Wednesday, March 22, 2006

Mississippi outlaws sex toys

But you can still buy a handgun at a gun show.

From MSNBC’s Dan Abrams:

Blow up dollThere is a landmark legal battle of constitutional proportions being fought down in Mississippi.  It involves fundamental rights protected by the First and Fourteenth Amendments, not to mention the rights of certain small business owners to satisfy their customers.  This week, another court refused to recognize Mississippians’ right to find companionship for 29.99 and so a law outlawing the sale of sex toys will stand. 

“A person commits the offense of distributing unlawful sexual devices when he knowingly sells, advertises, publishes or exhibits to any person any three-dimensional device designed or marketed as useful primarily for the stimulation of human genital organs or offers to do so or possesses such devices with the intent to do so.”

Well, I am glad to see that the local legislators are focusing on the most pressing issues of the day.  I’ve long believed that a three-dimensional, possibly battery-operated device is far more menacing than a handgun.  In Mississippi, people can buy guns at a gun show with no background check and certain weapons can be carried almost anywhere.  Sure, guns and toys can bring joy and a sense of comfort to the user, but apparently the legislators concluded that a genital replica is a far greater threat to society. 

Read more of Dan’s comments.

I guess this would be outlawed too.
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