Our nation has a lot of stupid laws! For example, in North Dakota, "Beer and pretzels cannot be served at the same time in any bar or restaurant." In Alaska, "It is illegal to push a live moose out of a moving airplane." In Florida, "If an elephant is left tied to a parking meter, the parking fee has to be paid just as it would if it was a vehicle." And if not the most bizarre, then certainly the most obvious; In Alabama, "It is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while driving a vehicle." But did you know that it is illegal to walk down Main Street in Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan, Canada, with your shoes untied? You can't make this stuff up!

Most laws trace their genesis to a need to protect someone from something. Maybe fifty years ago, some gold miner was minding his own business o…