Says the story,
As the Herald-Leader
reported in February, McConnell enraged cockfighting enthusiasts when he voted
earlier this year in favor of farm legislation that contained an amendment
making it a federal crime to be a spectator at an animal fight.
In response, a McConnell
spokesman said a representative of the senator's would be willing to sit with
the group and hear their concerns.
The new law makes
attending a cockfight or dogfight a federal misdemeanor, punishable by up to a
year in prison and $100,000 fine.
It makes bringing a
minor to such fights a federal felony, punishable by up to three years in
prison and a $250,000 fine.
Why is that a crime?
Why is that a federal
crime?
How is it even remotely possible that this is a federal
crime?
Under what power of congress is this a federal crime?
Who put it into the farm bill?
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