Reply #3: Interesting Point

[SoCalifer]

I like their contrast when comparing the War On Drugs to illustrate the complete cherry picking hypocrisy of the Repubs.

On one hand (and this is one case I totally agree with Repubs) you have Repubs arguing that if you outlaw guns, then only outlaws will have guns. Of course the point being that since criminals don't abide by laws anyway, which is what makes them criminals in the first place, then all that is accomplished with gun control laws is the disarming of law abiding citizens. And with that being the case; the criminal can approach crime (especially home invasion) with much more confidence knowing that he is far less likely to encounter someone armed to defend themselves.

Now on the other hand (and this is where Repubs do a total Flip-Flop on this line of thinking) is the War On Drugs. They totally throw out the door the concept of no government intrusion in our personal private lives. They totally throw out the door that by making a personal activity illegal all you accomplish is to create a criminal black market which only serves to make matters worse. And they totally throw out the door the concept of law and order in a free society by having having laws to punish those who misuse their liberty, resulting in injury of one kind or another to another person.

They understand the concept of freedom, liberty, law and order on one hand, but completely throw that concept out the door on the other hand and resort to police state type repressive laws. And on top of that fail to see how that only serves to makes matters worse.


P.S. I don't know about anybody else, but besides only criminals having access to guns, I am just as equally uncomfortable with only the government having guns -- (history is full of genocide when this is the case).