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Footballguy
"Drugs don't kill people; people selling drugs kill people"I wasn't commenting on the severity of the proposed penalties, just the emphases on supply-side versus demand-side solutions.Yes I think it would be a good argument if someone was advocating the death penalty for gun sellers.
"Guns don't kill people; people kill people" and "Prohibiting drugs won't address the underlying problems that make people susceptible to addiction" ... versus ... "Banning gun sales like in Europe is the best way to attack the problem" and "We need harsher penalties for drug dealers."
People who prefer the first approach on guns generally seem to prefer the second approach on drugs and vice versa.
That's not necessarily wrong depending on relative elasticities and whatnot, but the fact that people seem to have generally opposite instincts on those two issues is slightly interesting to me.
That's a closer comparison to the typical pro-gun argument.