Yes, it is about personal freedom. When you allow the government at any level to micro-manage your life to protect you from yourself it quickly becomes about personal freedom.
It is typical of us to become government control advocates when the subject at hand does not affect us. The motorcycle helmet and automobile seat belt laws become reality only because they are easy public sales. When challenged as to their constitutionality they have always failed. The biased, discriminatory arguments in favor of these laws have some validity but if one allows the government to protect you from yourself then the question arises as to just where does it end.
Poor eating habits, lifestyles, drugs, alcohol, tobacco, fast food, etc. are all health issues that cost this country tremendous amounts of money. As targets for government control they would never succeed for they would impact all of us. Helmets and seat belts are the easy target.
NASCAR safety equipment would keep us all safer in vehicle accidents but our hair is more important than our safety. If you ever have a bee or wasp fly up in your helmet at road speed it will take nerves of steel to come to a stop before ripping it off.
Common sense may be an endangered attribute but you want the government making you r choices for you?
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