George Rebane
Congress is now debating the next level of big brother laws in legislation designed to tax away our taste for soda pop and other drinks laced with sugar. As a wordsmith, I dislike ‘nanny state’ to describe such encroachment of liberties, because nanny connotes someone who cares for you and has your best interests at heart. Imposing new taxes on soda pop is a simple grab for more money by a profligate and intrusive government that doesn’t give a rat’s taillight for your welfare. One more for them, one less for us, because this is a zero-sum game.
But such opinions as mine are now in the distinct minority. The different worldviews of the free-market conservatives and the would-be socialists can easily make one conclude that the debate is over – we are now just quoting slogans at each other. An example of this divide is the pair of recent articles by some of our loudest voices, WSJ’s Peggy Noonan (‘A ‘Necessary’ War?’) and NYT’s Maureen Dowd (‘Daisy Chain of Cheneys’). They are worth a read.
Our RINO governator just signed AB962, greatly restricting ammunition sales in California to law-abiding citizens who will now have to leave their thumbprint and register their purchase. No criminals will be affected by this nonsense. The new restriction of liberties was justified by another big lie that joins the huge pile of government lies which no one notices any longer. To wit –
Although I have previously vetoed legislation similar to this measure, local governments have demonstrated that requiring ammunition vendors to keep records on ammunition sales improves public safety. These records have allowed law enforcement to arrest and prosecute persons who have no business possessing firearms and ammunition: gang members, violent parolees, second and third strikers, and even people previously serving time in state prison for murder.
The real reason is that this rights ratcheting law will take us one step closer to the blanket confiscation of all guns from the law abiding civilian population. Most gun owners have legacy firearms that they received before the gun control crowd went rabid. These firearms are not on any database. But if you happen to own a .303 British Enfield that the state does not know about, it will get strong evidence of that the next time you buy a box of .303 cartridges. So besides adding another taxing step into what was a free and unmonitored act, big brother gets to put you under a new cross-hairs.
Those who seek to destroy this country have at their beck and call an army of soft heads and/or soft hearts who can be marshaled to do all the dirty work on their fellow citizens. And these fellow citizens are so busy making a living and following the circus of the day, that they don’t even notice. The autocracy autobahn is a smooth road indeed.
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