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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]  I have been wondering about one thing . Why can't we do for guns , what we did for prohibition? The 21 amendment repealed prohibition, however it gave states wide latitude to regulate the distribution , retail and consumption of alcoholic beverages with little to no federal involvement .

The results can be seen in how different laws governing alcoholic beverages vary widely by states . In some states you can buy beer and wine at a grocery store, in others you can't . In some states you buy can spirits on a Sunday , in others you can't . These are just a few examples

We may be living in the same country but we are not culturally alike and we don't face the same realities . It is absurd for millions of people to be held hostage by some antiquated law that brings nothing but carnage every other day in this country . Does anyone really think that if voters in say California , MD, DC , NY, NJ to name a few were to head to the ballot to decide whether to keep or ban guns , that the outcome will be the same ?[/quote]

Booze is free-flowing in every county and city in the country (as it was during Prohibition)  as is pot,  cocaine and heroin.  Low tax cigarettes are smuggled by the vanful from Virginia to NY every day. Guns used to be practically illegal in DC yet it was the murder capital at one time.  Even if there were a gun ban, you would have a hard time rounding up the 300 million guns out there and have an even harder time keeping new ones from coming in from Mexico.[/quote]

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