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Just as you call bans on certain personal freedoms "silly bans", those people who are not car enthusiasts would call a ban on high performance engines the same thing. Captain's sig says it well (look into the actual quote he got his from). When they banned smoking in public places in the name of public safety, there wasn't an uproar because smokers are less than 10% of the population. So the bans stuck. What if they decided to ban "gas guzzlers" in the name of public safety? What percentage of the population would you consider to be car enthusiasts? It sure isn't anywhere near 10%....
I'm not saying they are planning on doing any bans, RIGHT NOW. But the fact is they can at any time they choose to. The Clean Air Act gives them the right to, and courts have upheld that law. And the types of people running the EPA right now are the ones with a history of making "silly bans" in the name of public safety.
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'It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.' -Samuel Adams
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