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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 803539" data-attributes="member: 14668">I had a very close family member commit suicide while he was drunk.&nbsp;He was a chronic alcoholic who had hit bottom. His life had become unmanageable and he was facing prison time. So he got drunk one last time and overdosed on some pills.&nbsp;He, along with millions of other people, would be alive today if alcohol were banned.&nbsp;The fact of the matter is that alcohol causes far more deaths per year than guns. And many gun deaths are also alcohol related. So the same arguments and statistics that are being thrown around to justify restrictions or bans on gun ownership would be equally valid if applied to alcohol. There is no constitutional right to drink alcohol, alcohol has no legitimate medical purpose, and many tens of thousands of lives per year would be saved if alcohol were banned or severely restricted.&nbsp;Shouldn&#039;t we mandate &quot;background checks&quot; or &quot;waiting periods&quot; before buying alcohol? What about banning those &quot;high capacity&quot; 40 oz. bottles of beer? How about requiring child-proof &quot;cap locks&quot; on all alcohol bottles? And how many children would be saved if we required all people who bought alcohol to be fingerprinted and to keep their alcohol bottles locked up in a safe and kept seperate from drinking glasses and bottle openers?&nbsp;I dont drink, so it would be easy for me to call for such absurd laws to be passed. Its emotionally convenient to blame the inantimate object...whether it be a gun or a bottle of vodka....rather than to advocate personal freedom and responsibility. But, unlike Klein, I will never allow my personal dislike of alcohol to overcome my respect for the rights of other people to make their own choices.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="soberups, post: 803539, member: 14668"] I had a very close family member commit suicide [COLOR=red]while he was drunk[/COLOR]. He was a chronic alcoholic who had hit bottom. His life had become unmanageable and he was facing prison time. So he got drunk one last time and overdosed on some pills. He, along with millions of other people, would be alive today if [I]alcohol[/I] were banned. The fact of the matter is that alcohol causes [B]far [/B]more deaths per year than guns. And many gun deaths are also alcohol related. So the [I]same[/I] arguments and statistics that are being thrown around to justify restrictions or bans on gun ownership would be [I]equally[/I] valid if applied to alcohol. There is [I]no[/I] constitutional right to drink alcohol, alcohol has [I]no[/I] legitimate medical purpose, and many tens of thousands of lives per year would be [I]saved[/I] if alcohol were banned or severely restricted. Shouldn't we mandate "background checks" or "waiting periods" before buying alcohol? What about banning those "high capacity" 40 oz. bottles of beer? How about requiring child-proof "cap locks" on all alcohol bottles? And how many children would be saved if we required all people who bought alcohol to be fingerprinted and to keep their alcohol bottles locked up in a safe and kept seperate from drinking glasses and bottle openers? I dont drink, so it would be easy for me to call for such absurd laws to be passed. Its emotionally convenient to blame the [I]inantimate object...[/I]whether it be a gun or a bottle of vodka....rather than to advocate personal freedom and responsibility. But, unlike Klein, I will never allow my personal dislike of alcohol to overcome my respect for the rights of other people to make their own choices. [/QUOTE]

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