South Dakota

When did it become our MO to make stupid laws because we don't agree with other laws? Over the past 24 hours I have seen two separate articles detailing two separate bills that are currently on the docket in South Dakota. Although, honestly, you could mistake it for Texas in this instance.
First, state representatives have proposed a bill that would make it mandatory for all residents over the age of 21 to purchase firearms. The reason they are doing this is to prove that the federal government cannot make it mandatory for citizens to purchase health insurance. However, they do not have any problem with auto insurance being compulsory. So they don't have a problem with the premise of the law as much as they have a problem with who is passing the law. If they are really against socialism, then they should not have access to any socialized services in our society. When they retire, they can't collect social security. Then, if they go bankrupt, they should not be able to access welfare, Medicare, or Medicaid. If they are the victim of a crime, or if their property were to catch on fire, they cannot call the police or fire departments. Their children cannot go to public school and cannot check out books from the public library. And finally, they have to sit in their house all day, because they will be unable to use roads and highways. Politicians need to realize that free market and communism are not binary definitions. It is a continuum, and we just happen to be on the free market side of said continuum. Also, the health care reform bill isn't even socialized health care. We still have to pay for health insurance. Only a portion will be subsidized for people who need it.
To summarize my view of their thought process: why should we try to get people to buy health insurance to help them survive? Instead, let's make everyone get an implement to kill people with whom they disagree.
Speaking of which, some South Dakota lawmakers are trying to pass a bill to make it justifiable to murder abortion doctors. The exact language of the law is: "Homicide is justifiable if committed by any person while resisting any attempt to murder such person, or to harm the unborn child of such person in a manner and to a degree likely to result in the death of the unborn child, or to commit any felony upon him or her, or upon or in any dwelling house in which such person is." To me, it seems as though it was specifically worded to be misleading. They wanted people to think that it supposed to allow for self-defense. The terrible wording aside, this is possibly one of the worst bills ever to be taken seriously in America. Abortion has been ruled legal by the Supreme Court before. So why should doctors who perform a legal medical service be grouped together with murderers and felons? Especially a few weeks after a member of congress was almost assassinated because of her beliefs. The beliefs of Voltaire, one of the catalysts of modern democracy, can be summed up as this: "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." What happened to the days of democracy when this was still held true? Now, if somebody doesn't agree with another person, they try to kill them.
One argument against the health care reform is that it will put doctors out of jobs. Isn't one of the leading causes of unemployment death? So why should we decrease the number of doctors in this country?
Stop it America!