What USA laws do you disagree with?

Are there any laws that the USA have that are different from other countries? If so, what are they and why do you disagree with them?

What do you think would change if these laws were legalized?

Errrm. I agree with them all. There really isn't any laws I hate.

There must be at least one that you disagree with? What about the carrying of guns by law enforcement officers? Do you agree with that?

Yes, I do agree with that. Because this we have criminals that have guns. Why would you send a bare officier to a gun fight?

I think we should legalize marijuana for non-medical uses, and legalize on-line gambling.

Most of the big laws I agree with. But it's the smaller ones that really irritate me (irritate is the best word, as the repercussions of breaking those laws are minor). Jaywalking? That's still illegal, right? What about spitting on the sidewalk. Can't you get a fine for that?
I think it depends what city/state you live in. There are some states that have very bizarre, privacy-busting laws. If politicians focused as much on their lives as they did ours, we would have a different country.

Same with me. I hate the government for banning muscovy ducks I wanted to own them someday! I also hate the python (and some other snake species) ban in Florida. It doesn't make any sense at all and its clear they haven't researched on it themselves. Pythons definitely can't survive winter except maybe in South Florida (and there were reported sightings of dead pythons in the winter even in the everglades) so why on earth would they ban them everywhere in Florida. No irresponsible owner that wants to dump their snake is going to drive very far to dump it anyways. They're so stupid.

Location, Connecticut, USA. The religious inspired "Blue" Laws governing the sale of alcohol on Sundays. It certainly isn't the difficulty of obtaining liquor on Sundays that bother me so much, I don't drink often, it's the supposed sanctified constitutional right that government "Shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion...", being ignored with this seemingly innocuous law. How else could a law crafted by religious zealots that impact the secular population be other interpreted? A small thing, maybe, but shatter small principles and the big ones will soon follow.

With respect, it's the smaller laws that sometimes are the most important. Rudolph Giuliani proved that in the city of my birth with his focus on "Quality of Life" crimes. And it worked...with a vengeance. I don't say ignore the big ones, obviously, but strictly enforce all the laws to the best of your ability. And, if the laws are silly (some laws were written in the 19th century and no longer apply but are still on the books, some are just dumb) get rid of them through the legislative process.

You open up a can of worms (which I like) in lightly mentioning the supposed separation of church and state. Fortunately and unfortunately, it's impossible for a democracy (U.S. specific) with a 78% Christian population to segregate the two. We'll always have religionists, Christian or other, influence the law. After all, democracy is biased based.

To be sure, people with power and money will always influence politicians. It's just the way an imperfect system (but the best we have?) works. But we should always strive for the secular ideal that our forefathers penned in the Declaration and the Constitution. Were they imperfect? Of course they were. The United States was born in an hypocrisy and has spent the last several hundred years trying to come closer to idealistic notions written down in those hot July rooms by Thomas Jefferson. But obvious religious entanglements such as the Blue Laws should bother the Theist as well as the Atheist. The smart ones anyway.

I totally agree with this!
My perspective 100%!

The U.S. government is the semblance of true democracy, representative democracy and a Republic all in one. If you look at true democracy, also known as "town hall" or "referendum" government, small towns use a town hall as an exclusive system of law-making, and most state and local governments in the U.S. use referenda in placing bond issues and similar decisions on the voting ballot. As in representative democracy, we elect legislators to work for us, and they are charged with making legislative decisions on our behalf. It's considered more accurately to be a "representative democracy-republic." In all cases it's the majority-over-man.

I created a thread, "Is the U.S. a Democracy or Republic", and answered there.

I agree with this post completely, Alcohol hurts you more then marijuana, why is alcohol legal? But if alcohol wasn't legal do you think people would still drink it?

Absolutely they would, prohibition is evidence of that. Btw, you should check out the other thread, "Should the U.S. legalize marijuana?", under Politics.

Although we would probably both agree that Prohibition was overall a social mistake the fact is, per capita consumption of alcohol went down by nearly 50%. I don't know that I would agree that alcohol hurts more than marijuana either (I know you didn't say that, the previous poster did)

The law I find most intrusive is the seatbelt law. I didn't grow up wering one and it is so uncomfortable. I understand that it is safer for me if I have an accident. But its not like it poses a threat to anyone else. I feel like my rights are actually being violated. I am in a car that I bought and paid for, along with the tags, and insurance. Shouldn't it be MY choice to wear it or not? Keep in mind in the State of Florida it is Illegal to not wear your seatbelt, but its NOT illegal to ride a motorcycle with no helmet. I just don't get it.

Most of the laws I can think of are driving based. The seatbelt law for one. If I want to not wear it and die in a wreck then that is my perrogative and shouldn't be up to the government to tell me what to do. Same with cell phones. I can talk on the cell phone and drive. The problem was never talking on the phone anyway. The problem is dialing. With texting I can see though because phone's now are touchscreen so you can't feel the buttons anymore, but my phone has a voice text if I just want to send a quick memo to somebody. Those are laws that, while maybe they might be a good rule of thumb, should not be punishable by tickets.

I really disagree with he law against marijuana. I think if someone wants to smoke some weed, they should have every right to do so. It's less destructive than cigarettes and alcohol, but those are still legal. It makes no sense to me.