Insane Bong & Pipe Ban signed by FL Gov Rick Scott. 2x = Felony!

[tridim]

That’s right, starting July 1st smoking devices are now illegal in Florida. Anyone found in possession of a pipe two times (even if it has never been used) becomes a third degree felon. In Florida, this means you are permanently banned from voting. For a fucking pipe.

With one swoop of the pen Rick Scott may have put thousands of companies out of business, and their employees looking for jobs. They also need to offload their entire inventory before July 1st when the bill goes into effect (yea, only a couple weeks from now).

The bill I’m talking about is FL HB49 / SB1140

Specifically the bill bans:

(a)?Metal, wooden, acrylic, glass, stone, plastic, or ceramic pipes, with or without screens, permanent screens, hashish heads, or punctured metal bowls
(b) Water pipes.
(c) Carburetion tubes and devices.
(d) Chamber pipes.
(e) Carburetor pipes.
(f) Electric pipes.
(g) Air-driven pipes.
(h) Chillums.
(i) Bongs.
(j) Ice pipes or chillers.

Bill Text:
http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Bills/billsdetail.aspx?BillId=49236

More at link:
http://peacersvp.wordpress.com/2013/06/16/insane-bong-pipe-ban-signed-by-fl-gov-rick-scott-2x-felony/

World-class DERP.

[Warpy]

1. A lot of my dad's friends were lifelong tobacco pipe smokers.

this is not going to add to pRick's popularity.

As for the dopers, I was always pretty handy at fashioning pipes out of plain old aluminum foil back in the day and I was out of papers. I did prefer a corncob pipe, though. It fit my southern roots.

[KatyaR]

2. TOBACCO pipes?

Good god, how many old men are they gonna put in prison because of this?

Seriously, just turn the whole fucking country into a prison and get it over with....

[niyad]

3. and what would be the voting preferences of said felons, I wonder?

[niyad]

4. could someone tell me what carburetor pipes are? don't they go on cars?

[Bluenorthwest]

7. Has a hole in it which is used to control airflow.

nt

[htuttle]

5. No mention of apples, potatoes, toilet paper rolls

...etc...



I smoke a tobacco pipe. Looks like there is one state where I'm not ever going on vacation.

[Bluenorthwest]

6. Wow.

Yet another reason to avoid the place.

[Betsy Ross]

8. We always laugh when the family values guys get busted with a hooker.

This could be the same. All the pols smoke weed. So they will be hard up for accessories too. So everyone in America should send pipes, bongs, etc. to the Florida legislaters.

[99th_Monkey]

10. Yes, send the pipes

but then we must also place hundreds of phone calls to
snitch on all the "suspicious activity and contraband"
being flaunted by Florida State Legislators.

[99th_Monkey]

9. Draconian much?

Lord have mercy on the Floridians, and please inspire them to elect
leaders who are not completely evil and stupid at the same time.

Amen.

[RainDog]

11. Florida just turned over their prisons to a private contractor

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and this bill is to make sure the prisons remain at capacity.

the sick fuckers in the legislature in this nation make me want to puke. they're EVIL to pass this sort of legislation.

They're not simply jerks - they're EVIL.

And they're, overwhelmingly, Republican.

Some days I think we're headed toward a civil war. This is such an abuse of power.

edit to add - read a little about America's Private Prison experience -

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/06/06/2111801/florida-privatize-prison-health-care-appeals-court/