Sentences with phrase «attending cockfights»
HB 1043, authored by Rep. Wayne Christian, R - District 9, and Sen. Eddie Lucio, Jr., D - District 27, prohibits a person from attending a cockfight, owning or training a rooster to fight, owning or selling the knives, gaffs or other weapons used in the fights, and allowing one's property to be used in a fight.
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Cockfighting is a felony, but owning roosters for the purpose of fighting them and attending a cockfight are both perfectly legal.