Originally Posted By 182 If you had the power to ban alcohol or guns in the United States which one do you think would bring more peace and safety to our country ?
Originally Posted By barboy Question: When you say power to ban do you mean the unilateral power to render either one illegal or the power to somehow rid the US of every single item?
Originally Posted By TomSawyer You'd have to ban guns because if you banned alcohol you'd have armed bands of Scotsmen and Irishmen roving the countryside in a blind rage like vampires who hasn't had blood in a year.
Originally Posted By xrayvision We've already tried alcohol Prohibition before and that didn't exactly work out (except for the Kennedys...it made them rich).
Originally Posted By barboy Way to go "Blinkie", you 'answered' my question with something so nebulous and vague that now I have more questions. I guess SPP was right about the composition of your head. Hey, your real first name isn't "Joe" is it? Because it would be most fitting if it were.
Originally Posted By ecdc To answer the hypothetical, I'd ban guns, if required to choose. In the real world, (where we, you know, live and breathe) I don't think either should be banned. I think the use of both should be regulated. Gun owners often trot out this red herring of "well, cars, or [insert everyday item here] kill people too!" But guns are designed solely to kill, whether animals or humans. People may only go target shooting or clay shooting, they may even hope they never have to use the gun in self-defense, but the end purpose is the same. Comparing guns to other things is apples and oranges.
Originally Posted By disneyfreaksk Alcohol. Distroys families. Kills innocent people. Nothing good about it.
Originally Posted By dshyates I read this somewhere: "This is America. Land of the free, dammit! Unrestricted access to both. Full Speed Ahead! Damn the torpedoes. It's going to be a bumpy flight".
Originally Posted By inlandemporer We tried to ban alcohol and it didn't work. I don't think banning guns would work either. But we restrict alcohol sales in certain cases, and I think we can restrict gun sales as well without infringing anyone's rights. Which to me means making sure the laws that are already supposed to keep minors and the mentally ill from getting guns are enforced effectively, which means closing the gun show loophole.
