what do you think the role of government is? if you are saying that the government should not take steps to keep it's populace safe, I wonder what you think th

what do you think the role of government is? if you are saying that the government should not take steps to keep it's populace safe, I wonder what you think the armed forces are for? what about fire departments? the police? what about regulations about things like food and drug safety? if you don't want those things, and it sounds like maybe you don't, then your only option is to leave society. societies and governments are how the people pool resources and protect themselves, as well as represent themselves to other governments and societies. protecting its people is literally a primary role of a government. > Like by locking students out of public schools example? > restricting the First Amendment right of free assembly during the pandemic. you don't get these rights during health crises. your freedom does not extend to the point where you intentionally curtail the freedom of another; you are not free to intentionally give another person a potentially deadly disease, nor are you free to put yourself in a position where the likelihood of spreading a particularly contagious and deadly virus is dramatically increased. > Or banning certain firearms. the 2nd amendment does not grant the right to bear ANY firearm, and the right for anyone to bear arms who is not in a well-trained militia is somewhat shaky, imo. stick to muskets and a 45-second reload process, please. i would be extremely surprised if the founders had fully automatic weapons in mind when that was written. > Or controlling speech under the guise of preventing harm. fan of hate speech, are you? again, your rights do not extend to the point where the rights of another are curtailed. one can't kill transgender people and claim that is free speech. one cannot harass people of color and call it free expression.