They are nutcases, but they do illustrate that anything the government does is backed by the INHERENT THREAT OF DEADLY FORCE. Everyone needs to keep this fact foremost in their minds. That's a very important fact. You could reduce it to this: Government is force.
So, when creating legislation, people should ask themselves: "What should a free people be forced to do or to not do?"
That list should be pretty short, IMO.
"Government is like fire: a useful servant and a fearful master." That's a paraphrase, BTW, and I think it was attributed to George Washington.
Carolyn