83 dead and another 163 wounded . . . . and no headlines about it.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

28. Please don't play obtuse and pretend to be unaware of alcohol fueled rage/depression

And as for alcohol fueling incidences that do NOT involve guns -- it only goes to further my point that alcohol is far more dangerous than guns. We can add traffic accidents, child abuse, child sexual assault, domestic violence, chronic health problems, industrial and residential accidents, etc., etc., etc. to the list of ills alcohol visits on our society. Under-aged drinking alone, results in 4700 deaths annually; the equivalent of 4.5 Newton tragedies per week!

In contrast, rifles only account for less than 400 guns deaths annually and semi-automatic rifles are a sub-set of that category. In other words, 11.75 children will be killed directly by alcohol for every rifle-related death adult or child, semi-auto or not.

If "you don't need it and we need to save lives" were really the argument being made the more threatening monster seems obvious. Yet, no one talks about alcohol prohibition because the folly is historically manifest. The only people gun control will disarm are those that already respect the law as such and they are not the problem.

Let's be honest, are we really talking about saving lives here or is this just an exercise in fear-mongering politics?