There are indeed some retarded laws in books. Few are Federal laws (like DOMA) and the state laws (like MI law against adultery which is a felony there!). However 90% of them seem to be some local ordinances.
Typically when someone comes up with an incredibly stupid example you can bet this is one of the following:
- Some old local ordinance (roughly 20% of cases)
- Someone misinterpreted the law and made the thing up (roughly 20% of cases).
- Someone just made the whole thing up (the majority of cases). Vast majority of "laws" from sites like stupidlaws.com belong to this category. I'd speculate this video too.
Typically when someone comes up with an incredibly stupid example you can bet this is one of the following:
- Some old local ordinance (roughly 20% of cases)
- Someone misinterpreted the law and made the thing up (roughly 20% of cases).
- Someone just made the whole thing up (the majority of cases). Vast majority of "laws" from sites like stupidlaws.com belong to this category. I'd speculate this video too.