Fair enough (though your timeline is off a bit - 125 years ago would be 1898 which was a few decades after the Emancipation Proclamation IIRC). BUT even ignoring that, in my eyes, not recognizing blacks as human was failure to grant rights equally, rather than removing rights already granted.

But basic human rights and things that have already been taken care of by constitutional amendments aside, I’m still not a huge fan of the big government stepping in to dictate what I can and cannot do. Yeah, I know… Blah, blah Libertarian blah.

But I’m definitely opposed to granting them unrestricted power to decide those things.

IMO things like requiring licenses to own firearms or restricting which firearms we’re allowed, which are infringing on a constitutional right. And placing regulations on the collection of rainwater is especially heavy handed. What’s next? Requiring a license to have solar panels and wind turbines to generate my own power? Biggub needs to fuck off and leave us be.