Ontario Governments At It Again
By Ian Scott
Seems that just about everywhere you look, governments are trying to protect us from ourselves. As reported in The London Fog, the Ontario government is now considering following other jurisdictions in banning cell phone usage in cars. But not just cell phones - the Ontario Government is also considering banning smoking in cars where children are present and possibly prohibiting the use of other gadgets.
And in Toronto, the Mayor wants to ban the discharge of firearms except by police officers within the city. This ban would mean the shutting down of several legal and safe firearm ranges where some Torontonians go to enjoy their hobby of target shooting.
Such government intrusion is boneheaded and stupid. Whilst the aim maybe to improve the security of individuals living in their jurisdictions, in the long run, such bans and prohibitions do little to protect anyone. Take the cell phone ban for example - there are already laws that deal with unsafe or dangerous driving - and someone who uses a cell phone but is driving dangerously could be charged under that law while leaving others who use cell phones (the Police themselves use gadgets all the time while driving!) alone.
Sometimes what governments do in the name of “protection” or “security” is absurd.
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