Home
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
Latest activity
Members
Current visitors
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Home
Forums
Brown Cafe Community Center
Current Events
A shooting that erupted after an employee's disciplinary hearing left nine people --
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="bbsam" data-source="post: 759188" data-attributes="member: 22662"><p><strong>Re: A shooting that erupted after an employee's disciplinary hearing left nine people</strong></p><p></p><p>But I'm not about banning guns. I'm more trying to understand sentiments like, "you're taking the guns away from law-abiding citizens". I don't see that happening. And if we use your analogy, then regulation of fire-arms and restriction to their use is perfectly laudable. Who is going to say that folks have the right to drink and drive? Almost noone (klein maybe)<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/happy-very.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":happy-very:" title="Happy Very :happy-very:" data-shortname=":happy-very:" /><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/peaceful.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":peaceful:" title="Peaceful :peaceful:" data-shortname=":peaceful:" />. In your analogy the state should even have the right to stop every vehicle coming out of a bar's parking lot at 3am and searching for drunk drivers. Why? Because the desire for freedom on one hand and security on the other are going to differ among individuals. An individual's right to make a bad decision shouldn't put my life and the welfare of my family in jeaprody, should it? I didn't stop drinking fifteen years ago, get married, have a wonderful family, and become a productive member of society just to get wiped out by some drunken slob too concerned with having a good time, did I? That's where thoughtful regulation comes in. I agree that tragedies will happen and legislation will never prevent all of them. But it is hard for me to believe that less regulation would result in less drunk driving and fewer alcohol related deaths. Can you imaging no drunk driving laws? That, while being more free, is not the society I would want to live in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bbsam, post: 759188, member: 22662"] [b]Re: A shooting that erupted after an employee's disciplinary hearing left nine people[/b] But I'm not about banning guns. I'm more trying to understand sentiments like, "you're taking the guns away from law-abiding citizens". I don't see that happening. And if we use your analogy, then regulation of fire-arms and restriction to their use is perfectly laudable. Who is going to say that folks have the right to drink and drive? Almost noone (klein maybe):happy-very::peaceful:. In your analogy the state should even have the right to stop every vehicle coming out of a bar's parking lot at 3am and searching for drunk drivers. Why? Because the desire for freedom on one hand and security on the other are going to differ among individuals. An individual's right to make a bad decision shouldn't put my life and the welfare of my family in jeaprody, should it? I didn't stop drinking fifteen years ago, get married, have a wonderful family, and become a productive member of society just to get wiped out by some drunken slob too concerned with having a good time, did I? That's where thoughtful regulation comes in. I agree that tragedies will happen and legislation will never prevent all of them. But it is hard for me to believe that less regulation would result in less drunk driving and fewer alcohol related deaths. Can you imaging no drunk driving laws? That, while being more free, is not the society I would want to live in. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Home
Forums
Brown Cafe Community Center
Current Events
A shooting that erupted after an employee's disciplinary hearing left nine people --
Top