by crbutler on Thu Dec 22, 2016 9:19 am
Discussing changing a law one disagrees with is reasonable.
Claiming that a law on the books is bad because it could be interpreted badly, but at least to this point has not, and really has no negative consequences for the vast majority until current precedent has been overturned, and that it should be interpreted more broadly than it has been seems to me to be poking a hornets nest for no real gain.
I would be spending a bunch of money to overturn this myself if it was interpreted the way Russtra claims it should be, but American jurisprudence has the concept of precedent and so far precedent meant that the law does not mean what he claims.
While I agree there is a lot of poorly written law and the people would be better served by the legislature cleaning that up rather than making up new regulations, the truth is if we try and change the current law to match his desired outcome, we are opening the door for new intrusion into this area.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
If you disagree, don't come crying to me when the roof falls in on you and that sleeping dog mauls you.