New Louisiana Law

There is another article on a major website stating how some secondhand stores were unaware of the law and fearing they will lose business etc

Like a lot of laws this is over the top & has tons of unintended consequences. Any yard sale junkie just became a criminal.

I'm thinking that once they have this law in effect for a while they will realize just how ridiculous and unmanageable it is. At that point, they can either modify or scrap it. It doesn't seem to me to be of sufficient value that other states will want to copy it. Unlike the big states, like NY and CA, not too many states are looking to LA for direction.

Nuts,
Here in Canada (Alberta), I believe only coin dealers have to keep tabs of sellers info when they buy from private sellers. And this only for about a month so that should the coins be stolen and the police come knocking, there'd be useful info to help track down the thief. Any more than this is over-reaching

Benjamin Franklin said it best about giving up Freedom for Security and that if you do that you have neither Freedom nor Security! Not the direct quote but the meaning nevertheless!

Yes, Franklin did say that. What he did not say is that ANY society creates some rules of behavior that affect us all. In fact, it is these rules that we want the society to create and by which we become protected from the human predators. The trick is to achieve a balance that allows us to have a good compromise between things that are diametrically opposed. It simply is not possible to be free to do anything you want and also be completely secure in your person and property from others doing anything THEY want. That said, it certainly is possible to go overboard in either direction. One direction leads to slavery and the other leads to anarchy. Neither is desirable.



Thanks, poboxw.



In at least one way, we are already there. Business in the US is now so stifled by rules, regs, taxes, and licenses that it is virtually comatose. The politicians sit around arguing and scratching their heads, wondering why we don't have a stronger economy and higher employment. Any small business person and most average citizens can figure this out almost immediately. Government and its requirements are literally consuming the nation. We are in an untenable position of facing the choice of whether to grow the economy or the government. This is an easy choice for a lot of us. Unfortunately quite a few of us are choosing poorly. We need about 1/2 of the government that we have. Until those in charge get this figured out, we will continue to flail about for the obvious answer to our problems.

Exactly maybe that type of thing will lead to us having biometric I D but I'm not even sure how that would work with identical twins! There is just way too much tracking etc going on. I can't stand being 'watched' so often. I'm not doing anything wrong. Just gets creepy that someone might be at a computer monitor and watch you in all types of everyday activites creepy. (And Creepy is a program that can be used to GPS locate all you posted pictures!) Sorry to go off track a little

I know it is really something what is going on like living all those creepy books I read way back when in high school NEVER thinking they could happen. F 451. 1984. Brave New World. Animal Farm to name a few. I can think of corresponding things from each going on today! It does frighten me