In Los Angeles, it may soon be illegal to buy everything from rabbit keychains to conventionally raised pork chops. Following years of pressure from animal rights activists, the city council voted last week to move forward with a ban on the sale and manufacture of fur products. Not to be outdone, animal activists are also running a ballot measure in California that would ban the sale of commonly produced pork in grocery stores across the entire state.
Animal rights activists are aggressively lobbying for state and local laws to raise the cost of production of a wide array of consumer products, with the ultimate goal of banning them entirely. Congress needs to pass the Protect Interstate Commerce Act to defend the personal choices of Americans.
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