Read the posted comments after the piece. One person is concerned with the possibility of confiscation a la Roosevelt. A very legitimate concern, IMO.
However, also IMO, a LOT of Americans are not so trusting of the government as in 1930. This time around, I believe a lot of us realize that after gold and silver confiscation, will come guns. IOW, if they come for your gold, you may as well rebel then, ‘cause it will be either serfdom or rebellion afterwards. Take your pick.
It’s a given that Roosevelt outlawed the gold money and certificates for Americans in the 30s (so did Lenin, Hitler, Mussolini, etc, for their subjects) but, it should be pointed out that was when gold was still very much part and parcel of economic systems and theory.
That was a one time deal, unless one subscribes the theory that the US government plans on returning to a gold monetary standard. Not anytime soon.