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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 472487" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>I dont blame him for smiling and hugging his attorney. He was looking at spending the rest of his life in prison simply for defending himself.</p><p> </p><p>It is indeed a tragedy that the young man died, but the fact of the matter is that he made a choice to drink alcohol, become intoxicated, and climb onto the porch of a 68 year old man who justifiably felt threatened. Perhaps instead of focusing on the gun, we should focus on on the alcohol that caused the situation to begin with.</p><p> </p><p>Alcohol is a direct causitive factor in millions of deaths, injuries, homicides, rapes, child abuse and domestic assaults every year.</p><p> </p><p>Why do we not require "waiting periods" for all alcohol purchases? Why not require locking caps on alcohol containers to prevent access by children? Why not require fingerprinting and background checks in order to purchase alchohol? What about registering all containers of alcohol with the federal government? Should we allow federal agents to enter every home to make sure that all alcohol inside has been properly licensed, registered and locked up? And while we are at it, lets ban those "assault"-sized high capacity bottles of alcohol, and require instead that all alcohol be sold only in low-capacity, six-ounce containers more suitable for "sporting" purposes. We need to enact "common sense" alcohol control and registration. If it saves one child, it will be worth it.</p><p> </p><p>If you think that these suggestions are ridiculous, pointless, and a gross infringement of government authority into your private life, then substitute the word "guns" for alcohol and ask yourself if you still feel the same way. And remember, alcohol kills FAR MORE people every year than guns ever do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 472487, member: 14668"] I dont blame him for smiling and hugging his attorney. He was looking at spending the rest of his life in prison simply for defending himself. It is indeed a tragedy that the young man died, but the fact of the matter is that he made a choice to drink alcohol, become intoxicated, and climb onto the porch of a 68 year old man who justifiably felt threatened. Perhaps instead of focusing on the gun, we should focus on on the alcohol that caused the situation to begin with. Alcohol is a direct causitive factor in millions of deaths, injuries, homicides, rapes, child abuse and domestic assaults every year. Why do we not require "waiting periods" for all alcohol purchases? Why not require locking caps on alcohol containers to prevent access by children? Why not require fingerprinting and background checks in order to purchase alchohol? What about registering all containers of alcohol with the federal government? Should we allow federal agents to enter every home to make sure that all alcohol inside has been properly licensed, registered and locked up? And while we are at it, lets ban those "assault"-sized high capacity bottles of alcohol, and require instead that all alcohol be sold only in low-capacity, six-ounce containers more suitable for "sporting" purposes. We need to enact "common sense" alcohol control and registration. If it saves one child, it will be worth it. If you think that these suggestions are ridiculous, pointless, and a gross infringement of government authority into your private life, then substitute the word "guns" for alcohol and ask yourself if you still feel the same way. And remember, alcohol kills FAR MORE people every year than guns ever do. [/QUOTE]
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