infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 5 days ago
Drugs are generally a thing that people use consensually on themselves, generally taking care as to any consequences.
Guns are something you typically use non-consensually, on someone else, often when the consequences be damned.
I’m personally against gun prohibition, but the logic differentiation between guns and drugs is pretty basic.
tigerjerusalem@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I see your point, but I’m not thinking just about the end but the middle: the things that happens in between for the product to arrive at the hands of the user. A cartel has massive power doing drug deals, and uses violence to assert its control over the market. The same happened in the prohibition era with alcohol. Wouldn’t the same happen with gun prohibition?
spankysalmon@fedinsfw.app 4 days ago
Nah, underground gun trafficking is a solved problem for criminals. The only thing a gun ban would do is piss off all the libertarian types and provide ample conflict to further militarize the police over.