I want exactly what you want. Less innocent people killed.
We simply have a different philosophy of how to achieve that goal.
I believe that guns save lives.
You can't uninvent the firearm.
I believe having an armed citizenry does more good than harm.
Yes...that freedom has consequences...just like the freedom to buy alcohol leads to drunk driving deaths.
I would like to mitigate those consequences as much as possible...but we tried to ban alcohol... how did that turn out?
Would you put a breathalyzer ignition in every car to stop it?
Of course not.. because there are 300 million cars out there an only a small fraction of those are driven by those not responsible enough to not drink and drive.
Does that make it any less tragic when a family is killed by a drunk driver?
No...it doesn't...
... but you never hear a call to reinstate prohibition...or limit to amount of alcohol people can buy...or any other restrictions...
Why is that?
A Vineland driver who admitted to being drunk in a high-speed crash that killed three family members was sentenced to 12 years in New Jersey state prison, NJ Advance Media reported.Modesto Pino, 37, of Vineland, was going more than 90 mph …
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