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Florida Has Gone Nutz! Posted by Giulia Rozzi on May 1, 2008 at 9:49 am

Many drivers in Tallahassee Florida will sadly have to say goodbye to their testicles. Their fake bull testicles that dangle from their truck and car trailer hitches.

Republican Sen. Cary Baker, a gun shop owner from Eustis, Florida, called the adornments offensive and proposed the ban. Motorists would be fined $60 for displaying the novelty items, which are known by brand names like “Truck Nutz” and resemble the south end of a bull moving north.

The Florida Senate voted last week to add the measure to a broader transportation bill, but it is not included in the House version.In a spirited debate laced with double entendre, Senate lawmakers questioned whether the state should curtail freedom of expression in vehicle accessories. [Reuters]

Truck Nutz (which may just be my new favorite word) are described on their site as “a high-quality, novelty, automotive accessory that hang from any bumper and let folks show the world their Nutz”.

Personally I think there are things that are far more offensive like, oh I dunno, selling guns?

Is it not ones constitutional right to express themselves through plastic balls? Is it censorship to take a persons nutz away? Want to know more abut protecting free speech? and check out change.org .


CATEGORIES:  Human Rights


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Posted by lora bruncke on May 4, 2008 at 7:44 pm

Giulia, I agree with you.
I have wondered for a while if some government leaders are Nutz or just lack them!

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Posted by bill leingang on June 5, 2008 at 12:21 am

this is what the Florida legislators do instead of being sure votes actually count or fixing their election process. Only in Florida can legislation pass this fast. oh the skill of the florida body politic.

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Posted by Barry R. Boots on January 17, 2009 at 3:32 pm

I think the legislators are wasting too much of our money and their time on something as frivoless as truck nuts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Posted by Lang Lang G. on February 10, 2009 at 9:11 am

Selling guns to whom? That’s the question. Honestly though to back up an argument for the truck nutz with freedom of speech is kind of ridiculous in its own right. Supporting either side is wasteful, there are more important things. This is a good sign of our dead and dying culture.

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