Mississippi bans sex toys

[Gabu]

However, I must point out that the title of this thread and the article itself are misleading - sex toys aren't banned outright, only the sale of sex toys. One can legally possess them if they want to. One could go out of state or use the internet to purchase them if one wanted to.

What exactly is the point of banning the sale of something in the state, but saying that it's okay if you got it through some other means?  It seems to me that all this is doing is putting a completely useless barrier up that is not likely to deter most people from getting it, but which will simply make people's lives harder.  At least banning them entirely would please the people who feel that sex toys are immoral.  This will do absolutely nothing.

[Gabu]

However, I must point out that the title of this thread and the article itself are misleading - sex toys aren't banned outright, only the sale of sex toys. One can legally possess them if they want to. One could go out of state or use the internet to purchase them if one wanted to.

What exactly is the point of banning the sale of something in the state, but saying that it's okay if you got it through some other means?  It seems to me that all this is doing is putting a completely useless barrier up that is not likely to deter most people from getting it, but which will simply make people's lives harder.  At least banning them entirely would please the people who feel that sex toys are immoral.  This will do absolutely nothing.

Well, the idea is they don't like having sex shops around. God forbid a child ever see one.

They don't like having sex shops around, but they're okay with having what's sold within them around?  Why not ban what's sold in them, too, if we need to protect the innocence of omg teh children?

This doesn't even begin to make sense.

[Gabu]

It makes perfect sense....I don't like the fact that I have a liquor store 3 miles from my house...unless I am the customer.  If I could reasonably order booze over the internet, I would vote to outlaw the sale of alcohol in my county.

If someone didn't like the fact that there was a church 3 miles from their house, would they be justified in banning its existence?