Alcohol is the world’s largest killer of humans!
So says a recent report by WHO, the World Health Organization. According to this report,
Deaths by alcohol related causes number approximately 2.5 million yearly!!
Now, I don’t care what your cause is, or what concerns you….that is a lot of people!
For comparison, Chicago is a city of around 2.8 million, so that would equate to almost entirely wiping out the city of Chicago’s inhabitants each year!
So…..what is the big deal about that….????
Well, here is my thought. Obviously, alcohol is evil and a killer. It turns normally healthy and well behaved citizens into raving lunatics and murders.
It makes accomplished drivers drive the wrong way on highways and crash into school bus loads of children. It makes peace loving people attack their neighbors and coworkers!
Yes, all of these things have and do happen due to alcohol use!
So, should we make people undergo a background check before allowing purchase of alcoholic product?
Should we limit the size of bottles and cans to a smaller capacity so it makes it harder to drink excessively?
Should we limit the means by which people are able to obtain the evil liquid?
Perhaps we should just ban the sale and possession of alcohol entirely???
What? We tried that during the Prohibition years and it failed miserably? Even causing the greatest growth in organized crime and violence in our countries history???
Hmmmm….???
Yes, I am being quite sarcastic here. I am well aware that banning alcohol or limiting its ease of access does nothing to control its abuse.
Use and abuse of alcohol is based solely on the actions of the humans consuming the alcohol. That seems logical and apparent to even the dimmest of people.
So why then, do so many politicians, media talking heads( yes you Matt Lauer), and left wing “citizens” seem to apply my joking remedies to violence perpetrated by evil men on the inanimate firearm!!??
Because, in the long run, Gun Control has nothing to do with guns. It is actually People Control! It is a means to attempt a modification of behavior that those I mentioned find unacceptable.
In general, statistics show gun owners are the type who are based in family values, belief in God, and supportive of “proper behavior”. They are hard working, tax paying, and rarely have a criminal record of any type.
In other words, groups of people who the evil inherent in firearms has not seemed to corrupt!
It seems so logical to not attack a non living object. Yet that is the consistent cry from so many whenever we hear of an incident of violence involving a firearm.
Shouldn’t the person wielding the firearm bear the responsibility of his actions!?
I have been a gun owner for over 30 years.
I have yet to go on any type of killing spree, perform a drive by, rob a bank, or snipe at school children!
By the same token, I have ready access to alcohol, yet have not been arrested for DWI or been the cause of an alcohol related vehicle crash. I have yet to drink myself into a coma, beat my wife and children because of a drunken stupor (or sober stupor for that matter), or been in medical danger from a lifetime of drinking.
I have been a law enforcement officer for near 15 years.
I have dealt with and arrested a boatload of humans. The VAST majority of those had no firearm in their possession! Yet a large percentage of them were under the influence of alcohol!! See a pattern here people!!
Use your brain! Think about it simply!
We tried banning a product completely, due to people claiming it was inherently evil. Rather than forcing people to take responsibility for their own actions.
It led to the greatest increase in the use and trafficking of the banned product in the history of our country……likely the world!
Why then do we constantly cry for limits or bans on firearms, rather than holding those responsible for their use…or abuse??!!
I wish I knew!
So, when you think about my statement of those 2.5 million in Chicago being wiped out yearly…consider this……
Chicago has one of the highest firearms related crime rates in the country. Chicago also has one of the strictest set of gun control laws in the country!!
If you can’t figure out the irony there…ask a 10 year old! I did….she immediately told me that, obviously…the gun control laws increased crime!!!!
I am not a prohibitionist on alcohol. I enjoy an adult beverage occasionally.
I used alcohol as an example, because we know its use can kill humans. The use of a firearm can do the same!
Blame the user, not the inanimate object!!! Even a ten year old could figure that out!
