Sooo, You want to ignore a law

[Waitone]

Another thread on illegal immigration got me to thinking. I think we are in the early phases of a shutdown of obedience to law.

--Bush finds it inconvenient to instruct his executive branch to enforce immigration laws. He does so in order to call for new laws.

--Clinton found it inconvenient to enforce existing gun laws. He did so in order to have a case for demanding new laws.

--Business leaders find it inconvenient to obey existing immigration laws

--Some cities instruct the local executive branch to not enforce laws, typically immigration. May include drugs or minor theft.

Just a few examples of what I consider to be a future trend. Now once elements of society deem it acceptable to not enforce existing laws, the logical leap necessary to enforce laws not in existence is not that wide. An example is the mayor of San Francisco extending marriage benefits to non-traditional pairs in the absence of statutory permission.

So lemme ask two questions of the esteemed forum:

Question #1--what laws do you think government will enforce which do not exist. A good example is gun seizures in NO after Katrina. No law permitted it but that didn't stop the power structure from doing it.

Question #2--What laws do you find inconvenient which are subject to your determination to not obey?

I think it one thing for the ruling class to fail to obey the law. I think at nother animal for the Great Fed Up to simply quit obeying law.

 

[AFhack]

How many times a day do you exceed a posted speed limit?

 

[U.S.SFC_RET]

As it stands AFHack most speed limits are posted too low for a car and pickup truck or rural roads and outlying urban areas in some places. The Speed limits are designed for anything to include trash trucks, logging trucks and the like. It would be helpul if they posted a little faster speed limit signs for cars and pickup trucks.

 

[Fly320s]

What happens when the sports car, pickup, trash truck, motorcycle, and RV are all on the same stretch of road at the same time?

 

[Sleeping Dog]

What happens when the sports car, pickup, trash truck, motorcycle, and RV are all on the same stretch of road at the same time?

Passing happens.

I thought all speed limits were "minimums".

Regards.

 

[ArmedBear]

What happens when the sports car, pickup, trash truck, motorcycle, and RV are all on the same stretch of road at the same time?

Clearly you have never driven a good sports car around LA, or you'd know!

Trash trucks and RV's are what we think of as moving pylons.

 

[dm1333]

I think that is through ALL of California! I live in a town with 6 stoplights from end to end and people still seem to be offended by the fact that I am in front of them. I had an 80 year old man(o.k., he looked 80) flip me off after he passed me in his Dodge p/u, while I was driving the limit.

 

[Biker]

I was riding through a school zone last fall going 20mph when an old guy driving behind me who could barely see over the steering wheel of his Caddy started honking at me. I pulled over to let him by and he stopped beside my scoot long enough to give me the one-finger salute and call me everything but a human.
My favorite part was when he asked me "What kind of G** Damned Biker are you anyways?"
I wanted to chase him down so I could buy him a brew.
I like spunk.
Biker

 

[Don Gwinn]

Started with no gun content and turned into a discussion of speed limits, an excellent topic for APS.