I think we know the answer
Reader Ted emails:
In light of the enormously scoped sniper rifle in the UK, I often wonder why rights are subject to stricter and stricter regulations in response to isolated abuses while the same cannot be said for entitlements.
The tendency is to err on the side that creates dependency.
I did not intend that to rhyme.
June 7th, 2010 at 9:22 am
re: rhyming
You’re a poet and didn’t know it.
har har
(please, no comments about having a “Longfellow”).
June 7th, 2010 at 10:22 am
That’s an interesting thought, because people on the left so often refer to entitlements as “rights”, and claim that there’s no difference between those and actual rights.
But when the rubber hits the road, the distinction is perfectly clear to them, isn’t it?
June 7th, 2010 at 10:28 am
Yep its all about “control”. Firearms, privacy, and release from taxation allow the individual freedom from their government.
Meanwhile Healthcare, Welfare, and Licensing of every damn thing puts you in Big Daddy Gov’s pocket.
Big Daddy Gov likes those things.
June 9th, 2010 at 3:32 am
Damn…I didn’t even think I’d make the blog, much less get comments from bloggers I dig. Thanks for both the post and your answer.