Mother, May I?

A 1700 word essay examining some anti-freedom policies that require citizens to seek permission from the government to do what they have a natural right to do.

But this is not an article devoted to railing against the unconstitutional, immoral, anti-self-defense laws and regulations still too frequently found in our nation like the swords of a magician piercing a basket. No. My goal here is to discuss the rule of law versus the rule of men; to explore the difference between that which is a right and that which is a privilege.

When any self-important bureaucrat, regulator, or politician proclaims that he will not tolerate you exercising your rights, your freedom, your moral autonomy, then the rule of law ceases to exist. We citizens have become little better than serfs trembling before the capricious and fickle powers of our small-minded masters. Saying the wrong thing, engaging in a forbidden action, or asserting yourself before a puffed-up tin-Napoleon can ruin your life…and in extreme cases, end it.

How much more groveling will Americans endure before they stand up and confront those who continue adding links to the chains holding us down? How much more freedom must we forfeit before we say enough is too much? How much more humiliation must be inflicted upon our heads before we declare the sanctity of our own lives, our own property, our own independence?

How much longer will you beg for permission to exist from the Nanny State that cares only for itself?