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LordofSquirrels

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MelasZepheos said:
Sean Hollyman said:
You're not allowed to take out marker pens in a public area,.

Being totally serious here.
Graffitti.

Still a bit overblown, but not totally insane.

I find it interesting that there are no more capital offences in Britain at all anymore, not even High Treason.

As for weird laws...

Topless female sellers of exotic tropical fish are legal in Liverpool.

And I heard a story I'm not totally sure of:

The reason that in Britain water tanks are required to be on the top floor of houses is because when the Napoleonic War was being fought they were worried that old Nappy would sail up the Thames and start another Great Fire in London. So water tanks on the top floor so when he cannonaded the houses no fires would start.
Topless female sellers... probably would keep any guys from noticing the fish they're buying is sickly or dead. They wouldn't pay much attention to the bloody thing. o_O
 

ElPatron

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I think I mentioned this before. In my country the concealed carry license only allows the license holder to carry .25/.32 ACP firearms, which are really poor compared to larger calibers. Also, you can't carry hollow points, only FMJ (law is unclear when it comes to expanding FMJs or EFMJs, but I don't think anyone makes them in .25 or .32).

Basically, if you're a person that faces danger and requires a CC license, they want you to use some of the most ineffective calibers available that in case of successful penetration will just pose a greater risk to innocent bystanders.

However, if you hunt larger game with weaker rounds you are breaking the law. There are laws that prevent unnecessary animal suffering but not human suffering.

thaluikhain said:
In Australia, in some states it's illegal to have a crossbow, unless you are doing historical re-enactments or making a movie, and they are trying to push this into the other states which only restrict them.

It's legal to own a semiautomatic centrefire hunting rifle (not easy to get a Category D licence, though, but people do), but not a crossbow.
In the United States you can have a knife propelled by gunpowder but not by a spring (like the Spetsnaz ones).

Also, I don't know if the Cat C is any easier to get than the D but it allows semi-auto rimfire rifles. There are also pump-action centrefire rifles that allow the shooter to fire almost as fast as a semi. So yeah, the crossbow law is pretty dumb. How are they more dangerous than bows?
 

Stu35

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In Yorkshire, it is legal to shoot a Scotsman found inside the city walls of York on a sunday.

This does not auger well for me, as I'm Scottish, live near York, and regularly go there (in fact I used to work there).
 

Dwarfman

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So apparently it is still legal in certain towns of England to shoot a Welshman or a Scotsman with a longbow or crossbow. However it can only be done within the city walls and after midnight. Although in Hereford it is illegal to shoot a Welshman in a cathedral on Sundays.
 

Dwarfman

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Stu35 said:
In Yorkshire, it is legal to shoot a Scotsman found inside the city walls of York on a sunday.

This does not auger well for me, as I'm Scottish, live near York, and regularly go there (in fact I used to work there).
Gaaahhhh muther frackin' ninja'd by the post above my own!!!!
 

Imthatguy

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A lot of states prohibited 'sodomy'[footnote]the 'any thing other than vaginal' kind[/footnote] before 2003.
 

Bleidd Whitefalcon

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Dwarfman said:
So apparently it is still legal in certain towns of England to shoot a Welshman or a Scotsman with a longbow or crossbow. However it can only be done within the city walls and after midnight. Although in Hereford it is illegal to shoot a Welshman in a cathedral on Sundays.
For some reason, laws like that pop up in a lot of British towns. Not sure why.
 

Dragoon

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I've got a few:
. It's illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament, if any one is near death they have to be dragged out of Parliament so they don't die in it.

. It's illegal to place a stamp bearing the British monarch upside down.

. In Scotland if somebody knocks on your door and asks to use your toilet you are required by law to let them.
 

Supernova1138

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Bleidd Whitefalcon said:
Supernova1138 said:
Bleidd Whitefalcon said:
In Daytona Beach, Florida, you're not allowed to molest trash cans. >.> What in the name of god prompted THAT law?
It probably has to do with the Trash Humpers.

http://blip.tv/brows-held-high/brows-held-high-trash-humpers-4678636
...dafuq did i just watch?
Yeah, that is pretty much everyone's reaction to the Trash Humpers. The guy who directed the film is batshit insane, what else can we say.
 

Esotera

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It is illegal to die in the House of Commons. Also, every boy aged over 12 must practice 40 hours of archery a week (or something around that number, can't remember exactly).
 

Dwarfman

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Bleidd Whitefalcon said:
Dwarfman said:
So apparently it is still legal in certain towns of England to shoot a Welshman or a Scotsman with a longbow or crossbow. However it can only be done within the city walls and after midnight. Although in Hereford it is illegal to shoot a Welshman in a cathedral on Sundays.
For some reason, laws like that pop up in a lot of British towns. Not sure why.
It goes back to the days when the Welsh and Scots were rebelling and causing all soughts of havoc with the English. That being said the English did invade and occupy them so...
 

BlackStar42

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It is illegal for anyone to die in the Houses of Parliament.
In the city of Liverpool, it is illegal for a woman to be topless except as a clerk in a tropical fish store.
A pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants, including in a policeman?s helmet.
It is illegal to avoid telling the tax man anything you do not want him to know, but legal not to tell him information you do not mind him knowing.
Every Englishman must show up for longbow practice once a week, to be supervised by the local priest.
 

Khinjarsi

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I read one once about it being illegal to ride a cow down a British motorway. As fun as that actually sounds....
 

Dwarfman

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Imthatguy said:
A lot of states prohibited 'sodomy'[footnote]the 'any thing other than vaginal' kind[/footnote] before 2003.
Speaking of which the legal age of consent in Queensland is 16 except for sodomy which is 18. Not sure why.