While most of our laws are obvious and reasonable, some laws seem…a little strange, even humorous as I wrote last Friday, in Dumb Legislation: You Can’t Bathe Your Donkey but You Can Buy a Gun. Click here if you missed it (you won't believe these laws). Here are a few more states with unusual laws, yet they fail to enact strict gun control laws to keep its citizens safe.
Alaska:
Strange Law: It is illegal to whisper in someone's ear while they are moose hunting. Why, because the moose might overhear and bolt?
Gun Law: A permit is not required for the purchase of a handgun, rifle, or shotgun; a person does not need to register the gun or be a licensed owner.
Connecticut:
Strange Law: It’s illegal to make pickles that can't bounce. In fact, once upon a time, a pickle company was sued because its pickles could not bounce, which made them 'bad.'
Gun Law: A permit is required to purchase a handgun, rifle, or shotgun. You must register the rifle, shotgun or an assault weapon but do not need to register a handgun. You also need to be a licensed gun owner to own any gun in the state - handguns, rifles, shotguns, and assault rifles. The only case where a permit is required is to carry a handgun.
Michigan:
Strange Law: A person can’t kill a dog using a decompression chamber. Really? Is this a thing? Who has access to a decompression chamber anyway? Michigan also bans alligators from being tied to fire hydrants; this may make some sense in Louisiana or Florida (not really), but how many alligators are there in Michigan?
Gun Law:
You do not need a permit to purchase or carry a rifle and shotgun carry, nor do you need to register the gun. For a handgun, you need a permit to carry the gun, and the gun must be registered, but you don’t need to be a licensed gun owner.