Hard to believe, but all of these things are actually legal in at least one state of the country.
#1 Drinking and driving
There are no laws in Mississippi that prevent the possession or consumption of alcohol while driving, because Mississippi.
#2 Make your backyard a gun range
In Florida you can shoot small arms in your backyard, but can't shoot over a house that is occupied or on a public street.
#3 Owning a brown bear
Dangerous? Sure. Legal? In nine states.
#4 Getting spanked by a teacher
19 states still allow corporal punishment in school.
#5 Wearing a strainer as a hat in a license photo
There are four people who identify as Pastafarian who have fought for their right to wear the colander on their head in their driver's license picture, because it's considered a religious garment.
#6 Driving barefoot
It's actually legal to drive barefoot in all 50 states. That said, if you're in an accident while driving barefoot, and the police determine that somehow contributed to the accident, you could get an additional fine for negligent driving.
#7 Sending your d*ck pics to everyone
While you might end up losing some friends, there are no laws in Georgia that say you can't send people unwanted pictures of your d*ck.
#8 Marrying a cousin
Specifically your first cousin. There are 11 states where you totally marry them.
#9 Beastiality
More than a dozen states say it's totally fine for you to f*ck an animal.
#10 Getting drunk with your kids
The Massachusetts State Supreme Judicial Court ruled it's not illegal for parents to give alcohol to their own children in their home.
#11 Texting and driving
West Virginia has no laws that outlaw what many people agree is one of the most dangerous things you can do while driving.
#12 Serving roadkill as a meal
Texas, California and Washington are three of the only states that have decided you cannot collect roadkill to serve as food. Just watch out anywhere else you go, you never know where that food came from.
#13 Recording a phone call secretly
A lot of states only require one person (aka you) to know the conversation is being recorded.
#14 Cannibalism
While technically there's no specific law against cannibalism, anyone who actually eats human flesh is probably going to be charged with murder, desecration of corpses and necrophilia.
#15 Passing at a double yellow line
You can pass a car in front of you even if you're at a double yellow line in Vermont, unless there's a sign that specifically says otherwise.
#16 Firing someone for being gay
There are actually still 29 states in the U.S. where you can be fired just for being gay. There are also 34 states where you can fire someone for being transgender.
