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For what it's worth, restrictions on guns are one of those restrictions I'm OK with.

Why do you think I'm OK with the outrageous number of gun deaths we have? Besides this is about heroin.




The discussion is about proportionality.

> Why do you think I'm OK with the outrageous number of gun deaths we have?

I'm not but guns tend to be used to kill other people much more than drugs can be used to kill other people. So I'm more ok with people taking drugs. But not fully ok, the issue's too complex.

> Besides this is about heroin.

It's not. The damage done was most likely from a contaminant (see my note about MPTP) so not heroin. And if it was heroin it's still not about heroin because I said, exactly in the post you replied to, "Edit: none of this is about drugs or guns. It's about common sense and thinking for yourself." What I feel like I'm getting is kneejerk unthinking reactions from anti-drugs people. I may be wrong.




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