Except society hasn’t decided that such action is unlawful even if some people, such as yourself, wish it was. I am sure at least a few vegans would like to outlaw eating meat, but democracy also works the other way ensuring such extremely unpopular laws never get passed.
> I am sure at least a few vegans would like to outlaw eating meat, but democracy also works the other way ensuring such extremely unpopular laws never get passed.
I would not be so certain about that one.
Many countries are thinking of outright "meat taxes", health scores (similar to smoking warnings in the desired nudging effect) or extending CO² taxes onto agriculture: meat production causes about 14% of global CO² emissions [1], and outlawing/disincentivizing meat consumption is a very easy, very fast and incredibly effective way of cutting down on CO², methane and dung emissions. Not to mention the indirect emissions from land burning (especially in Brazil) or the societal cost of overconsumption of meat (e.g. obesity and heart issues).
Personally, I'm in the "omnivore" camp but recognize that the way how we deal with meat products has to be massively reformed. We need to cut waste and curb consumption, the sooner the better.
That’s the more popular view, but there is still a group of hard core “meat is murder” vegans. Personally I would say get rid of all farm subsidies, but politics makes strange bedfellows and democracy means accepting compromises up to a point.