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@CrimeADay

In 1982, DOJ attempted to count the total number of federal crimes. The WSJ said 'Since then, no one has tried anything nearly as extensive.' Until @CrimeADay.

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This holiday season, buy one for yourself, and one for your senator. (amzn.to/2YRlWkw)
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21 USC §§331, 333, 343(g) & 21 CFR §133.195(a)(1) make it a federal crime to sell "swiss cheese" without holes in it.
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@CrimeADay What is the "special aircraft jurisdiction"?
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18 USC §32(a)(1) makes it a federal crime to willfully destroy, disable or wreck any aircraft flying in the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States.
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15 USC §1192(a), §1196, 16 CFR §1632.3(c) & §1632.4(d)(2)(iv) make it a federal crime for a mattress maker to sell a tufted mattress without first burning 9 cigarettes on the tufted part of a bare mattress, with each cigarette burning down into the depression of the tufts.
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@Spen_Hays @BasedMikeLee I think the 300,000 number is low, given that I count each distinct act expressly made criminal by statute and regulation if it could be individually charged in an indictment.
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@elonmusk I dedicated my book to Congress for this exact reason. And @BasedMikeLee totally gets it (as he says on the back cover!)
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21 USC §§458, 461 & 9 CFR §381.170(b)(6) make it a federal crime to sell turkey legs with the pelvic bones attached.
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Happy Thanksgiving. Remember: judges aren’t back in court until tomorrow morning for first appearances.
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@PowerFor15 A ball that, under the influence of its own weight, passes, in any orientation, entirely through a circular hole with a diameter of 1.75 inches (44.4 mm.) in a rigid template 1⁄4 inches (6 mm.) thick.
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E. L. Thompson, curmudgeon@PowerFor15·
@CrimeADay Please define "small" in this context. Marbles? Pinballs? Golf balls? Table tennis balls? What's the line of demarcation? I must know!
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@adamcarolla By law, cheddar cheese, washed curd cheese, colby cheese, granular cheese, or any mixture of two or more of these may be designated as "American cheese".
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21 USC §333 & 21 CFR §165.110(b)(4)(iii)(A) & (c)(3) make it a federal crime to sell bottled water with more than 0.2 milligrams of cyanide per liter, unless the label says "Contains Excessive Cyanide."
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49 USC §5124(a) & 176.900(c) make it a federal crime to transport a bale of greasy cotton on a ship.
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15 USC §§ 6304(1) & 6309 make it a federal crime for a boxer to participate in a boxing match unless a physician has certified that each boxer is physically fit to safely compete.
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