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Why are there silly license requirements?

License to fish? License to... RIDE A BIKE? License to... HAVE A DOG/CAT? License to USE A RADIO? (I'm talking about GMRS, AFIAK emergency services do not use GMRS frequencies)

Why is everything a license?

What next? License to exist?

Someday they are gonna require a license to get your own water, or filter your own air (due to pollution).

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Reasons for a license to fish (from a German perspective and with common sense):

You want people who fish to know when they can and cannot fish due to the fish’s [Edit: re pro]creation periods.

You want people to know which kinds of fish they should and should not catch, in general.

You want people to know how big a certain kind of fish needs to be before it can be extracted.

You want a general overview of the number of people fishing in a general area to monitor overfishing.

License to have a dog:

Costs a certain amount of money each month. This funds public cleaning of dog poop and free dog poop bags.

License for a GMRS radio:

To prevent too many people from crowding in the same channel.

To be able to identify assholes who jam a channel with their broadcasts.

License for biking:

To know the rules of the road
- Upvote for thoughtful reply but I think you mean fish procreation periods. Nobody cares what season they go golfing 😆
  
  Thanks for catching that. I’m sure there must be a fish-specific term that’s eluding me.
  
  Breeding / spawning
- This funds public cleaning of dog poop and free dog poop bags.
  
  NYC technically requires a dog license, and I can guarantee you it provides neither of these things. The streets are absolutely covered in dog shit because of irresponsible dog owners. A lot of the city doesn't have garbage cans either (especially in Queens), and the few that exist are never emptied.
  
  This person knows what's up...
  
  I don't hate the animal, just the dog owner. These people are inconsiderate parasites that need to be taxed into compliance.
  
  When did we as society decide that their right to own pets in dense urban setting permits them to spoil any patch of greenery and landscaping?!
- License to have a dog:
  
  Costs a certain amount of money each month. This funds public cleaning of dog poop and free dog poop bags.
  
  Wait... i never heard of this... where is this utopia located?!
  
  I know of them in Germany. But the duckduckgo image search reveals that they exist in many places.
  
  Clearly not in US cities... because there is dog shit every where and dog owners get indignant when they are told to pick that shit up lol
  
  This used to be like this in my hometown (in Europe). Then the city government placed free excrement bag dispensers in many places and did a public awareness campaign telling people to clean up after their dogs; this definitely had an effect, I hardly ever see dog poop anywhere anymore.
- How does the dog license get enforced? Do police go around confronting dog walkers?
  
  As with many types of license, they usually only get checked when you're caught misbehaving.
  
  If you're caught not picking up your dogs poo, you're asked "have you got a licence for that dog". At which point, if you say no, then you get another charge or two slapped on as well. If you lie and say yes you can get yet another charge slapped on for lying to law enforcement.
  
  Its basically another layer of incentive to follow the law and get a license or the penalties may be higher as a result.
  
  We dog owner should be detained and made spend the night in the dog park. That way they have to rely on other dog owners to pick their dog shit for sanitary conditions.
  
  another charge slapped on for lying to law enforcement
  
  Context for Germany: You’re allowed to lie to law enforcement.
  
  In Germany we have a law enforcement level below the police called “Ordnungsamt” (I’m not going to try to translate that). They are in charge of these minor misdemeanors (like parking wrong, littering, speeding, etc.) It’s entirely possible that their patrols randomly check dog owners, but personally I’ve never heard of that.

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