If someone wants to risk running across the street, who am I (or you) to tell them they can't?
If you're an american citizen, tax payer or own/drive an insured vehicle you have every right to tell them they can't.
Should swimming pools be illegal? Why not, backyard swimming pools are SIGNIFICANTLY more dangerous to children than firearms, yet people push for controlling weapons based on their perceived threat, in particular to children. You can be punished for not locking a hand gun properly if a child gains access to it, you cannot be punished for not modifying a pool so a child cannot drown in it.
1. Due to several factors, people push for controlling weapons based on their perceived threat. One factor in particular is transportation. Can a child transport a gun to school via backpack or lunch box? Yes. Can he or she take a pool to school? Good luck with that one.
2. You shouldn't equate a locking mechanism with a modification. In addition, you can be charged with child neglect or even more severe charges if a child drowns in your pool.
Should owning small uncaged pets be illegal? Why not, more injuries are caused by people tripping over pets than are caused by pet attacks, yet owning some pets is illegal because of the "danger" they pose to people. However the data clearly shows that regular pets actually pose a greater threat.
1. It depends on the animal.
2. While more injuries may be caused by people tripping over small pets (usually small dogs, then cats) as opposed to attacks, you're forgetting the human element/factor that plays a role in the actual injury (trip or attack.)
You can't make the argument that such and such should be illegal because it has been proven to be dangerous, and then subsequently not make the same argument for something else that is even more dangerous than what is illegal.
But you aren't doing a good case either, sorry.
There is no consistency in these arguments. Again the deterrent should be in the consequences, the decision should be up to the individual.
No consistency in yours, and in a society where many people are not responsible when it comes to decision making, there needs to be something in place to regulate. So you, and others, can sit here and say legalize this, or legalize that, or "it's victimless" blah blah blah, but is it
really victimless when your cocaine habit contributes to problems in the cj system or urban communities? When was the last time you walked through a neighborhood and saw crack babies or a pregnant blow head? Still victimless?
