Yet another example of a liberal interest group placing its ideology and groupthink ahead of the public welfare. In this case our lives.
Some quotes to ponder:
"The greatest tyrannies are always perpetrated in the name of the noblest causes." -- Thomas Paine
"The trade-off between freedom and security, so often proposed so seductively, very often leads to the loss of both." -- Christopher Hitchens in the August, 2003 issue of Reason.
"Patrick Henry did not say, 'Give me absolute safety or give me death.' " -- John Stossel, "20/20", ABC-TV, Aug. 3, 2001
"For those looking for security, be forewarned that there's nothing more insecure than a political promise." -- Harry Browne
"Anyone who needs to be persuaded to be free, doesn't deserve to be." -- L. Neil Smith
I believe that liberty is the only genuinely valuable thing that men have invented, at least in the field of government, in a thousand years. I believe that it is better to be free than to be not free, even when the former is dangerous and the latter safe. I believe that the finest qualities of man can flourish only in free air – that progress made under the shadow of the policeman’s club is false progress, and of no permanent value. I believe that any man who takes the liberty of another into his keeping is bound to become a tyrant, and that any man who yields up his liberty, in however slight the measure, is bound to become a slave.” -- H. L. Mencken, "Why Liberty?" January 30, 1927
There are a hundred more applicable quotes but I will spare you the reading. The point is clear.