States Pass Legislation to Peer into Your House

It starts with a crusade against ‘ghost guns.’ It ends with government bureaucrats able to see everything you do. One of the most essential branches of English liberty is the freedom of one’s house.” —James Otis, patriot. As an American citizen, whenever legislators deploy the ever-flimsy progressive banner of “public safety,” I feel decidedly unsafe. Newly proposed and enacted legislation targeting 3D printers and CNC machines would impose restrictions more severe than those the Supreme Court rejects for actual guns. In conjunction with restrictions on tools, states would create a category of computer source code illegal to possess. The excuse?...