Confederacy of Drones

The Government saving us from ourselves.

Posted on January 7, 2016 Updated on January 9, 2016

Whenever we hear things like “you can’t be too careful” or from Obama when he tweeted “if there’s one life we can save-we’ve got an obligation to try”, our immediate reaction is to consider those to be noble sentiments.   That was his logic – or fear mongering – that he’s been using to convince us the time is always right for more gun control directives.  So he literally means if he can take an action to save one life, he will.  He’s also shown that it doesn’t matter if it over steps his authority to do so.  Although he’s not likely to admit he’s exceeding his limited authority to encroach upon our rights, to him it’s more of a duty.

“if there’s one life we can save-we’ve got an obligation to try” – Barack Obama

Now let’s think about actions that could be taken to save lives.  Each day we take personal risks at home, on the road, at work and in our leisure activities.  You almost can’t avoid the opportunity for death particularly if you bring your level of concern down to the one in 300 million possibility.  That’s Obama’s target, one life saved out of a population of 300 million.  Imagine the activities that present a hazard with that slim probability.  We’re guessing that using a toothbrush incorrectly probably has that level of risk, let alone all the other voluntary risks we take everyday including driving a car, walking or running for exercise, not walking or running for exercise, stepping into a bathtub, and even the act of eating is hazardous.  Perhaps the government should require personal food chewers so we don’t risk choking.  After all, almost 3000 people die each year from airway obstruction while eating.  And don’t get us started on the dangers of popcorn!  Food chewers would simultaneously help save us from ourselves and get people back to work.  Not to mention our resulting loss of appetite and an immediate cure for obesity.  And if we refuse that government assistance, then we can just be fined, um…, taxed.

Now consider that the recent rash of Obama actions on gun control would have had no impact on the mass shootings we’ve recently experienced, and that was a primary motivating factor in this latest wave of directives.  In spite of that, he’s managed to fire up the fear and sell his snake oil for whatever ails you as long as he gets added control on your Second Amendment rights.  All in the name of protecting us from ourselves.  Personally we’d rather see a cure for a bloated government.  Hands off our guns….and popcorn.