17 Shocking Things That Are Legal In the U.S.A.

1. Yes, every American in the United States is allowed to own a flamethrower.

2. There is absolutely no law in Mississippi regulating the consumption of alcohol while operating a vehicle.

3. In every state in the U.S., the drug salvia is legal. When smoked, it can give the user a hallucinating high on par with LSD and DMT.

4. In every state, you are allowed to own a tank. If you can afford one

5. In Massachusetts, parents aren't liable for giving alcohol to their children while in their homes.

6. Floridians are legally allowed to shoot small arms (which include revolvers and self-loading pistols, rifles, assault rifles, submachine guns and light machine guns) in their backyards.

7. There is technically no law against counting cards. Although, if you get caught, the casinos will definitely kick you out

8. In West Virginia, it is legal to text while driving.

9. In South Carolina, if you get permission from the Department of Commerce, you can legally fire a missile.

10. There is technically no law in the U.S banning cannibalism. Most cannibals get charged on counts of murder, desecration of bodies, and/or necrophilia.

11. Driving barefoot is completely legal in all 50 states.

12. There are 19 states that allow you to marry your first cousin

13. In Georgia, it is totally legal to send a stranger a picture of your penis

14. Nineteen states allow for corporal punishment in schools

15. Eleven states in this country allow you to have sexual relations with an animal. In Kentucky it's apparently even encouraged.

16. Even in 2015, 29 states (more than half the country) allow companies to fire someone for being gay. In 34 states it's legal to fire someone for being transgender.

17. In nine different states, it is totally legal to keep a brown bear for a pet.