but our own.

KostasKouvalis · Answer

In California, if you steal less than $1000 worth of shit, no one will punish you.

Manuel2 · Answer

No protection for witnesses. The Harassement Acts  Design to protect women but used by child molesters rapist and so on to protect them

Guardian45 · Answer

You CAN'T herd your pigs down the main street during rush hour. I live in a big city that still has archaic laws.

Anonymous · Answer

You can kill a Welshman crossing the bridge on a Sunday.

Paul09 · Answer

Language laws lol. French speaking province gets offend by the anglos.

Alex8736 · Answer

favoring illegal immigrants over middle class working people

AngryCarl · Answer

I don't know. Apart from traffic regulations the laws aren't really enforced anyway.

dustybiker · Answer

Breed bans. Talk about ignorance.

CateM · Answer

The state can ban safe abortions

lightbulb27 · Answer

Gravity!

Maqsood1920 · Answer

Ummm, so im from india ,, and the worst law could be, Secrecy of Electoral bonds

AnusNdaPainus · Answer

No drinking and driving

BLP11520 · Answer

Oklahoma, speeding tickets are very high

Nominal · Answer

Lithuania - there is No any bad Law.

Jamie05rhs · Answer

Abortion on-demand.

Cubus · Answer

Tax law.

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