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<blockquote data-quote="Joeh" data-source="post: 2134812" data-attributes="member: 18680">Even as I wrote it out earlier, it occurred to me that the notion of the government regulating the safety and security of privately owned aviation companies was suspect.&nbsp; Your example regarding my lack of ability to chose a competitive product or service that is more akin to my personal beliefs hammered that home for me.&nbsp; This is the type of information I&#039;m always looking out for, but unfortunately am not educated enough to be familiar with, although I am trying to learn.&nbsp; So, again, I arrive back at a familiar place. If I know this, or it can be explained to me, why has nothing been done?&nbsp; Surely the SCOTUS can see the blatant violations of civil liberties.&nbsp; Is the majority really choking down the spoon fed &#039;national security&#039; explanation we continue receiving?&nbsp; Or does it not even really matter what the majority wants anymore?&nbsp; Is it merely a facade, put in place to keep the citizens complacent with their dwindling liberties?&nbsp; I&#039;m reminded of a statement one of my anti-2A law student buddies said, &quot;sometimes we must give up parts of our liberties in order to benefit the greater good&quot;.&nbsp; But, is that really a true statement?&nbsp; I wonder if forfeiting any of my liberties is worth the &#039;safety and security&#039; that I am promised in return.&nbsp;&nbsp; I, personally, feel the most safe, and the most secure, when I am prepared and ready to protect myself and my loved ones.&nbsp; I do not feel safe when my protection is to be provided by someone who is not around me at all times, nor is their duty to protect me.&nbsp; While a great discussion, it is casting quite a dark cloud over my otherwise sunny outlook on life.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Joeh, post: 2134812, member: 18680"] Even as I wrote it out earlier, it occurred to me that the notion of the government regulating the safety and security of privately owned aviation companies was suspect. Your example regarding my lack of ability to chose a competitive product or service that is more akin to my personal beliefs hammered that home for me. This is the type of information I'm always looking out for, but unfortunately am not educated enough to be familiar with, although I am trying to learn. So, again, I arrive back at a familiar place. If I know this, or it can be explained to me, why has nothing been done? Surely the SCOTUS can see the blatant violations of civil liberties. Is the majority really choking down the spoon fed 'national security' explanation we continue receiving? Or does it not even really matter what the majority wants anymore? Is it merely a facade, put in place to keep the citizens complacent with their dwindling liberties? I'm reminded of a statement one of my anti-2A law student buddies said, "sometimes we must give up parts of our liberties in order to benefit the greater good". But, is that really a true statement? I wonder if forfeiting [B]any[/B] of my liberties is worth the 'safety and security' that I am promised in return. I, personally, feel the most safe, and the most secure, when I am prepared and ready to protect myself and my loved ones. I do not feel safe when my protection is to be provided by someone who is not around me at all times, nor is their duty to protect me. While a great discussion, it is casting quite a dark cloud over my otherwise sunny outlook on life. [/QUOTE]

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