glue type trap legal?

[Luna butte]

I am wondering the legality of the glue type mouse traps that I see for sale in the feed store.

[Humptulips]

Well, mouse traps are specifically exempted from the law so should be legal.

[2labs]

Mouse lives matter!

[Romulus1297]

We have 2 wild mouse traps and they are always hungry just had to save them from the vicious raccoon.

[RadSav]

I had a mouse in the house while the MIL was here.  She left so much junk food crumbs around he was living the life of Reilly.  I tried every trap in the store to catch that little bugger and even locked the cat in the MIL room.  Never could catch that smart little bugger!  I finally broke down and got one of those glue traps and put it under the MIL's bed.  Half hour later he was in the trash can screaming for mercy.  I feel bad using them (sort of) but dang are they effective!

[whitey]

 
here we go again.

[Luna butte]

Thanks, I am just trying to find a line of demarcation. It appears that the law was written for "common rats" not a certain style of trap.

[birddogdad]

hmm.. was wondering the same thing with baiting... 

[Humptulips]

Thanks, I am just trying to find a line of demarcation. It appears that the law was written for "common rats" not a certain style of trap.

Just had this discussion yesterday again
The exemptive phrase is "common rat and mouse traps"
Trying to remember from my english classes here. Does anybody else remember diagraming sentences? It's been a while for me.
Our contention has always been that "common" is an adjective of "traps" "Common" modifies traps and "rat and mouse" modifies traps. That would mean any rat or mouse trap that is commonly found. You couldn't go making your own but if you could buy it I would think that would qualify.
If "common" modifies "rat" my question is what is a "common rat". That really has no meaning, at least I have never been able to find a definition. If it said old world rats or something like that it would have a meaning but what is a "common rat".

English teachers speak up.
 

[h2ofowlr]

I use them.  They work great, when they are bypassing a trap.

[Igottanewknee]

Thanks, I am just trying to find a line of demarcation. It appears that the law was written for "common rats" not a certain style of trap.

Just had this discussion yesterday again
The exemptive phrase is "common rat and mouse traps"
Trying to remember from my english classes here. Does anybody else remember diagraming sentences? It's been a while for me.
Our contention has always been that "common" is an adjective of "traps" "Common" modifies traps and "rat and mouse" modifies traps. That would mean any rat or mouse trap that is commonly found. You couldn't go making your own but if you could buy it I would think that would qualify.
If "common" modifies "rat" my question is what is a "common rat". That really has no meaning, at least I have never been able to find a definition. If it said old world rats or something like that it would have a meaning but what is a "common rat".

English teachers speak up.

What? Now you're making my head hurt!

[Stein]

We are seriously discussing whether a guy could catch a mouse in his own house?

[Humptulips]

We are seriously discussing whether a guy could catch a mouse in his own house?

Not really the focus of the discussion IMO. More like could you use that same trap for something else.

[Igottanewknee]

We are seriously discussing whether a guy could catch a mouse in his own house?

Not really the focus of the discussion IMO. More like could you use that same trap for something else.

You know, like flies and such... I'm ok now.... I'm just trying to figure out the other important things I was pondering.....