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Originally Posted by nickerjones
How many people in here drink beer? Drunk Driving fatalities were something like 120,000 deaths in the last 10 years in the US. This is more than the aforementioned gun death quote in the last decade ( 100,000 people in the last decade). I don't hear a ton of people saying there needs to be tighter alcohol laws?
So on that note AFC what benefit does alcohol have that makes 10,000 plus deaths a year seem like a reasonable cost?
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First of all, I'll also jump in an apolagize if it seems like I'm ragging on you, or implying that you're a redneck American, it's not my intent. It's just this latest shooting involving kids really got to me, so I'm probably going a little overboard in my rants againts guns and gun culture down there.
Secondly, there actually is a ton of outrage at drunk driving and constant cries for tougher laws. Especially here in Alberta, we had tons of cries for tougher penalties for drunk drivers. Although, here they decided to get tougher on not drunk drivers, and try to pass it off as dealing with the drunk drivers who are actually out there getting bombed and driving, thank you very much Allison Redford.
But in a lot of places in the States (feel free to bring me up to speed, as you likely know more) I believe they have got a lot tougher on drunk driving. I know I've seen some commercials on American channel feeds warning of new laws where you lose your licence for years, and even for life in some cases if you're caught drinking and driving.
So I disagree, that there isn't cries for tougher drunk driving laws and American State governments spending money and time on new laws.