"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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NOYB wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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wrote:
http://www.townhall.com/opinion/colu...17/186976.html

The first two paragraphs state:


'Apparently not content to confine their legislative excess to Wal-Mart
and small business, Maryland Democrats now are threatening the property
rights of Maryland boaters, proposing a new bill ostensibly aimed at
nothing more than attempting to “protect us from ourselves.”

House Bill 140 is a deplorable and intrusive bit of legislation that
would require every individual on a boat to wear a personal flotation
device (PFD) while the boat is underway. This bill not only requires the
boat’s operator to wear a PFD but also specifically “prohibits an
individual from operating or allowing the operation of a vessel while
there is present in the vessel an individual not wearing a PFD…” and
“[applies] regardless of [an individual’s] age or size of the vessel.”


The property rights of Maryland boaters? The writer of the article is an
idiot.


The writer's intelligence aside...


What are your thoughts on this stupid law being enacted by the
Democrat-controlled legislature?


I view it in the same light as mandatory seat-belt laws...something
innocuous that will help save lives.


Here's how the law should read:

If you have health and life insurance, then you're free to do as you choose.
If not, then you must wear seatbelt/helmet/PFD...so that the rest of society
doesn't have to pay for you when things go wrong.