Hiya - mandatory introduction and newsflash. I am a liberty minded fellow currently living on foreign shores but heading back to the USA soon (hopefully to NH).
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"Big Ag Gag bill will make whiste blowing a terrorist act"
Full Article: http://www.globalpossibilities.org/states-considering-laws-that-would-make-it-an-act-of-terrorism-to-report-on-abuses-at-factory-farms/
New Hampshire: HB110
Primary sponsor: Bob Haefner ® ; Co-sponsors: Majority Leader Steve Shurtleff (D), Rep. Tara Sad (D), Senator Sharon Carson ®, and Bob Odell ®
This is a 7-line bill written to look as if its main concern is the protection of animals. However the bill would require whistleblowers to report animal abuse and turn over videotapes, photographs and documents within 24 hours or face prosecution – a clear attempt to intimidate and deter people from conducting undercover investigations. Lawmakers know that in order for anyone to prove a pattern of abuse in factory farms, they must document repeated instances of cruelty. A video or photograph of only one instance will be dismissed as a one-time anomaly, which will get the agribusiness company off the hook.
HB110 should be opposed, precisely because it is not an "ag-gag" bill. No one should face prosecution for failing to snitch on their boss.
Animals, after all, are only property, and it's no one else's business (least of all the State's) how someone handles his own property.
Not a property issue at all.
If a violation of any kind is found, one has 24 hours to submit all materials to law enforcement or be declared a criminal.
[quote author=davyliberty link=topic=6989.msg62589#msg62589 date=1360108066]If a violation of any kind is found, one has 24 hours to submit all materials to law enforcement or be declared a criminal.[/quote]
That's totally false. If someone chooses to record someone else's property, and that property shows a specific violation of the law, there is a "duty" to report the violation and hand over a copy of the recording (not all copies).
And there is no penalty defined for failure to comply, so there certainly is not a criminal penalty.
But, as said, it's anti-liberty because it plays into the whole "animals have rights" nonsense. Animals are property, and there should be no "duty to snitch" put into the law, even if it comes without any criminal penalties.
Hello Davy, how did you find us and why are you here? You did not post a proper intro as per the forum rules and your account will be limited until you do. Thanks!