Massachusetts has no shortage of weird laws. As one of the oldest states in the country, lawmakers have had hundreds of years to compile some pretty strange rules and regulations, many of which might seem strange in a modern world.
I think it’s fair to say that our founding fathers who took the time to try and regulate things like facial hair and false teeth, probably weren’t thinking, I wonder if this will age well. Little did they know that by 2026, this funny thing called the internet would be riddled with laws of yesteryear that people tend to laugh at today.
In the state of Massachusetts, there is actually a law protecting an animal that some folks consider a rodent with wings, ah yes, the illusive pigeon. Not only is there legislature in place to protect the birds from people who might try to kill them, but more interestingly, there is a law that says you can’t scare them either…