drug laws versus gun laws

[KaraokeKarlton]

As an Independent I'm noticing a lot of hypocrisy in Democratic beliefs.

Many more liberal Democrats support abortion yet oppose the death penalty. Both involve interfering in nature to prevent life. I don't see any significant moral or ethical differences in these things. It doesn't make sense to me that someone who strongly supports one can be so vehemently against the other.

The other hypocrisy I see are the issues of drug laws and gun laws. I often hear the argument that drug laws don't do anything to stop drug use and that it just bogs up the criminal justice system and fills prisons with people who shouldn't be there. Yet these same people are often in favor of gun laws. The same arguments made against drug laws are rational arguments against gun laws. Some would like to see guns banned. Wouldn't that also bog down the courts and fill up prisons with people who shouldn't be there? Why do many people oppose drug laws yet support gun laws?

Has anyone here ever put serious thought into the similarities and questioned themselves as to why they support one issue and oppose the other?