If I want to buy a bottle of bourbon — which I have the right to do — I have to provide some form of State-issued photo ID to do so.

And the Federal Government is not only okay with this, the Federal Government encourages it.

If I want to drive my pick-up on a public road in the State of Texas — which I have the right to do — I have to provide a specific form of State-issued photo ID to do so.

And the Federal Government is not only okay with this, the Federal Government encourages it.

If I want to exercise my right — a right guaranteed by name in the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States — to buy a firearm from a dealer, I have to provide some form of State-issued photo ID to do so.

And the Federal Government is not only okay with this, the Federal Government actively encourages this. At the point of a gun, sometimes.

If I wish to board an aeroplane to travel to some other part of these United States — which I have a right to do — I have to provide some form of State-issued photo ID to do so.

And the Federal Government is not only okay with this, the Federal Government mandates it.

I opened an account at a credit union recently. I had to provide a picture ID — mandated by the Federal Government — to do so.

Hmph.

Voting is a right which when misused or subverted creates far more damage, damage that lasts for far longer, than any use of a firearm. Than any boarding of a plane. Than any drive down a highway.

The Constitution guarantees my right to keep and bear arms. The Federal Government says, “If you show ID first.”

I have the right to travel — Ninth Amendment to the US Constitution — the Federal Government says, “If you show ID first.”

I have the right to buy booze. “Show ID first.”

I have the right to buy tobacco. “ID, please.”

I have the right to rent a P.O. Box. The Feds demand that I show ID.

I have the right to open a bank account. IF I show ID first.

Mr. Holder and the US Department of Justice will break the Fed.Gov’s foot off in someones butt if you do any of the above — or more — without ID. And he — they — are perfectly okay with this.

But have one State decide to ask for ID before exercising another right — the right to vote — then Holder, the DOJ and the Fed.Gov decide that it violates the Constitution.

Every other right, it’s okay to demand that we show ID before enjoying such right.

Huh.

I haven’t checked yet — if you look up the word “hypocrite” in the dictionary, is there a picture attached? Of whom?

LawDog