Another perfect example of the SUNS (“Save Us Nanny State”) is that yet another ATV rider has driven into a mine shaft, this time in Utah. This has happened a couple times here in Arizona and, every time, it always gets people fired up. They start demanding that “the government” go and “do something” about these mine shafts left over from the gold and silver mining days. As in, fill them in or fence them off. Okay, so, first things first. Who and how? Who is responsible for the mine shafts? The feds? (Which bureau?) The state? The county? And … Continue reading Deserts, Mine Shafts, And Beautiful Danger