[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

Since when?

Since I don’t need US mineral rights to sell a quart bottle of Mobil 1 motor oil.

You are too funny.

The cops prevented them from handing out water bottles because they didn’t have a business license to do so, NOT because they lacked “water rights”.

But please keep arguing the point as it keeps me entertained and I need a good laugh every now and then.

[muawiyah]

Oil and water are different. Your flippant answer suggests you haven't looked into what the water rights laws in Arizona prescribe. The specific cop probably didn't have what you take to be the exact authority, but as in so many things like this, the wrong cop may well have some authority.

Around here the regular cops and water meter readers watch for violations of the county grass ordinance.