Own a gun and health insurance or else.

Health insurance. Is it ok that our government is trying to make all of us buy health insurance?

I don't think it is. I was reading the news today and found this funny article that put it into perspective. Fox News reports that South Dakota Lawmakers are proposing a mandate for gun ownership.

But they don't expect the bill to pass, they actually expect it to fail. So why introduce it? Because they're making a different point. South Dakota is trying to show how unconstitutional it is for our government to require Americans to own health insurance. Its as foolish as making every American own a gun.

Just as requiring everyone to own a gun is unconstitutional and ridiculous, so is requiring every American to own health insurance. I see no problem with trying to make health insurance more affordable, more accessible to Americans but its not right for them to try and shove it down everyone's throats.

CNN ran a story about a federal judge in Florida striking down the health care reform law passed by Obama. His reasons were the same as South Dakotas, "Because the individual mandate is unconstitutional and not severable, the entire Act must be declared void. This has been a difficult decision to reach, and I am aware that it will have indeterminable implications," Vinson wrote, adding, "At a time when there is virtually unanimous agreement that health care reform is needed in this country, it is hard to invalidate and strike down a statute titled "The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act."

It was the Declaration of Independence that said, "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

We have heard this quote a million times. What does it say? It says "OUR" rights. This means are own individual rights. While its ok making health insurance accessible and affordable to more people, this doesn't make it right to require people to own health insurance.

I think South Dakotas non-violent and semi-humorous move provides potential for all of us to protest the idea of government requiring us to own health insurance.