Here's a better analogy of the pit bull nerds who keep raising the "OH FINE OTIS THEN WHY DON'T WE JUST BAN ALCOHOL SINCE THAT KILLS PEOPLE."
Imagine a world in which we introduce a new alcoholic beverage. Let's call it Schlottsky. Schlottsky is a whole lot like scotch, or gin, or vodka, in that people enjoy drinking it after a long, hard day in the office. As with all other liquors, there is a risk -- albeit a small risk -- that every time someone has a little too much of it, they may get into a car and accidentally run down and kill someone. There's sort of a "cool" image that comes with drinking Schlottsky; it's like a tough guy's drink, a MANLY drink. Rawr.
Except there's one unfortunate side effect of Schlottsky: it has been reported that it causes a chemical reaction in the human brain that causes the drinker to experience an unrelenting urge to get behind the wheel, and target small children to run down and kill. In multiple of the reports, not only does the perpetrator hit a small child, but, to make sure they've gotten the job done properly, they have then put the car in reverse and backed over the child's lifeless body.
Irresponsible to drink it?
OK to ban it?
OMG BUT IF YOU'RE GONNA BAN SCHLOTTSKY WHY NOT BAN ALL ALCOHOL, SEE HOW CRAZY THAT IS?!?
No, we're not banning all alcohol. We're banning one type of alcohol, out of the hundreds you could choose to drink, which one particular type just turns out to be particularly dangerous.
FINE BUT GUYS WHEN I DRINK SCHLOTTSKY I AM THE NIIIICEST AND SWEETEST GUY YOU'VE EVER MET, THAT WON'T HAPPEN TO ME.
Funny, because all of the other people who became child murdering maniacs before their episodes had reported the same thing previously, as did all their friends. People were really surprised.
Again, irresponsible to drink it, when you could instead drink vodka, or scotch, or beer, or something else?
I'll hang up, not endanger my neighbor's children, and listen.