Nevada turning nanny state

Nevada lawmakers are considering a ban on tanning beds, not for everyone, just children. It doesn’t matter whether they were given parental consent. SB 267, which has passed the state senate, would ban people under the age of 18 from using a tanning salon. Just another example of how the great and benevolent rulers know what’s best for the lowly, ignorant subjects. The government gets to decide what you children can and cannot do, not their parents. Where is the freedom in that? I have never been to a tanning salon, nor do I ever intend to patronize one but who is the government to tell me that I can’t send my child if they want to artificially tan themselves? If great and all powerful government has determined they are harmful, why are they allowed to be used by anyone? Doesn’t the government already regulate the indoor tanning industry and if it is harmful, why are they still in use? This is just another example of an overreaching government controlling citizens. Unfortunately, this is not the first foray for Nevada into the nanny state, think smoking bans, helmet laws, seat belt laws and the most recent, text free driving. While Nevada has not delved as deep into the nanny state as some others states have, the increasing passage and more restrictive laws show we may be well on the way to nanny state laws in New York and California. What is the next thing we ban because the people are too stupid to know what’s good for them? Are Trans fats next, like California where you can’t even get a real Oreo. Or are we headed the way of New York City, where not only do they have strict gun laws but also strict salt laws, soda size laws. Mayor Bloomberg is not stopping with salt and soda; he recently outlawed donations to homeless shelters because the salt content couldn’t be determined. Now he is also attacking Styrofoam, that awful material must not be used, it’s just so terrible. When did it become the job of the government to tell people how they live, what they could and could not consume? Where did we give consent to government on what our children can and cannot do? When did we stop paying attention to what our elected officials did to us? With the country more interested in celebrity babies, American Idol and Honey Boo Boo is it no wonder that our government officials do whatever they want. Now is the time to stand up and tell our officials that we are the boss, that we know what’s best for us, not them. Contact your state legislators here and tell them to vote against any nanny state laws.