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Originally Posted by steeljack
I think the same argument could also be used for drunk driving which kills and maims thousands every year ..... I suppose you agree with the premise that it would be a good idea to ban both the production and sale of alcohol and use of motor vehicles since when combined they kill and maim thousands every year . ergo ....No alcohol + No motor cars = no deaths and maiming .
Maybe the answer is to have every cars ignition system hooked up to a breathalyser, great idea , until drunken Mum or Dad get little Wayne or Shane to start the car for them and put them in the backseat while they drive on to the next pub . Maybe its a good idea that no place selling alcohol should have a car-park , an obvious first step to cut down on drunk driving
No Alcohol + No Cars = no drunk driving deaths
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Either you are clutching at straws here or being a little Swiftian with your modest proposals. We are not discussing impaired driving, we are not accusing Rotten Ronnie with plugging the arteries of the nation and causing obesity in children, or any of the other arguments Americans drag out to support their love of the firearm. Most countries in the world accept some measure of controls over their freedoms: the "freedom" to smoke cigs wherever they want, the "freedom" to ride without a helmet, the "freedom" to drive without a seat belt while talking on a cell phone. But when it comes to guns Americans throw up the barricades. They cry "bill of rights" to defend their incomprehensible love of the firearm. Some use firearms to kill abortionists: that's like exercising your right to bear arms in order to deny someone's right to an abortion. When the city of Detroit has more murders per annum than the whole of the British isles something is wrong. When drive by shootings become a pastime for youth, something is wrong. Sure, other western nations have their shooting spree massacres. Canada had one about 18 years ago when Marc Lepine shot 14 female engineering students at the Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal ... but in the US it's becoming a regular occurrence ... if it weren't so tragic, it would be laughable.