This is a lesser-known amendement in the bill of rights. Sandwiched between the first and second amendment, written in the margin of the original document, is amendemnt 1.5: "The right to pester people for money."
I'm suprised they aren't suing citizens who refuse to give them money.
This is a lesser-known amendement in the bill of rights. Sandwiched between the first and second amendment, written in the margin of the original document, is amendemnt 1.5: "The right to pester people for money."
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Where I live, the city fathers had to set up ordinances -- the beggars weren't allowed to block doors to businesses or accost a person...had to keep a respectable distance too. Good thing -- once, I nearly tripped over some bum who stepped in front of me, not begging, but actually DEMANDING that I give him money. Needless to say, I shoved him aside and walked on.
But we still have an awful lot of these folks all over the place...it detracts from businesses and ruins neighborhoods. I used to feel sorry for them; now I don't.