4my son

One of the arguments the anti's keep making is the whole "common sense" laws, which I think a lot of us here will agree are attempts to incrementally reach their main objective, total ban of guns. We often refer to it as the "slippery slope" and fight to keep them from gaining small steps that could turn into big gains later down the road.

I'm not saying we should concede, or change our views, I was trying to think of some other types of things that have over time been incrementally chipped away at until ultimately it was banned, or made just to impractical due to restrictions.

I don't think any argument would really sway the anti's "It's for the children" mentality, would be nice to have other examples in the old arsenal if tasked with explaining our side.

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500Mag

I'm pretty sure smoking is there. Between the bans and taxes it'll be outlawed or impossible to do soon. While it does have a general health aspect that guns don't have, I still think a lot that goes on with the banning and especially taxing is rediculous.

Note: I've never smoked and can't stand the smell. But if you want to kill yourself go right ahead. And if you can't afford the insurance for treatment later in life, oh well.

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edr9x23super

Here's my take: No compromise whatsoever. There is no such thing as "reasonable" gun laws. What it boils down to is this: when you enact rules like that, liberals always have some sort of bypass, for special people like Madonna, or Rosie, or people that they deem more important than the rest of us.....

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dukalmighty

Lawn darts

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dan728

seatbelts, only get a ticket if you were pulled over for anothe violation remember how it all started first the front seat then under 13 now everyone is required to wear them. "Super blitz"

DaveH

There are a number of things that have been incrementally restricted and/or the requirements have expanded incrementally -- either creating a ban or otherwise making things very difficult.

Animal Rights - was a time any stray chasing.... Or that you could raise and sell puppies w/o.... Or if you needed to put down an animal you didn't need to pay a vet.

Burying an Animal on your own lad.

Having a Family Cemetery on your own land.

Many other uses of your own land.

Health Inspections/Restrictions - was a time home-made, home-grown, etc could be sold locally w/o hassle. Clubs & Churches held dinners, sold stew/BBQ/fish fries/etc along the road, as fund raisers w/o hassle, licencing, etc (FWISW -- a Non-profit/Church-hosted soup-kitchen is treated as a Restaurant, here. I resigned. The local Mayor set up a free hot-dog give-away when the "Traveling Vietnam Wall" was here. The County inspector tried to shut it down for lack of licensing and inspection.)

Fireworks -- was a time here in VA when Cherry Bombs, M10s, all kinds of rockets, real Roman Candles, etc were common fund raiser end of June and/or available at local stores most of the year.

General Explosives -- was a time I could buy caps, dynamite, large cans of powder at Southern States, or the hardware store w/o so much as an ID.

IDs -- the incidents of needing IDs (and more extensive ID) to do many things has gone up.

Restrictions on business -- e.g. the Fleet MPG regs. They didn't ban the station-wagon they incrementally restricted its production, indirectly. Now they are moving on to restricting SUV, small trucks, Vans, etc.

Someone else already mention smoking.

That's just a few off the top of my head.

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sniper58

Speech - now you have to watch what you say lest you run afoul of the ever-growing "Hate Speech" vocabulary.

Parental Rights - Government-run education is creeping into the right to home school your child, discipline your child, even dress your child as you see fit.

Land - Dave mentioned several restrictions on how you use your own land. How 'bout the ever-popular eminent domain (aka selling YOUR property to the highest bidder, all in the name of doing what's best for the community, i.e. growing the tax base).

While perhaps not a "right" in the traditional sense of the word, our history and textbooks are being re-written as you read this to conform with someone's agenda. Whatever happened to the good ole Saturday morning cartoons? Buggs Bunny, Foghorn Leghorn, Roadrunner were all yanked off the air because they "promoted violence." Yeah, every time I watched Roadrunner, I begged my parents for plane ticket out west so I could push an animal off of a cliff, just to see it come back to life.

The list seems never ending. These are just a few things I can think of right now.

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packinnova

I can think of a few that need to be added to it:

• Taxes
  ---> this one's a biggie for me. Our family land has been systematically banned effectively. Land that was passed down from generation to generation for each generation to work and make it their own has had to be sold off bit by bit over the years to pay off the ever rising taxes. My grandfather is reduced to 20-30 acres or so of what had been thousands all because they continually raise the land/property taxes on a retired vet with no other real income. For the most part they lived off of what they grew through most of my childhood. Before long there won't be enough land left for them to do that and they're pushing it now as it is. What ever happened to a mans land being his own once it's bought and paid for? What do I have left to teach my children about if I'm ever blessed with any?
• Liberals (who seem all too eager to push for the first bullet above)
• A few countries
• Democrats (who egg on the liberals or hide behind them)
• Republicans (who don't do anything about the first few groups listed)

Oh wait...wrong list... I thought you said wish list of what you wanted to be incrementally banned...

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stanislaskasava

Around here, spray paint must be sold from behind the counter. Your I.D. is entered into a log book when you purchase, and you must be 18 years / older... this slid down the slope from restrictions on cold medicine containing Pseudoephedrine. Now we have no vandalism or meth addicts anymore.

I think freedom in general is being incrementally banned. There are laws restricting when I can and can't take my lunch / breaks at work. What lane I can drive in. What kind of tires I can have on my car. What type of fuel I can purchase. Soon to be how many windows I can put in a house or maximum square footage. How much water I can flush. There aren't a whole lot of things a guy can do without being taxed or restricted.

ETA: forgot about the ban on Trans-Fat.