drops by with a second example of Weird and Wacky Laws: In Georgia, it was against the law to attend church without bringing a loaded musket or rifle -- recall that Georgia was the last of the Old 13 (colonies), and thus was right on the frontier, so back in the old days, we had to worry about attacks by Spanish troops and hostile Indians, and slave uprisings. So what seems weird and wacky by present-day standards made sense in olden times ...
Posted on: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 15:22:40 +0000