Don't Some Laws Only Hurt Honest People?

by **Jeffery** » Sat Feb 08, 2014 4:16 pm

I think some laws only hurt honest people, because the criminals can find ways around doing it legal anyway. I was just trying to purchase some Pseudoephedrine HCl(Sudafed) on drugstore.com and found out that there is a new addition to the new law about how much Pseudoephedrine HCl a person can buy at a time. First they made me show my drivers license and only buy 7.?? grams per month. Ok, annoying, but I can do that. Now in addition to the monthly gram limit there is a daily gram limit. So you can only but 1 box of anything with Pseudoephedrine HCl a day. Even though I like to buy 2 or 3 at a time to jack up my purchase price to get free shipping and save time.(It will last me months) Are there any laws that really bug you and seem to only hurt honest people?

by **Onfroi** » Sat Feb 08, 2014 9:17 pm

Absolutely! There are a whole host of laws that are passed in an attempt to make things difficult for criminals without regard for the impositions that they cause for the law abiding nor for the fact that criminals simply ignore the laws and are largely unaffected by such regulations.Most laws targeted at restricting gun ownership fall into this category.

by **Barend** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 10:20 am

Yes, Your example is perfect. I don't live in town and I like to stock up on stuff when I go to the store. I hate that I can't buy more than one box of cold medicine at one time. I don't like having to show my driver's license either. I think the gun laws are the same way. There's the registration and the waiting period and the background checks. More than likely, a person who is willing to go through all of that is law abiding. Criminals and gang bangers are getting their guns out of the back of some guy's van. All the laws are trying to control criminals by punishing law abiding citizens. It doesn't make any sense and it doesn't work. I'm sure there are many, many more. Lawmakers don't seem to have much common sense. j_bax 69 months ago Please sign in to give a compliment. Please verify your account to give a compliment. Please sign in to send a message. Please verify your account to send a message.

by **Baldwynn** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 10:48 pm

YuLiQigong said: 3 The problem is that laws are written by lawyers. Lawyers mostly study things like English, Philosophy, History, etc. while in(high) school and college, then they only study Law in Law school.(Well, some of them take an ethics class, but it is a short class and they don't pay much attention in class anyway). Then they get elected and pass laws on Biology, Chemistry, Math., Medicine, Pharmacology, etc. and all they know is how to spell them. 69 months ago

by **Burg** » Sat Feb 22, 2014 6:31 am

IchtheosaurusRex said: 2 I've got to agree, it's about the dumbest law I've seen recently. I have seasonal allergies, and I need the stuff. Now the Government is assuming I'm running a meth lab. I have to show my DL to pick up Sudafed at the pharmacy, but when I busted my toe, I didn't have to show anything to pick up my Vicodin. How messed up is that? 69 months ago

by **MacQuaid** » Sat Feb 22, 2014 11:16 pm

A law only has an effect on the people who follow it. A thief is not constrained by laws against thieving, and a bank robbert is not constrained by laws against bank robbing. Laws on what kinds of drugs you can buy, laws on where you can get your drugs from, laws on how you take your drugs, and laws on who you can give your drugs to all affect only those people who obey those laws. Gun right advocates argue that if you make guns illegal, only criminals will have guns. They are correct on that point; it's a truism. So yes, of course this law only hurts the people who follow it. But is it a bad law? Well, to decide that, we need to wonder why the law exists. The reason the law exists is that you can use it to make meth. Wait, what? Yes, that's right! You can make methamphetamines out of it. Your little decongestant is an important ingredient in a particularly awful illegal drug. Before this law existed, drug makers could just wander into a store and walk out with enough Pseudophedrine to make giant piles of meth. They could even order it online! Oh no! If this limitation is not tolerable, you may want to talk to your doctor or pharmacist about switching to another decongestant that is not as heavily regulated, like Phenylephrine. You want to hear about someone hit hard by these restrictions? One guy was arrested for purchasing two doses of Claritin(one was for his son). http://www.wqad.com/Global/story.asp?S=5477392&nav=menu132_5

by **Norcross** » Tue Feb 25, 2014 9:36 am

YoBob said: 1 Absolutely! There are a whole host of laws that are passed in an attempt to make things difficult for criminals without regard for the impositions that they cause for the law abiding nor for the fact that criminals simply ignore the laws and are largely unaffected by such regulations.Most laws targeted at restricting gun ownership fall into this category. 69 months ago

by **Rae** » Wed Mar 05, 2014 5:20 pm

The problem is that laws are written by lawyers. Lawyers mostly study things like English, Philosophy, History, etc. while in(high) school and college, then they only study Law in Law school.(Well, some of them take an ethics class, but it is a short class and they don't pay much attention in class anyway). Then they get elected and pass laws on Biology, Chemistry, Math., Medicine, Pharmacology, etc. and all they know is how to spell them.

by **Osbeorht** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 7:00 pm

Your example is perfect. I don't live in town and I like to stock up on stuff when I go to the store. I hate that I can't buy more than one box of cold medicine at one time. I don't like having to show my driver's license either. I think the gun laws are the same way. There's the registration and the waiting period and the background checks. More than likely, a person who is willing to go through all of that is law abiding. Criminals and gang bangers are getting their guns out of the back of some guy's van. All the laws are trying to control criminals by punishing law abiding citizens. It doesn't make any sense and it doesn't work. I'm sure there are many, many more. Lawmakers don't seem to have much common sense.

by **Garlyn** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 4:54 am

I've got to agree, it's about the dumbest law I've seen recently. I have seasonal allergies, and I need the stuff. Now the Government is assuming I'm running a meth lab. I have to show my DL to pick up Sudafed at the pharmacy, but when I busted my toe, I didn't have to show anything to pick up my Vicodin. How messed up is that?

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