A Beverly Shores couple says there was a chilling effect on their free-speech rights because they were arrested after "they honked their car horn, took photographs and allowed their dog to bark while driving along a public roadway." They also say they did not "disturb a game animal," which is what the fuss is all about, as they were attempting to interfere with some deers' right to be killed by hunters.
Sorry for that cheap shot.
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If one were to apply this to the city's ordinance regarding "quiet repose" (sections 96.03, 96.05, and 96.15), then ALL the people that honk car horns (or as I prefer to call it...the reknown ghetto doorbell), drive boomcars, shoot off (now legal) fireworks, and fire gunshots SHOULD be in the same boat as Fred & Rosanne...just at different oars, right?
Funny thing though....people HERE seem to get away with it a lot more.
Maybe there's a city slogan in there somewhere.....
"Join Fred & Rosanne - Come HONK your Horn in Fort Wayne".
;)
B.G.
And hunting won't "disturb or otherwise affect the behavior of a game animal"?
Yeah....it'll make the animal run like hell (if the hunter's a bad shot)..LOL!
B.G.