(December 15, 2012 at 2:30 pm)A Theist Wrote: "Drunk driving fatalities are tragic accidents. I'm not willing to bet there are many people who plan, in advance, to drive drunk and cause a multi-car pileup which kills people."....however unintended, people who drink and drive are aware of the potential consequences even before they get behind the wheel of a vehicle....I don't consider them guiltless.
I don't consider them guiltless, either. In fact, I have a specifically venomous dislike for people who abuse alcohol, especially when it results in tragedy. However, I have a much stronger dislike for a person who uses a gun to murder other people because that does not happen by accident (of course, there are plenty of people who die accidentally due to guns, as well).
Quote:"Mass shootings never happen by accident."...and even more violence can be attributed to alcohol....
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/11...21900.html
Notable in that report is that one of the causes blamed is poor control policies. Missing from it is a distinction between deaths due to alcohol-fueled violence and deaths due to the effects it has on one's health, which is interesting because there is certain to be significant overlap with alcohol violence and gun violence.
Quote:"Don't get me wrong, I do not favor a repeal of the second amendment, but I do believe that firearms should be heavily restricted "...seeing that alcohol can be attributed to more death and violence than drugs and guns combined, would you also favor heavily restricting the use and purchasing and selling of alcohol as well?
Absolutely. But, I do not favor prohibition. It's a much trickier subject than guns, which are designed specifically to maim or kill.
