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"The fact is, we lose more freedom every single year."

In 1910, it was illegal for women to vote.

In 1920, it was illegal for men to buy beer.

In the 1930's, gold was illegal to own ($100 limit).

In the 1940's, our military was racially segregated and the government mandated at gunpoint how many ounces of sugar you could have in your pantry.

In the 1950's, Blacks were being beaten by policemen, hosed by firemen, bitten by sheriffs' dogs, as well as prevented from even *registering* to vote by Jim Crow laws.

In the 1960's, it was *legal* to pay women less than men for the same job.

In the 1970's, it was illegal to drive more than 55 miles per hour.

In the 1980's, it was illegal to use the Internet for profit.

In the 1990's, it was illegal in most states to carry a concealed handgun.

Up until 2004, it was illegal to have a folding stock, flash hider, and 30 round clip in your assault rifle.

Today, none of those restrictions on our freedom apply.

In 1920, it was illegal for men to buy beer.

Today we can't buy DDT to control mosquitoes and as a result, millions around the world have died of malaria.

In the 1930's, gold was illegal to own ($100 limit).

Today gold is virtually illegal to mine.

In the 1940's, our military was racially segregated and the government mandated at gunpoint how many ounces of sugar you could have in your pantry.

Today, schools, businesses and government have racial quotas and the government mandates how much water you can have in your toilet.

In the 1950's, Blacks were being beaten by policemen, hosed by firemen, bitten by sheriffs' dogs, as well as prevented from even *registering* to vote by Jim Crow laws.

Today, Black families are burdened with crime. Their children are raised without their fathers in dysfunctional families in cities much worse than the 1950's.

In the 1960's, it was *legal* to pay women less than men for the same job

Today, honest businessmen are sued by women for all kinds imagined grievances -- like claiming they are entitled to the same pay for "comparable work".

In the 1970's, it was illegal to drive more than 55 miles per hour.

Today it's illegal to sell a car that doesn't get the proper gas mileage as per federal CAFE requirements.

In the 1980's, it was illegal to use the Internet for profit.

Today the Federal government makes a profit on the Internet.

In the 1990's, it was illegal in most states to carry a concealed handgun.

Today you can't carry a sharp object on an airplane.

"The fact is, we lose more freedom every single year."

In 1920, it was illegal for men to buy beer.

The 18th was an infringement of numerous unemumerated individual rights, nullified by juries until repealed.

In the 1930's, gold was illegal to own ($100 limit).

Yet another unconstitutional prohibition on our right to own property of any type.

In the 1940's, our military was racially segregated and the government mandated at gunpoint how many ounces of sugar you could have in your pantry.

Jim Crow in the military, and out, was unconstituional.
Sugar was rationed under war powers.

In the 1950's, Blacks were being beaten by policemen, hosed by firemen, bitten by sheriffs' dogs, as well as prevented from even *registering* to vote by Jim Crow laws.

None of these practices could even remotely be considered Constitutional.

In the 1960's, it was *legal* to pay women less than men for the same job.

It still is, if there is a difference in job performance.

In the 1970's, it was illegal to drive more than 55 miles per hour.

Another unconstitutional 'law'.

In the 1980's, it was illegal to use the Internet for profit.

It was?

In the 1990's, it was illegal in most states to carry a concealed handgun. Up until 2004, it was illegal to have a folding stock, flash hider, and 30 round clip in your assault rifle.

You seem to think that anything Fed/State or local authorities declare to be the 'law' is Constitutional. -- Why is that?

Today, none of those restrictions on our freedom apply.

They never did 'apply', with the exception of rationing during wartime.