Alcohol Deaths Outnumber Firearm Murders, So Should We Bring Back Prohibition?

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I would say this is weak, but is it really necessary?

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And there are vast amounts of accidental deaths, accidental injuries and intentional injuries to go along with those suicides as well. But you know, joke thread deserves joke responses, so let's not get too carried away with reality.

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I'm just going to come out and say it without sugarcoating things. 

Cars are killing machines.  No matter how much you like them or find them indispensable, they just are.  They kill people, they kill cities, they kill the climate, they kill the millions of years of stored fossil energy we've been living high on for the past century (and may not be able to rely on much longer).

It is a matter of grave public importance that we make the automobile less popular, and less prevalent, and less necessary.  Our very civilization depends on it.

Testify!

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So, sum up your entire point in one sentence. That because people also have accidents with other things, deadly weapons should be completely left alone? What kind of weak-ass argument is that? You'd think our propensities towards drug and alcohol abuse would be an argument for more gun control. I mean, come on, at least try...