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Show ARE YOU A LAW-BREAKER? No ether great country has so many laws as the United States. No other great country has so much law-breaking, law-breaking, it is said. This is not, of course, a coincidence. It is gradually being realized that too many laws are lis detrimental as too few laws. Law-breaking has become in a way a national sport concurred in by persons per-sons in all walks of life. And still our elected officials continue to grind out more and more laws to add to the already al-ready sagging statute books. There is no point in chiding the public for countenancing lawlessness. The blame must go largely to those who have aided in abetted the mania for passing "more restrictive laws." If all the antiquated traffic laws, 10-15-20' and 30 miles an hour speed limits, prohibition laws, anti-gun laws, "spitting" ordinances, anti-smoking anti-smoking ordinances, etc., were en-foced, en-foced, probably 25 per cent of all citizens would be subject to a fine or imprisonment every day. We pass so many laws that it is impossible to enforce them because we couldn't provide pro-vide enough courts and jails to handle the minor cases. |