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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 759111" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p><strong>Re: A shooting that erupted after an employee's disciplinary hearing left nine people</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p>Lets change the items being discussed from "guns" to "cars and alcohol"</p><p> </p><p><span style="color: blue">Is it possible that he was a legal <strong>driver</strong> who legally <strong>bought alcohol</strong> and only became illegal when he started <strong>drinking and driving</strong>? That's the thing about <strong>cars and alcohol </strong>that baffles me. It seems like the line between "law abiding <strong>car</strong> owner" and "criminal" rests on one crazy thought followed by a tragic act.</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">------------------------------------------------------</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black">To answer both questions....<strong>yes</strong>.</span></p><p> </p><p>All the laws in the world will not stop human beings from making stupid, tragic choices.</p><p> </p><p>Controlling, regulating or even <strong>banning</strong> inantimate objects such as cars, guns, and alcoholic beverages will never change the fact that a certain percentage of the population will <em>always</em> obtain and misuse these items, sometimes with deadly consequences.</p><p> </p><p>Its one of the inevitable side effects of living in a "free" society. The freedom to make <em>individual choices</em> for ourselves includes the freedom to make <strong>bad</strong> ones.</p><p> </p><p>We would undoubtedly be much "safer" if we lived in a society where our government made all of those choices <strong>for</strong> us and where potentially dangerous items and activities such as guns, cars, alcoholic beverages, knives, swimming, skydiving, mountain climbing, tobacco, sugar, caffiene, fast food and premarital sex were all <strong>prohibited</strong>.</p><p> </p><p>Safer though it may be.... that just <strong>isnt</strong> the type of society I want to live in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 759111, member: 14668"] [b]Re: A shooting that erupted after an employee's disciplinary hearing left nine people[/b] Lets change the items being discussed from "guns" to "cars and alcohol" [COLOR=blue]Is it possible that he was a legal [B]driver[/B] who legally [B]bought alcohol[/B] and only became illegal when he started [B]drinking and driving[/B]? That's the thing about [B]cars and alcohol [/B]that baffles me. It seems like the line between "law abiding [B]car[/B] owner" and "criminal" rests on one crazy thought followed by a tragic act.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]------------------------------------------------------[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]To answer both questions....[B]yes[/B].[/COLOR] All the laws in the world will not stop human beings from making stupid, tragic choices. Controlling, regulating or even [B]banning[/B] inantimate objects such as cars, guns, and alcoholic beverages will never change the fact that a certain percentage of the population will [I]always[/I] obtain and misuse these items, sometimes with deadly consequences. Its one of the inevitable side effects of living in a "free" society. The freedom to make [I]individual choices[/I] for ourselves includes the freedom to make [B]bad[/B] ones. We would undoubtedly be much "safer" if we lived in a society where our government made all of those choices [B]for[/B] us and where potentially dangerous items and activities such as guns, cars, alcoholic beverages, knives, swimming, skydiving, mountain climbing, tobacco, sugar, caffiene, fast food and premarital sex were all [B]prohibited[/B]. Safer though it may be.... that just [B]isnt[/B] the type of society I want to live in. [/QUOTE]
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