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US federal judge declares boating illegal in all US navigable waters
By IBI Magazine
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In a rather bizarre ruling that has marine industry officials worried, Judge Robert G. James of the United States District Court, Western Division of Louisiana, has said that it is criminal trespass for the American boating public to boat, fish, or hunt on the Mississippi River and other navigable waters in the US.
In the case of Normal Parm v. Sheriff Mark Shumate, James ruled that federal law grants exclusive and private control over the waters of the river, outside the main shipping channel, to riparian landowners. The shallows of the navigable waters are no longer open to the public. That, in effect, makes boating illegal across most of the country.
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File this under “Ya Gotta Be Kiddin”! Why do we tolerate this gang of armed thugs to tell us what to do? this is just more central big gubamint non-sense.
Reinke Faces Life 