I'm not taking away from the validity of the argument that alcohol should be viewed in the light of a harmful and somewhat celebrated pastime in some people's lives when it is abused.
However, a kid having access to beer in the fridge doesn't mean they have the opportunity to bring that beer to school and purposefully kill kids/teachers.
Or a kid finding a bottle of whiskey and accidentally killing their sibling with it.
Those are two easy examples using just children. Of course there are more examples of mentally unwell adults doing the same thing.
Guns and vices taken excessively should definitely be taken seriously but it isn't fair to directly compare them against each other.
|