Sure there is an argument for letting me do anything, but when you keep persuing and reducing the argument, it eventually boils down to “Why do we even have laws at all?”
The answer to that question is “becuase we as a society decided to.” By their very nature, laws created by people are arbitrary and intangible, their only actual effect is derived from society’s willingness to actually enforce them.
Why is my freedom to build bombs in my basement being overridden?
Oh that’s right, because laws are ultimately created based on relative perceptions of risks and social acceptance of the populace (generally, in a democratic society, there are a lot of exceptions here).
Note for my FBI agent : I’m not building bombs in my basement, I’m using that as an example of why we have laws at all.
Well, the better overall solution would be to ban it entirely, but here is the rub…
The addictive nature of these products is so strong that there is significant health risks to quitting them “cold turkey”.
The alternative is mandated addiction rehab programs, and completely banning the sale, use and possession of tobacco and vape products outside of licensed rehab centers. So, even though it feels arbitrarily restrictive to ban that 27 year old, but not the 28 year old, overall it is much more permissive than the alternative.
Shut the fuck up. Don’t give them any ideas!!!
It would be really fucking rich… If they live-streamed him doing prison labor for 6 months.
People who were not permitted to buy tobacco and vape products are not losing a freedom they had either.
Regardless, laws are written and removed constantly throughout our lifetime. It’s not legal for me to park where I used to, it’s not legal for me to bring a big bottle of orange juice or a tube of toothpaste on a plane anymore. The fact that things can become illegal or legal is a necessary consequences of having laws that can be changed.
Also, you could legally make your own explosives right up until there was a law passed that made it illegal. There isn’t some universal property that says humans aren’t allowed to make explodey shit.