10-02-2015, 11:56 AM
(10-02-2015, 11:24 AM)Ryuko Wrote: Also from the CDC... 88,000 alcohol-related deaths per year. Weird that I never see anyone getting on their soapbox to rally for prohibition... And heart disease is the #1 killer in America. Where are the protesters outside McDonalds? "Fast food is child abuse!" makes for a pretty catchy picket sign.
No takers? Ok. Back to your regularly scheduled programming of people who believe that outlawing guns means people won't have them. That's why no one in the US had pot before 2012, and why cocaine doesn't exist within our borders. Strange no one has thought to outlaw murder... Then no one would kill anybody with anything, right?
That's actually false, You ever hear of MADD? The reason there are rallies is because those guns are used to kill peoples loved ones. Many of the alcohol related deaths are done to themselves, however when they do effect others (See drunk driving) there is outrage and people do demand change (see the lowering BAC levels).
I don't know that anyone in this thread has mentioned outlawing guns as a viable, or even good option. The problem is it's not an all or nothing situation. Just because some sort of regulation or process doesn't end all gun violence doesn't mean there shouldn't be an effort made to reduce it.
