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This thread hurts my brain.

TW, good to see you maintaining form.

sexobon has done a fine job outlining the flaws in the plan so I don't need to add anything there.

There is a difference between rights and privileges and if you want to read on the subject, radar, while nuts on some issues, covered that ground very well and you may want to read some of his writings.

I find it interesting that the same people who scoff at the idea of citizens defending themselves against a tyrannical government are the first in line to reinterpret rights as privileges. My fear of growing governmental powers is rooted in the knowledge that the government is full of people with the same beliefs. To be fair, your fear is likely that it is full of people like me.