I knew it...NRA...I figured some lobbyist was behind the issues..
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American Humane Association: Cruelty to Animals Is NOT Free Speech or Entertainment American Humane?s Blog
April 20 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a federal criminal law aimed at depictions of animal cruelty, saying the measure was so broad it would have outlawed hunting videos and magazines in violation of free-speech rights.
The high court, voting 8-1, overturned the conviction of a Virginia man for selling videos of pit bulls fighting each other and attacking other animals.
Congress passed the law to target “crush videos,” in which women stomp on small animals with their feet in a manner that some people find sexually arousing.
The man challenging the law, Robert J. Stevens, describes himself as a book author and documentary film producer who specializes in promoting pit bulls.
Stevens says his small business sells educational material about the breed, including a video that documents the use of pit bulls to help hunters catch prey. The video shows a pit bull fight in Japan, a scene that Stevens says is used to distinguish dogs trained for hunting from those trained for fighting.
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