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9. It is illegal to enter the Houses of Parliament in a suit of armour
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That one isn't so stupid. In fact if you know history it makes perfect sense, so long as you know... people actually have a sense of history... which they don't. |
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Course, it is silly in the sense that the fools havent bothered to abolish such an outdated law...
Then again, it says body armour which could broadly cover kevlar vests or helmets etc... On The Bill every copper has a kevlar vest, how about cops stationed at parliament? Are they breaking the law?
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The reason said silly laws have not been abolished is because it would cost more money and time to remove them than its worth. So they leave them on the books and either have them superceded by newer laws which take precedence (try explaining that its leagal to kill a scotsman with a crossbow in york on a sunday to the police, common murder laws take precedence) or they simply decline to enforce them. But many of them concern situations that just don't arise in 2007. I mean, who cares if its illeagel to drove your geese through Westminster on a non market day.....whos going to bother doing that on market day anyway?