Quote:
Originally Posted by Azure
My point is that if we want to decide whether something should be legal based on the societal benefits, then alcohol should be made illegal.
But of course we have long moved past that kind of reasoning as a country, and have realized that if reasonable limitations are applied, most law abiding citizens are generally not an issue.
Except when it comes to gun control. For some reason when it comes to guns all reasoning goes out the window.
|
I think you missed my point, I was saying that everything Guns, Alcohol, Cars, Hockey Games... has benefits and harms.
I believe my assessment of the societal benefits of guns is lower than yours, and I think you are willfully glazing over the societal benefits of alcohol with the argument you are making.
I consider countering a prohibition black market is part of the benefit of legalization / regulation, and I believe that the prohibition effect for alcohol exerts a greater burden on society than the prohibition effect for guns when you compare 20s error USA to modern London or Australia you can clearly see the negative effects from alcohol restrictions and the positive effects from gun restrictions, maybe there's a breaking point where those effects change, but for now history tells me gun restrictions have worked well and recreational drug restrictions have not.