All money is the government's money, Citizen...
I'd also guess you don't get the point of shutting down lemonade stands either.
The whole purpose of having power is the abuse of power.
Yes I suppose you’ve got a point. Logically then, the kid with a coin collection is a terrorist! Once you figure out their playbook it all makes sense, and the headlines practically write themselves.
So, the government wouldn’t want to confiscate gold in order for any purported fiscal notions of a new kind of “gold standard”, but simply to prevent anyone from using it as a currency or form of payment.
One thing though, this would be a hard sell because the US sells millions of gold and silver bullion and collector coins since 1986.