[HarryDunne]

Oh, ok. I must have misunderstood. Please explain what you meant.

[Gabz]

These laws have no other means of enforcement except by the public, hence the public becomes a defacto employee of the state to effect the enforcement of the ban. Unpaid employee, I might add.

As I said, I understand your original point and I agree with it, but in this particular type of situation I disagree.

By stating it is up to the public to do the enforcement (by turning in the establishments) the state is saying it cannot enforce the law. If it can't enforce a law, why is the law on the books to begin with?