"Well Regulated Militia"

[hollodero]

(08-07-2019, 11:27 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Override, yes, not switch off.  I know that may come off as parsing hairs but there is an important distinction.  Let me posit this, do you think that speed infraction fines will be raised when this technology is implemented?  After all, you have to override the system to exceed the speed limit, making it a conscious decision to break the law.

To get back on the topic, at least somewhat, any government oversight of the private lives of its citizens needs to be approached with a huge dose of skepticism.  Law abiding adults should be treated as just that until they prove they are not. 

I get your point. And sure, fines will rise. I'm all for that though. Since personal freedom ends when it's endangering another person's freedom (or health or life). People speeding do that in an irresponsible manner. And as far as I see it, the government as an organizer of the state-wide community has a right to intervene in that instances, including more severe fines for an act (like speeding) that does kill many people a year.

Now how well that translates to gun issues, I don't know. This usually is the point where I'd demand a gun licence akin to a driver's licence, with a somewhat strict aptitude check. But that to many seems to collide with a constitutional right (or at least connect it with expenses), which I'd be fine with. (As I'd be with voter ID laws, but enough side topics.)