In Boulder, itâs permitted to âinsult, taunt, or challengeâ police officersââuntil they ask you to stop
Letâs get this out of the way right off the bat. Itâs a bad, bad idea to verbally assault officers no matter where you are, even if itâs Boulder. But that doesnât change the fact that the specific language of the city of Boulderâs âFighting Wordsâ ordinance clearly states that itâs perfectly legal until the police officer ârequests the person to cease and discontinue the conduct.â
Want to buy a car on a Sunday in Colorado? Youâre out of luck
For some reason, Colorado doesnât permit the sales of automobiles on Sundays. However, if youâre in the market for tires or other car accessories, those are perfectly legal to purchase on Sundays. The law strictly applies to dealerships, but also applies to âpremises or residences.â Itâs hard to tell how this law benefits Coloradoâs citizens or the stateâs automotive industry, but itâs the law of the land.
Vailâs anti-junk law
Vail is heavily invested in keeping its ski town posh and beautiful, and it uses legal mechanisms like its junk law to do it. Any material classified as âjunkâ is not allowed to be stored next to public buildings or private residences. A potential issue with the law is the fact that whatâs considered artful, sentimental, or useful to one resident can be thought of as a junky nuisance to another. Outdoor art installations come to mind.
Logan County prohibits kissing sleeping women
Home of an especially desolate stretch of 1-76 and some of Coloradoâs sparsest populated communities, Logan County has an odd law on its books worthy of being on this list. If a woman is asleep, itâs illegal to kiss her. This begs the question of how many local couples knowingly or unwittingly break this law on a weekly basis. Why and how this ever became law isnât clear, but what is clear is the fact that itâs impossible to enforce in almost every instance.
Public use of catapults, blowguns, slingshots, and the throwing of snowballs are unlawful in Aspen
If youâre planning on moving to Aspen and building some sort of medieval catapult, you might want to reconsider. When youâre in the town of Aspen, itâs illegal to launch things at a person or property through not only catapults, but also slingshots, blowguns, and good olâ fashioned snowball fights. The catapult mention makes this law seem a little obscure, but itâs essentially designed to keep things from being launched at local residents and visitors. Even so, itâs interesting to think about an obscure catapult snowball battle that happened in Aspenâs past that led to this legislation.