>>> (It should also be noted that under a FOIA request in 2012, Ohio
>>> was unable to find a single citation or prosecution under a
>>> beekeeping law since the laws were put on the books.)
>
> This is also true and it's an appalling indictment on our collective
> will to enforce the laws.  This I believe is the real problem.

This is an international forum and members are subject to differing
legal systems including Common Law and the Napoleonic Code, so this
topic is probably specific to the US but various jurisdictions solve the
various underlying issues in differing ways, often with similar result.

At any rate, the lack of prosecution may indicate, in some cases, a
failure of enforcement, but for the most part it indicates a respect for
the law on the part of citizens and also the judicious and successful
use of moral suasion by authorities to remedy 'situations' without 
drastic measures.

While enforcement is sometimes necessary, the law is often a guideline
and is often applied as such.  It would be possible to trap and fine all 
speeders, but we typically are satisfied with stopping and charging 
dangerous speeders and we often see cops speeding on their way to the 
doughnut shop.

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