Well yeah. Analogously, you don't think that taxes on tobacco are about politicians' concern about public health, do ya?
You bring up an interesting point. Just like food, alcohol, dope, weapons, and now cars, the government is slowly becoming our parents to determine our safety and security without asking us. It has little to do with making money, which it does. It is an effort toward control. I thought when “they” established adulthood at 18 years old, they said they were going to back off on the control for their “childrens’ safety.” And the hits just keep coming.
rwood