OK.  I know I’ve said it before.  But I love weird laws.  I love stupid laws even more.  Check this one out – here’s the full text of the law:

“45-5-627.  Ritual abuse of minor – exceptions – penalty.  1)  A person commits the offense of ritual abuse of a minor if the person purposely or knowingly and as part of any ceremony, rite, or ritual or of any training or practice for any ceremony, rite, or ritual:

b)  actually or by simulation tortures, mutilates, or sacrifices an animal or person in the presence of a minor.”

To sum up, don’t kill an animal in front of a kid as part of a ceremony, rite, or ritual (even if it’s just practice for the ritual, rite, or ceremony).  If you break this rule, you are abusing that kid.

So if we have this right, this is OK:

But this isn’t:

Cool.  Gotcha.  If it’s just for “sport” and the head ends up on the wall, it’s a OK to kill it in front of junior.  If it’s for “God” and the head ends up on, say, YOU or some shaman or mystical conduit of God, it’s a no-no.

But only in Montana!

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