#22 Missouri – All Bears Must Be Caged When Inside a Moving Car
It’s against the law to drive a vehicle while an un-caged bear is inside. The real crime is that there seems to be no backstory to this priceless piece of legislation. So many questions are left unanswered:
- How many times did someone cruise around with a bear in their backseat before officials decided to draft a bill about it?
- Did the Governor give a heartfelt speech about the importance of on-road bear safety when announcing the new law?
- Why is it still legal to have a bear inside a parked car?
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My theory is, the people of Missouri took a stance against gun control, willing to be mauled by a bear to protect their Second Amendment rights.
Just bear with me here…(no pun intended)
Conservative lawmakers always insist on interpreting the Constitution in the most literal way possible, right? And, of course, they’ve always firmly stood by their right to “bear arms.” So, quoting the 2nd amendment, they claimed everyone should be allowed to have a bear. The protest backfired when a “bear’s arms” caused unnecessary deaths and restrictions had to be put into place.
(Is that so much more far-fetched then multiple Missourians being stupid enough to get on the road with a 1,500-pound territorial predator for a passenger?)
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