Michael Vick wants to make it a crime to attend a dogfight

Michael Vick will speak in front of Congress on Tuesday in support of a bill that would make it a crime to even attend a dogfight or a cockfight. This is good news, because everyone knows that Congress values no opinion more than they value Michael Vick's.

Vick will be joined by Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of The Humane Society of the United States. Here's a little more information on the bill.

H.R. 2492 [...] would prohibit knowing attendance at organized animal fights and impose additional penalties for causing a minor to attend such events. Over the past decade, Congress has strengthened the penalties for and closed major loopholes in the federal animal fighting law, but has left the issue of spectators unaddressed. The Marino-Sutton bill will correct this remaining gap in federal law to allow for a more comprehensive crackdown on this barbaric activity.

I can't imagine that's a terribly controversial bill. I doubt we'll get anyone in front of Congress on Tuesday arguing that they should be allowed to take their 5-year-old to an organized dogfight. I don't believe that anyone's going to argue that it would be a healthy, non-traumatic event for a little girl to see a bloodthirsty Blue savagely rip the esophagus out of a terrified, whimpering Scrappy Doo.

Anyway, good for Michael Vick. I hope there's sincerity in his heart when delivering the message.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Michael-Vick-wants-to-make-it-a-crime-to-attend-?urn=nfl-wp3543

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