> Stealing a car is already pretty high up there in terms of things that people don't want you to do.
This is the core flaw in laws like this and DMCA 1201.
You have something which is already illegal, people are breaking the law, so you pass a law to make it illegal to have shoes because the criminals were wearing shoes while breaking the law. Obviously this needs to be prohibited because it helps them to run away.
Then criminals continue to both commit crimes and wear shoes and all you've really done is force people who obey the law to go barefoot.
This is the core flaw in laws like this and DMCA 1201.
You have something which is already illegal, people are breaking the law, so you pass a law to make it illegal to have shoes because the criminals were wearing shoes while breaking the law. Obviously this needs to be prohibited because it helps them to run away.
Then criminals continue to both commit crimes and wear shoes and all you've really done is force people who obey the law to go barefoot.