Yeah, I know...ANOTHER ivory ban thread. I've watched as multiple AZ'rs have cried and whined (some praise - to be fair) about the CA ban on ivory. Would someone please try to convince me that YOU, as a CA consumer/buyer of billiard products, cannot buy a cue with a little ivory?
I understand that the CA cuemakers and cue dealers might suffer a bit, but the consumer need only suffer if they choose.
Whats stopping Joe the Plumber from having his Uncle in Idaho purchase that 1996 Black Boar dream cue? Whats stopping you from bringing it back into the state after the next Idaho family reunion?
There was NO requirement previously to track the sale, trade and/or ownership of Ivory embellished cues. Therefore, Unless there is a date of manufacture on the cue itself dated AFTER the complete Ivory ban of Jun 2016, there is absolutely nothing the state of CA can do about it.
Granted - in the 1 in a Trillion chance you DO get caught with an Ivory cue driving across state lines (and ONLY at exactly the state line while inbound), you might have yourself a problem.
The Gov't of CA has absolutely no idea what Ivory cues are in their state at this exact moment, 1 day before the ban. ALLLLLL those cues they dont know about are legal, and will remain legal FOREVER. Think about that. They dont even know who, what when where or how alllllll those existing cues got into CA...how the HELL are they going to prove that the ONE black boar in your collection of 43 Ivory Laden cues, was purchased AFTER the Ban and brought into the state?
Now granted, the above applies to used cues built before Jun 2016. Owning an Ivory laden Cue that can be PROVEN to have been built post ban would be bad. But how the hell are you going to get caught? Do you have plans to use your ivory cue (date stamped AUG 2016) as a cane whilst you go to the fish and game office to renew your Abalone license?
The above hypothetical activities would be illegal after the ban, I do not suggest them. I actually support the idea behind the CA ban. But something I learned early in the military - Don't even bother giving an order that can't be enforced. And this ban is UNENFORCEABLE on the daily consumer.
I understand that the CA cuemakers and cue dealers might suffer a bit, but the consumer need only suffer if they choose.
Whats stopping Joe the Plumber from having his Uncle in Idaho purchase that 1996 Black Boar dream cue? Whats stopping you from bringing it back into the state after the next Idaho family reunion?
There was NO requirement previously to track the sale, trade and/or ownership of Ivory embellished cues. Therefore, Unless there is a date of manufacture on the cue itself dated AFTER the complete Ivory ban of Jun 2016, there is absolutely nothing the state of CA can do about it.
Granted - in the 1 in a Trillion chance you DO get caught with an Ivory cue driving across state lines (and ONLY at exactly the state line while inbound), you might have yourself a problem.
The Gov't of CA has absolutely no idea what Ivory cues are in their state at this exact moment, 1 day before the ban. ALLLLLL those cues they dont know about are legal, and will remain legal FOREVER. Think about that. They dont even know who, what when where or how alllllll those existing cues got into CA...how the HELL are they going to prove that the ONE black boar in your collection of 43 Ivory Laden cues, was purchased AFTER the Ban and brought into the state?
Now granted, the above applies to used cues built before Jun 2016. Owning an Ivory laden Cue that can be PROVEN to have been built post ban would be bad. But how the hell are you going to get caught? Do you have plans to use your ivory cue (date stamped AUG 2016) as a cane whilst you go to the fish and game office to renew your Abalone license?
The above hypothetical activities would be illegal after the ban, I do not suggest them. I actually support the idea behind the CA ban. But something I learned early in the military - Don't even bother giving an order that can't be enforced. And this ban is UNENFORCEABLE on the daily consumer.
