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Originally Posted by StrongInTheArm
A governments first priority is to protect its people. Whether that be from outside forces or those peddling death.
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There is a common sense factor that must be recognized with that statement. There is a line between protection and removing freedom. Those that don't see the line or feel it should be crossed or the people that support socialist/communist views.
If I smoke, no one sticks the cigarette or cigar in my mouth, holds it there, lights it and makes me inhale. If I own a gun, no one forces me to load the gun, turn the safety off, aim the gun and pull the trigger to kill another person or an animal. Had the seat belt law been in effect when I was 2 years old I would be dead now, as my parents would be as well. In all incidences it doesn't protect you, it should be a personal choice, it effects no else. If I decide to go to Taco Bell or McDonald's for supper, that is a choice I alone make, no one forces me to eat there, if order a Big Mac instead of a salad, that is a personal choice.
This is just a few things there are so many more and every single one of these freedoms that you empower someone else to monitor and control is an opening for them to make every decision for you. What to watch on television, whether you are allowed to have children, whether you're allowed to marry a certain person, whether you're allowed to drive a truck instead of a car, or a motorcycle instead of a car. Whether you are allowed to have grass on your lawn or cut down a tree or plant roses. It's never ending. But you propose that is the road that should be followed in the better interest of the people?