America takes the phrase, "Give me liberty, or give me death" very seriously. It's unlikely we'd be ok with massive federal clampdowns on our personal behavior.

America takes the phrase, "Give me liberty, or give me death" very seriously. It's unlikely we'd be ok with massive federal clampdowns on our personal behavior. We also are a nation of 50 states with their own (differing) rules and governments and we aren't likely to usurp that system because of this.