Our government has limited powers by nature, so it tends to hoard what few powers the people have given it. Once government has the right to stop people from doing something they want to do, it almost never hands it back to the people for free. Why does Alabama have a 56% tax on liquor? Because during prohibition we voted to allow the state to take away our right to drink alcohol. And then when we wanted it back, the state said ok, but you will have to pay for it. The state is not going to freely give us back a right to bait deer without a significant revenue opportunity.
