Collecting In the Huachucas

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dyanega at pop.ucr.edu (Doug Yanega) writes:

>  a legal, registered, loaded handgun stashed away securely in one vehicle,
>  no less! Who could ever imagine that people on camping trips in remote
>  areas near the Mexican border might actually be worried about their
>  safety?!) and knowingly collect insects illegally....if we had actually 
*collected*...
>  insects, he would have assessed an *additional* 200 dollar fine, on top of
>  the one for possession of the net. I, for one, would like to know if simple
>  possession of a net in a National Park really IS illegal

I DON'T THINK THE RIGHT TO BEAR NETS IS SPECIFIED OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS, 
UNLESS THEY CAN BE ALSO BE CONSIDERED ARMS, THOUGH THE GUN OF COURSE SHOULD 
BE COVERED...AS LONG AS IT WASN'T BROUGHT OVER "THE MEXICAN BORDER," WHERE IT 
IS DEFINITELY ILLEGAL.  (THIS IS NOT A JOKE, I THINK IT IS HOW LEGISLATION 
WORKS)

YOUR RUNIN UNFORTUNATELY IS QUITE MILD BY SOME OF THE FOLLOWING STANDARDS:  

LOS ANGELES LAW FORBIDS HUNTING MOTHS UNDER A STREET LIGHT.

CARRYING YOUR LUNCH DOWN THE STREET BETWEEN ELEVEN AND ONE IS ILLEGAL IN 
RIVERSIDE, CA. 

DID YOU KNOW A KANSAS TOWN'S LAW, "NO ONE MAY WEAR A BEE IN THEIR HAT."  

SO WATCH OUT FOR THAT ONE, TOO, AND LET THE BEES KNOW:  ALL BEES ENTERING 
KENTUCKY SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED BY CERTIFICATES OF HEALTH, STATING THAT THE 
APIARY FROM WHICH THE BEES CAME WAS FREE FROM CONTAGIOUS OR INFECTIOUS 
DISEASE.  THAT ONE MIGHT HAVE BEEN REPEALED THANKS TO A FELLOW LISTMEMBER WHO 
SPEAKS FOR THEM...

IT IS FORBIDDEN FOR ANIMALS TO MATE WITHIN 1,500 FEET OF ANY TAVERN, SCHOOL, 
OR PLACE OF WORSHIP IN CALIFORNIA.  (THAT WOULD INCLUDE UCR.  HOPE THE AZ 
RANGER DOESN'T GET A TRANSFER.  YOU ACADEMIC FOLKS ARE MOSTLY ACCESSORIES TO 
THIS CRIME, IT WOULD SEEM...)

IN PACIFIC GROVE, CA, MOLESTING BUTTERFLIES BRINGS A $500 DOLLAR FINE.

WITHIN THE LIMITS OF ANY HONOLULU PARK, IT IS ILLEGAL TO ANNOY ANY BIRD.
 

>  Doug Yanega   (standard disclaimer: opinions are mine, not UCR's)
>  ...    "There are some enterprises in which a careful disorderliness
>          is the true method" - Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chap. 82

HERE'S ANOTHER USEFUL QUOTE:  FROM ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE'S "A SCANDAL IN 
BOHEMIA, " QUOTING SHERLOCK HOLMES RESPONDING TO WATSON:

"THIS IS INDEED A MYSTERY," I REMARKED. "WHAT DO YOU IMAGINE THAT IT MEANS?"  
"I HAVE NO DATA YET. IT IS A CAPITAL MISTAKE TO THEORIZE BEFORE ONE HAS DATA. 
INSENSIBLY ONE BEGINS TO TWIST FACTS TO SUIT THEORIES, INSTEAD OF THEORIES TO 
SUIT FACTS."

MY STANDARD DISCLAIMER: NOT REVIEWED FOR ACCURACY, BUT THE LAWS ARE YOURS AND 
MINE AND OUR APPROPRIATE RESPECTIVE GOVERNMENTS'.  ALSO I AM NOT SHOUTING, 
JUST DISTINGUISHING THE TYPEFACE FOR CONVENIENCE AND DON'T MEAN TO OFFEND.

DOUG DAWN
WOODLAND, CA
MONTERREY, MEXICO