MD: Dog fighting paraphernalia legislation moves forward in Baltimore City Council

I hope I can help with this, because my cousin lives there.

 

This is crazy. With almost 300 murders this year. They worrying about treadmills and breaking sticks. I myself grew up in Bmore. Also still have family living there.

 

Same here man.

 

I know someone who exercises a husky on a treadmill. Is that person a dogfighter now?

I'm probably preaching to the choir here, but this legislation is total BS.

 

Once again this is another bullshit fucked up law. This new bullshit law can and will put INNOCENT people in Jail in any state that makes these certain items illegal to own. There are many and I mean many dog owners who own either a break stick and or a treadmill, yet they do not participate in any illegal (dog fighting) activities.

There are AKC and UKC show breeders who use treadmills to condition there dog before a major AKC or UKC event and that would make anyone in the state of Baltimore who wants to condition there dogs using a treadmill to prepare for those sanctioned events ILLEGAL. Unless they are only targeting pitbulls and not any other breed of dogs, which would make this a racist,prejudice and unjustly law. Even the famous Cesar Milan recommends using treadmills for any breed of dog as treadmills have become more and more of a popular tool with many many dog owners utilizing them for there dogs own health and well being. Break sticks can be used to STOP/BREAK UP a fight no matter what breed it is. Now let me take this shit one step further, since its illegal to own a treadmill, break stick, breeding stand etc....will the manufacturers/sellers/distributers of treadmills, break sticks, breeding stands etc be penalized as well? or is there a catch 22? LMAO

All these bullshit paraphernalia laws do is take away more of our constitutional rights and freedom.

 

Bod Stevens got in some trouble for selling some videos on the Internet. and some states call it animal cruelty and brought charges against him across state lines. The higher court found him innocent of it.

 

Baltimore is the city which is located in Maryland.

 

Well look at Baltimore its corrupt anyway.Look at your last Mayor she was an idiot.

 

The manufacturers of treadmills and slat mills need to step forward to demonstrate that their products are used by owners of many breeds. I think it should be possible to fight charges based on this bullshit and maybe to go after the city with a lawsuit.

 

And break sticks are used to stop fights. But it takes money to fight these assholes.

 

I email the city for my cousin. here was their response...


Good Morning ******,

Thank you for writing me.

Bill 15-0558, Animal Fighting Paraphernalia, is meant to support current efforts to combat dog fighting in Baltimore. This bill adds a definition of “animal fighting paraphernalia” and defines prohibited conduct with animal fighting paraphernalia, specifically that there must be a demonstrated intent to use the paraphernalia to engage in, promote, or facilitate a dog fight.

The bill is not meant to prevent anyone who engages in safe and responsible dog ownership and training from having or using the items listed in the bill and, as proposed, this bill does not ban ownership of the items listed in the bill. The bill is meant to allow the Health and Police Departments to gather evidence and if there is evidence that a person intends to use or has used the types of items listed in the bill for dog fighting, then that person could be subject to civil and criminal penalties.

For additional information on the bill, here is link goes to the bill*s file page on Legistar (the City Council*s legislative database): click here. And this link goes directly to a pdf download of the bill: click here. Additionally, the Legistar system allows you to track any legislative matter before the City Council, create alerts, and receive emails about legislative activity. To create an account and receive alerts, go to the Legistar website and click the link at the top right hand corner labeled “sign in”. Clicking that link leads you to a page that allows you to create an account or sign-in to your account. Once an account has been created and you*re signed in, a tab will appear at the top of the website labeled “alerts” and clicking that tab opens a page that allows you to set up an alert for this bill.

 

Items listed under paraphernalia are as follows.

- cat mills
-slat and carpet mills
-spring poles
-dog pits
-break sticks
-rape stand
- anything closely related to dog fighting


what you can use instead.

i just use a large stick i found for a break stick. and human treadmills work as well. use artificial insemination instead or rape stand. but that's just me.

 

This bill is backwards. What do I mean by backwards? It means your already guilty until proven innocent LOL. How does one prove intent????? The only way to prove intent is by a confession other then that there is really no other way.

For example if you own all the paraphernalia listed and have 3 or more pitbulls on chains, guess what? You are already guilty because you own those paraphernalia regardless if you are completely innocent. This bill just gives law enforcement more authority to abuse there powers and get away with it with less repercussions.

They want you to create a account so they can put you on there list and silence you LMAO.

 

damn straight. the only places i have my email attached to are this place, other game dog sites, and ped sites. didn't even READ the account part at first!


(and as someone who lived in Baltimore, there is no major dog fighting issue.)

 

Someone in Baltimore just got found guilty because they had made a wooden frame across his human mill to keep the dog on it.

 

Whoomp there it is LOL....that's why its not advisable to modify a human treadmill because once you modify it then can claim you used it for the intent of a illegal activity.

 

i know someone who puts the mill next to a wall and then puts the couch on the other side