[Jeff Chandler]

Meat factories can still chop the heads off chickens, right?

[roadcat]

The law will outlaw purposeful crushing, burning, drowning, suffocation, impalement or other violence causing “serious bodily injury” to animals.

Too bad this won't apply to conservative Americans, or those Antifa protesters would be too scared to do their mayhem.

[piasa]

I guess I am going to have to send Trump all the raccoons I catch so he can figure out what to do with them

[piasa]

Drowning is the usual way nuisance animal guys get rid of skunks to avoid getting sprayed

[PCPOET7]

find someone that is cruel to animals and you find the person willing to do anything in the pursuit of power... a good man abhors the sight of senseless cruelty those that are lesser ignore it when confronted with its reality and evil takes pleasure in the thought of committing it.

god bless all that realize this truth.

[imardmd1]

Take care here, laws on pets (cruelty, dog or cock fighting, etc.) are already in place on this.

Goodby to hunting, fishing, trapping, rodent poisoming.

Creeping gradualism in elevation of animals to God-like status, eventually. More PETA bullying.

Can I shoot squirrels chewing into my gables and destroying my attic? Or will I be forced to pay an arm and a leg for a licensed exterminator? Huh?

[lightman]

Pennsylvania rifle season for deer begins in five days...this better not be used against hunters!

[Steve Van Doorn]

This should end Halal meats

[Steve Van Doorn]

The part that could be bothesome in this bill is this:
"“(A) depicts animal crushing"
"depicts" such as movies and/or animation?

“(d) Exceptions.—
“(1) IN GENERAL.—This section does not apply with regard to any conduct, or a visual depiction of that conduct, that is—
“(A) a customary and normal veterinary or agricultural husbandry practice;
“(B) the slaughter of animals for food;
“(C) hunting, trapping, fishing, predator control, or pest control;
“(D) medical or scientific research; or
“(E) necessary to protect the life of person or property of a person from a serious threat caused by an animal.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2293/text

[Revel]

It seems to me that this would fit the constitutional definition of being a State Issue.

[nutmeg]

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[John Robinson]

Text: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2293/text

[Does so]

Would serious injury include dipping a cat’s tail in gasoline, and setting fire to it? I asked, when seeing a cat with a stiffened, blackened, and bony tail in an alley where Illegals are regularly hired.

Illegals place a low value on any life—however “dumb” it might be.

[McGruff]

Going after the animal lover contingent is a brilliant move. One topic reps and dems can agree on.

[be-baw]

I’m not sure why this requires action by the feds. The law will likely be abused to persecute humans.

[Viking2002]

This will shut down half the Korean restaurants on the continent.

[a fool in paradise]

Is this extended to insect life?

Are human babies still permitted to die gasping for air in hospital linen closets?

[jarwulf]

I guess based on the text meat production is illegal now?

[HotKat]

This seems like the equipment of a hate crime.

[BRL]

Mouse traps crush. What animals are included?