The Mind Boggles

Even as they accuse President Obama and the Democrats of trying to ruin the country, rightists, tea party afficionados, even some Southern Democrats, and of course Republicans seem hell-bent on destroying themselves. Literally.
This week, Virginia's General Assembly passed a law. One of the effects of this law is striking in its idiocy. Evidently, one will soon be able to walk into a bar in old Virginny, order a drink, then another, then another, then another, etc., all the while carrying a concealed, loaded weapon.
This is just one of the many actions taken by states to protect those who can obviously protect themselves - gun owners. Even Wyoming, proud possessor of the "I'll shoot you in the face" former Vice President, has passed laws loosening gun control. However, the federal government has not really been too concerned with tightening gun laws. They've been far too busy dealing with Afghanistan, health care reform, education and tax overhaul, and attempting to help the economy recover from the last disastrous eight years of policy. In other words, gun owners and their lobby seem to be acting preemptively. Now imagine a drunk man with a concealed weapon acting preemptively. Right?
Frankly, I am not pro gun control. I see gun control as the equivalent of putting a band-aide on a severed limb. I do, however, support bans on: automatic weapons (unless you're hunting zombies), carrying guns into a school, library, or religious establishment (unless it's filled with zombies), and certain other instances, always allowing for a zombie exception. I would think that a ban on concealed weapons in a bar would just be common sense, though. Whiskey and weapons don't mix, and often miss, hitting bystanders. And given that we're talking about the home state of the Virginia Tech massacre, I am doubly perplexed at the VA GA's lax attitude towards weapons.
Meanwhile, in Utah, it might become, for all intents and purposes, a crime to have a miscarriage. "The Sranger" reports that "A bill passed by the Utah House and Senate this week and waiting for the governor's signature, will make it a crime for a woman to have a miscarriage.... In addition to criminalizing an intentional attempt to induce a miscarriage or abortion, the bill also creates a standard that could make women legally responsible for miscarriages caused by "reckless" behavior. Using the legal standard of "reckless behavior" all a district attorney needs to show is that a woman behaved in a manner that is thought to cause miscarriage, even if she didn't intend to lose the pregnancy."
Utah preggers - DO NOT GO TO VIRGINIA!!!
I find it interesting that the very same people who are always talking about wanting a smaller government pass laws like the one above. An official injunction on what is usually a natural bodily function (25% of pregnancies end in miscarriage) seems a far greater invasion of individual rights and liberties than Obama's increasingly feeble attempts to make sure we don't go into crippling debt every time we visit the doctor. And once again, where were these people when the government allowed the NSA to spy on private citizens without a warrant?
The Utah bill in question also raises the issue of just who may call an action reckless, and what recklessness is. Is it reckless for a pregnant women to go down a flight of stairs? Drive? Fly? Laugh?
Take a loaded weapon to a bar?
Hypocrites and idiots. No wonder Obama's reasoned, rational, and conciliatory tone doesn't work.