Think Before You Ink?????

So I saw on an abc website that Washington D.C. city Health Department has proposed a new law called Think Before You Ink. This new law would require all tattoo shops to wait 24 hours from the time a customer walks through there doors wanting a new tattoo, before they could actually start insertion of ink into the skin. I think this is total bull!!! There reasoning is that it would prevent late night stumbles into a tattoo parlor and then regretting it the next day. Okay first of all no reputable, ethical tattoo shop would even give someone a tattoo if they suspect that the customer is under the influence of drugs, or alcohol. My personal opinion is this is just another way to one waste tax payers dollars, and two slowly taking away of our rights!!! I really don't think this law will effect business that much, especially if your a well known artist, as for you usually have to make an appointment anyways. However it will effect the compulsive tattoo customer that would have been and there are a lot of those. Tattoos aren't always a thought out planned process, but if the shop has already complied with all the health department guidelines in order to get there license then the government has no right to further stipulate the industry. The sad fact is, they do and they do because we allow it to happen. If anyone is interested in reading the article, click on the link below.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/washington-dc-tattoo-parlors-threatened-proposed-body-art/story?id=20192619