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Originally Posted by Joshua G
ahh dont be mad when foreigners speak up. this is a web forum on an interweb. they talk about america because they sweat america like the media sweats the kardashians. everyone loves america even the haters.
im not sure drug & alcohol bans are good comparables for guns. primarily because drugs & liquor are party necessities for a lot of people. the demand for drugs is insatiable. No matter how much education about drugs is hammered into kids at school, everyone still likes to get drunk get high when its friday night.
Im not sure the same demand would stand for guns. just IMO.
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In 1919, Prohibition was marketed as a solution to crime, alcoholism and violence against women. Without ?demon rum,? workers would become more productive and violent tendencies in society would disappear. Proponents believed it was the beginning of a golden age and that the alcohol ban would radically transform society for the good.
Prohibition did radically transform American society, only not in the way the proponents envisioned. Rather, the result was more alcoholism, the beginning of organized crime and a wave of violence like none ever seen before in America. Instead of a golden era, Prohibition unleashed one of the most violent and crime-ridden ages in American history.
Every decade or so, Americans become entranced by the same siren song that produced Prohibition. The song says, ?If you ban it, it will go away.? It croons, ?If we merely strip away our liberties, we?ll all be safer.? History has shown us that this siren song is dangerous.
Gun control proponents like to point out that strict gun control measures in nations like Australia and the United Kingdom have led to fewer mass shootings. This may be true, but what proponents often ignore is how gun control tends to lead to increases in other violent crimes. As is often the case, politicians try to legislate to prevent one problem, but end up creating half-a-dozen new ones in the process.
Since Australia enacted its landmark gun control legislation in 1996, gun-related homicides have declined, but almost every other sort of violent crime has increased. While the homicide rate fell from 1.9 per 100,000 persons to 1.3 from 1996 to 2007, assaults increased from 623 per 100,000 persons to 840 during that same time ? a 35 percent jump. The sexual assault rate likewise increased from 78 per 100,000 persons to 94 ? a 21 percent jump. In other words, for every 0.6 person out of 100,000 who did not fall victim to a homicide, 217 suffered from a violent assault, and another 16 suffered from sexual assault. While it?s impossible to know how much of this shift was the result of the 1996 laws, it is not exactly an overwhelming endorsement of Australia?s gun control regime.
HUNEYCUTT: Gun control lessons from Prohibition - Washington Times
?[Those] who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.? - Ben motherfucking Franklin