Here's a good one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=Ooa98FHuaU0

Here's another set of statistics that I researched in 30 minutes using government sources (it's not that hard):

In 2010, 10,228 people were killed in alcohol-impaired driving crashes, accounting for nearly one-third (31%) of all traffic-related deaths in the United States. That's a daily death toll of 28. That's like a Sandy Hook Elementary massacre each and every day of the year. Over 1.4 million arrests were made for DUI in 2010. There are about 234 million adults in the US and about 55% of them (129 million) consume alcoholic beverages. This works out to one DUI arrest per year for every 92 adult drinkers. Obviously, there is a group of repeat DUI offenders so the true number of bad actors would be less than 1 in 92 - perhaps more in the range of 1 in 150 or 1 in 200. And drunk driving is just part of the problem. What about the toll of alcohol-driven domestic violence on families and especially the children? The DOJ estimates 75,000 alcohol related deaths per year in the US. That's over 200 deaths per day.


  • Is anyone seriously proposing a ban on strong liquor (assault liquor?) or suggesting it has no place in a civilized society?
  • Is anyone seriously proposing (other than perhaps Mayor Bloomberg) that we limit the size of liquor bottles (no hi-cap liquor magazines)? It's "for the children" after all.
  • Is anyone seriously proposing a license to drink alcohol?
  • Is anyone
    seriously proposing serializing liquor bottles so we can trace them back to the store that sold them to an impaired driver?
  • Is anyone seriously proposing we limit alcohol sales to one per month like some states do with firearms?
  • Is anyone seriously proposing a waiting period to purchase liquor to prevent someone from binge drinking due to a emotional event in their lives?
  • Is anyone seriously proposing that someone must pass a safety test in order to be able to purchase alcohol?
  • Is anyone seriously proposing that liquor stores and restaurants run a NICS check on your ID to find out if you have a drinking problem before completing the sale?
  • Is anyone seriously proposing that you be charged with a felony if your minor child gains access to your liquor cabinet?
  • Is anyone seriously proposing that you install cap locks on your liquor bottles or store them in a government approved safe to prevent access by minors?
  • Is anyone seriously proposing that you can't give a bottle of scotch to a friend unless you first go to the liquor store to have a background check performed on them?



I sure am not proposing any of this. We let a bunch of do-gooder social engineers talk us into outright prohibition back in 1920. By the time it ended in 1933, we'd created an enormous organized crime problem. Prohibition era gangs corrupted public officials at all levels and left bodies strewn about as they fought over their illicit turf.


So if we've learned anything, why are we putting up with social engineering politicians who won't focus on the broken mental health system (thanks for nothing, ACLU!)? Why are we tolerating their proposals for new prohibitions and tolerating them going after law abiding gun owners?


Just wondering.

Data sources:
http://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafet...factsheet.html
http://www.udetc.org/documents/Drinking_in_America.pdf
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/00000.html