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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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 The 21 amendment repealed prohibition, however it gave states wide latitude to regulate the distribution , retail and consumption of alcoholic beverages with little to no federal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]

-Gun ownership is illegal in Mexico . Guns used by drug cartels are manufactured and sold by American citizens and gun manufacturers
-Booze isn't free flowing in every county in this country . How old are you? Ever heard of dry counties ? America may be consuming a lot of drugs but the idea that these drugs are free flowing is something only a liar could come up with . Cigarette smuggling might be a thing , but it is extremely niche and the ATF ( assuming you know what that is ) is the regulatory body in charge of cracking down on tobacco smuggling . Speaking off , how many lives are lost to tobacco smuggling ? As opposed to gun violence ?
-DC murder problem was intricately tied to the easy access to guns that assholes like you continue to shamefully peddle. Drug trafficking is not an American exclusivity . Whenever there's demand for drugs , there's going to be individuals or organizations ready to corner the market . If Germany doesn't gang murders , it isn't because of the absence of gangs or better yet their unwillingness to resort to murder, they happen to operate in countries where political leaders have had the common sense to know that guns shouldn't be things you easily get access to.
-  if you actually read and understood what I wrote then you wouldn't be making dumb arguments about rounding up 300 million firearms , hence the need to tackle this issue at the state level . It appears that you've gotten a red state style of education , which is why you're inadvertently advocating for the status qui. I hope for your own sake you don't have kids , at the rate at which things are going, yours could be next . Careful what you wish for [/quote]

Jeez, put down the wine and go to bed.[/quote]

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