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Originally Posted by Vendzilla
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No. The reason our prisons are overflowing with people is precisely what my stance would fix. Right now prisons are overcrowded with people convicted of illegally selling drugs. I would make the sale of every drug legal. I'd tax it and have it supervised the same way liquor is currently handled... and just like liquor I would punish the hell out of anyone who misused it.
If you want to do heroin or vodka, the law should be identical. Use it at home by yourself or with other consenting adults and stay within the law... have fun. Use it around minors, drive while high or do other things outside the law and find yourself being severely punished for your misuse of the item.
Guns are exactly the same. They are an inherently dangerous item that require an exceptional amount of care to use properly and stay within the limits of the law. If you use a gun properly and secure it when it is not in use, I am happy you - go own 10K guns and fire them off at your leisure. If you use them improperly or fail to secure them you should be accountable for that failure AND for the damage that your failure proximately causes.
If you put every person who had a gun stolen IN jail and took out every person convicted of selling dime bags of pot on a street corner the prison population would shrink immediately and forever. Best of all, you would have the actually dangerous people in prison instead of two-bit pot dealers. Gun owners who allow their guns to be lost or stolen ARE dangerous to society and so are people who allow drugs and alcohol to fuel their misconduct, people who properly use their guns or do drugs responsibly are not.