I can't vote for I-1401 and it's not because I am in favor of the trafficking of endangered animal parts. The initiative is fatally flawed, in my opinion, beca

I can't vote for I-1401 and it's not because I am in favor of the trafficking of endangered animal parts. The initiative is fatally flawed, in my opinion, because it creates yet another crime that is punishable with time in jail but has no elements of intent or willfulness. Just like the absurdity of finding a bald eagle feather on the ground and, not knowing what it is, taking it home and using it in a mural that is later "sold or distributed" then being convicted of trafficking in part of an endangered species, I-1401 continues and broadens that trend. If only the new section 3, paragraph 1 had read: "...for a person, who knew or reasonably should have known that the animal source is a covered animal species, to sell, offer to sell..." Until then, I'm not willing to give license to criminalize any more accidental or unknowing behavior, especially not with jail time and a mandatory minimum penalty of TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS, which is four-freaking-times the total market value needed to be convicted of "unlawful trafficking in the second degree." (Section 3, paragraph (4)(a).)