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Like perhaps how to go about getting permission to hunt in his local parks.
Only if there is a specific prohibition, to begin with. Otherwise, thinking you "need permission", is like thinking you "need permission" to fly a frisbee, or skip stones on the pond.
Sure, this doesn't stop a cop from morphing something ELSE to apply (like that they think you'll leave a mess, etc...). So too could the cop stop someone from flying a frisbee ('cuz you might poke someone's eye out), or skipping stones on the pond (because it disturbs the fish and wildlife mating).
Because the thing I would be afraid of, thinking I need to "pre-empt" potential morphings by busy-bodies, is that I might end up with a "no", from a deskbound bureaucrat, and simply preclude myself from hunting a park, where no one would actually have cared. This happened, for example, in my town: a newbie took it upon himself to waltz into city hall and "ask permission" (afterall, you can't be too safe, eh?). He found someone to tell him "no" (perhaps someone had images of geeks with shovels?? who knows!). But what was odd was, the parks here had simply been detected for ages, and no one cared! So now all of the sudden, when news of this newbie's answer circulated around, it was as if ...... "oh no, does this mean we can't hunt parks here now?". You see how it can back-fire, and simply become a self-fulfilling "squeeky wheel"? And then guess what will happen the next time that deskbound bureaucrat passes the park, and see another md'r out there (whom they'd probably never have noticed or given second glance to)? They'll remember the earlier inquiry, and start booting others! I've seen this happen.
So ... no ... if there's no specific prohibition, then just go. But for pete's sake, be a little discreet on timing issues, as just 'cuz there's no prohibitions, doesn't mean we should go kick hornet's nests.
