What's that have to do with a 6-toed cat?

Dang, the gub'mint has to be involved in everything these days, doesn't it?!?!?

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/07/29/hemingway.cats.ap/index.html

MIAMI, Florida (AP) -- The caretakers of Ernest Hemingway's Key West home want a federal judge to intervene in their dispute with the U.S. Department of Agriculture over the six-toed cats that roam the property.

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The Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum disputes the USDA's claim that it is an "exhibitor" of cats and needs to have a USDA Animal Welfare License, according to a complaint filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Miami.

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The agency has repeatedly denied a license for the Hemingway home under the Animal Welfare Act, which the home contends governs animals in commerce. The USDA has threatened to charge the home $200 per cat per day for violating the act, according to the complaint.

It's interesting, because this is one of the tactics gun-control advocates use to try and impose on state's rights when it comes to gun policy -- they claim guns and/or ammo fall under "interstate commerce" and are therefore subject to federal regulation.

Whether it's guns or 6-toed cats, this serves as a pretty good example of how frustrating - and downright absurd - government's insistence on regulation can be.