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Not fire arms related but still an unfair ban

KBCraig

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SFCRetired wrote:
My take is that the powers-that-be are trying to create (and largely succeeding) a "Nanny state" that will prevent all citizens (subjects) from engaging in any activity that carries even the remotest chance of risk.
I think it's even worse: they're trying to create a society where the people are forbidden from engaging in any activity that is not expressly approved by the government.
 

Michigander

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I knew a kid when I was younger that used to make his own mini bikes with lawn mowers, scrap pipes, a tig welder, and a few other things.

The days when he did that were well before this stupidity, but it just goes to show you that if you ban or require stuff, people will improvise their way around the bans. I don't care what it is, catalytic converters, switch blades, drugs, dirt bikes, machine guns, unstamped ammo, whiskey, or whatever else, it doesn't matter. The government derives its power from the consent of the governed. Without the people's consent, government requests are as meaningless as they are ineffective.
 
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