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Speak Up! - View Question #210 |
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Question: Why are some laws never enforced?
Answer: Some laws may go unenforced because the sheer number of laws exhausts the limited resources available to enforcement agencies to do their jobs. To put it in perspective, the Arizona Revised Statutes take up approximately 50 bound volumes. The United States Code takes up significantly more than that.
Every year, the state and federal legislatures add laws, delete laws, and amend laws that are already in effect. Enforcement agencies often need some time to catch up with these ever-changing laws, and sometimes, there simply is not enough manpower to catch every violator. Prosecuting violators also
consumes significant resources, and it is often not practicable to prosecute everyone who violates a law. In short, enforcement agencies often must make decisions about which laws to enforce based on their ability to do so, even though every law in effect should be enforced.
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On 07/24/02
Al from NY said:
I'm having difficulty dealing with juveniles that throw eggs at my door and name-call and also throw small stones at me and my neighbors?
Moreover, this type of behavior is instigated and encouraged by the parents of those young men. Their parents are known for being prejudice against Caucasians and immigrants from European countries who rent apartments in buildings that are mostly occupied by tenants who are of Puerto Rican descent. In other words the parents use their young children to take out their personal anger at the immigrants who don't speak English and are helpless against attacks f
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On 05/10/02
Prof. Frank from NY said:
NYC still has a law making it illegal to drive (run) a herd of pigs down Broadway. That law was necessary in the 19th century, when people drove (ran) live animals to meat markets. Today it is just silly, but no one ever bothered to repeal it.
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