That's a relief

State Rep. Mark Meadows' always-helpful newsletter let's us know that the people of Michigan are being protected from dire threats in 2009:

Prohibit Brass Knuckles

House Bill 4828 (POLIDORI), Passed:  109-1

Next: Sent to the Senate for Consideration

House Bill 4828 prohibits 'brass knuckles' and expands the definition of that term to include any device worn over the fist with the purpose of increasing the impact of a blow with the fist.  The devices are prohibited regardless of what they are made of.  Current law only prohibits metallic devices and not plastic ones."

Really? We have to worry about plastic brass knuckles? One presumes that anyone using such a device, brass or plastic, has committed other crimes such as assault. Can't we rely on an assault charge to lock up a goon?

Comments

[Rufus T. Firefly]

This is the kind of garbage we have when we have a full-time legislature. It's a dirty shame this ... person hasn't been earning his pay by, you know, working on balancing the state's budget.