The Wild and Wacky Laws of Arizona

Arizona has a bunch of weird laws. Let's check them out!

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[catarmy]

I forgot for a moment that he prepared videos before his operation and thought "what a quick recovery"

[mmminno]

The cave laws aren't wacky at all. Arizona is full of ancient native dwellings, and I love that there are laws protecting all caves, not just the ones thar have already been discovered.

[gnomusgang]

As an Arizonan, we need these laws because people do the weirdest stuff here

[JoesKnocking]

So wild and wacky to tell people they can't destroy a plant that takes hundreds of years to grow and are only native to a small portion of the world, don't forget how wacky and wild it is to tell people that can't deface or destroy national/state parks and ancient native markings and drawings.

[kolonarulez]

AZ resident since birth here. Rather than cactus a more realistic state icon for us would be "plastic bag tangled around a mesquite tree"

[gonagain]

"Tripping horses" is something that the film industry used to do by tying one of the horses hooves to a long, secured rope and then running the horse until it tripped to throw the rider for movie scenes. Talk about animal cruelty.

[erraticonteuse]

Eventually you'll get to Vermont where they have banned clothesline bans!

[subterraneanindigo]

Damn, I can't open a soap factory ?
Good to know.

[Gunbudder]

Some context about the horse stuff, Phoenix still has a lot of mounted cops (cops on horses) and messing with the horse has its own specific fines and laws. For example, if you are being chased by a mounted cop and you throw a beer bottle at the horse to make it trip or rear and knock the cop off, you will get extra charges. I've seen this happen personally (the chase and attempt to trip the horse) but the horses are well trained and it ignored the suspect. also it turns out that you will never escape a mounted cop on foot or on bike and its hilarious to watch drunk people try to run from a horse.

[Hi_Brien]

As an arizonan, I have never broken any of these laws. So ya know, theyre not that hard to follow

[LorienInksong]

Austin there's a lot of reasons the Sagero catcus are protected. They take A VERY LONG TIME to get big. So protecting them preserves the delicate environment like protecting sufficiently large Redwood trees. Additionally they are regarded as almost holy by some of the indigenous nations in the area. So granting them some protections makes sense, given this is the same country that allows for churches to not be taxed. I'm genuinely dissapointed you didn't include this information, but I'm hoping it's just a simple case of 'if I don't know about information X at all I can't research it.'

Anyway enough griping. I really enjoy this series of videos and this one is no exception. I'm also extremely glad your surgery went well, was worried about you. It must be a huge relief for the surgery to be over.

[mrsnufflegums]

"Sag-waro" cactus. I live in Tucson, it's "Sah-waro"

[davidlane]

Who ever lives in Arizona doesn’t find any of these laws wacky.

[lilmsgs]

Uh, what's odd about protecting a plant and having penalties for wrecking them? Doesn't every state have protected animals, plants and landscapes?

[mrsnufflegums]

1:10 class 1 misdemeanors are the highest misdemeanor class in Arizona, class 6 felonies are the lowest class of felony

[GyaroMaguus]

"or in any place where there are persons present to be annoyed" is THE best catch-all I've ever seen written into a law

[SideB]

In Arizona, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) and state laws prohibit the possession of feathers and other parts of native North American birds without a permit. This law protects wild birds by preventing their killing by collectors and the commercial trade in their feathers. It applies to all feathers, regardless of how they were obtained, including molted feathers or those taken from road- or window-killed birds. Violating these laws can result in large fines.

[bldeagle]

We do have camels here, they brought them in to train the army in desert warfare for world war 1 when we were fighting in the north of africa. After the war they let them loose.

[paladinashley]

So a lot of these laws makes sense for someone who lives here.

The clothesline thing is because of the constant duststorms, that's why they have to be enclosed so clothes and the clotheslines dont go fucking everywhere in our incredibly powerful haboobs.

[Yesica]

EDIT: He has an update on the Community tab!

Has anyone seen any current updates anywhere? I was thinking of him and how he's doing.