There are already so many federal laws that the average person commits three federal felonies a day.
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“Did you really think we want those laws observed?" said Dr. Ferris. "We want them to be broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against... We're after power and we mean it... There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted – and you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Reardon, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with.” ― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
“The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.” —Tacitus
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What the government doesn’t seem to get is that the more laws you make, the more criminals you create - Arlo Guthrie
There are already so many federal laws that the average person commits three federal felonies a day.
And that the only thing it's meant to do, the law will be almost universally ignored, as the current wildlife laws are, I know people locally that have pet raccoons and possums and they have been illegal for ages, but West Virginia is a very rural state and they know their chances of ever getting caught or prosecuted are to the south side of slim and none. It will be the same with this law, even more so, but it gives the state another tool to go after citizens that they want to target, now they fine you because your kid unknowingly happens to have a rare breed of guinea pig or a neon tetra in the fish tank....