Earlier this week, the Los Angeles City Council voted to move forward with a potential ban on the sale and manufacturing of any products using natural fur. The move follows pressure from animal rights activists, who have campaigned for decades with stunts such as throwing red paint on people wearing fur coats. Unfortunately, Los Angeles’ move merely ensures that the next bucket of paint is aimed squarely at the rest of us.

The fur ban is based on a simple premise: People don’t need to wear fur, so therefore it should be banned because a small section of society doesn’t like it. This anti-consumer choice mentality can be easily expanded to intrude in other areas of our lives.