Originally Posted by Lester Burnham

Fair enough, but that is a cop out IMHO. We can learn from prohibition and alcohol when discussing gun regulations. But don't even think that an alcohol company executive or tobacco executive is any more less culpable than a gun manufacturer. At the end of the day, alcohol and tobacco executives market and distribute products that are designed to hurt people, and they know they kill people in spades. But people don't want to talk about it because, "hey everyone is doing it." That is why you can kill someone while driving drunk and not see more than 5 years in prison (or no prison at all). Why? Because lawmakers, judges, jurors, politicians, soccer moms, etc. drink, and many of them drink irresponsibly. But the aforementioned folks may not shoot guns, so it is very easy for them to regulate and talk "bans" because it doesn't impact "their hobbies." Straight up hypocricy (sp) in its purest form.