Don’t ask government — you be the criminal

Source: Eastern New Mexico News
by Kent McManigal

“If you aren’t willing to do something yourself, you have no business asking government to do it for you. If it’s something that will violate someone’s rights — the only true definition of a crime — you have no right to do it. You can’t delegate a right you don’t have; a ‘right’ that doesn’t exist. If you want people caged for using a substance you feel they shouldn’t be allowed to use, kidnap and cage them yourself. You be the criminal. The same goes if you want government employees to break the law by taking guns from people, in defiance of their right to own and carry weapons. If you are in favor of this, you do it.” (06/25/25)

https://www.easternnewmexiconews.com/story/2025/06/25/voices/opinion-dont-ask-government-you-be-the-criminal/231135.html