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View Poll Results: Should the US have a single set of laws across all 50 states? | |||
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I think that there's already too much federal control. People choose to live in different states because of the lifestyle there. The laws should reflect the lifestyle that they govern... For example: Joe lives in rural Montana. He carries a pistol on his hip and has a rifle in his pickup. They should be allowed, because he may need them to protect his stock/horses/llamas/sheep. However, he should not be allowed to carry the same guns in NYC. Different situations, different circumstances, different rules. And yes, I know that there are places where there's both in a state. Joe shouldn't be allowed to carry his guns into Missoula either. I'll go a step further and say that counties and cities should have more say in what happens there. Let the local voters decide. Last edited by arcatacat; 06-01-2006 at 01:26 PM. |
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I can only comment on this as an outsider, coming from the UK.
But for those who don't think you should have one set of laws, do you view yourselves primarily as Americans or as someone who comes from whatever state you are from. If you class yourself as an American, then why shouldn't all Americans have the same rights regardless of where you live within your country? Or do you just view yourselves as coming from a union of states with similar interests? |
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Some laws, yes, most, no.
To take the state of Nebraska. Farm land, flat plains, few cities. Should the speed limit of a highway be the same as that of Connecticut, where most traffic is traveling between New York and Boston? Fewer cars should allow for higher speeds. Sure the lay of the land may be the same. Take a 10 mile stretch of Connecticut along the coast. Between New London and New Haven, there isn't much in the way of big cities. However, there are a lot of commuters, perhaps 10 times more than that of a similar stretch in Nebraska. How could you make uniform laws without taking into account the differences between States? If you need to do so, it's just easier for states to govern their own laws. Uniform tax laws would cause the same problem. The United States is too large and diverse of a country to make uniform laws across the country. And if you divide up jurisdictions, you will need to give these jurisdictions power over most of the proceedings regarding trials and judgment.
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