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@DalasNoin The solution for Fentanyl and other theoretical substances with higher addictiveness and mortality rates is to make supply a very serious offense, cu
by olivermarks 4y ago
@DalasNoin The solution for Fentanyl and other theoretical substances with higher addictiveness and mortality rates is to make supply a very serious offense, currently a disastrous failure in the USA. The solution with cigarettes is to make them expensive and hard to buy.
Banning things does not work and lulls people into a false sense of security imo.
Guns in the UK are a good example of that.
- nicoburns 4y agoI’m from the UK and IMO the gun ban is very effective. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone that wasn’t a special armed policeman or a soldier with a gun. It’s very rare for someone to be shot here, and most criminals don’t carry guns because they know the penalties if caught are so much higher that it’s not worth it. Even if you were to held up with a gun (which isn’t common at all), you’d be much less likely to be shot as they wouldn’t have to worry about you shooting them.
- iso1631 4y agoPlenty of people have guns, but gun crime has certainly dropped dramatically since the days of Dunblane https://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/compareyears/192/total_number_of_gun_deaths https://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/compareyears/192/total_nu...
- olivermarks 4y agohttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/01/gun-rising-in-two-thirds-of-police-force-areas-in-england-and-wales https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/01/gun-rising-i... Criminals using illegal guns don't adhere to laws. Same issue in US.
- iso1631 4y ago"London has halved its gun crime over the past decade" Gun deaths are half what they were before the handgun ban was introduced. The UK doesn't make 5 year olds practice hiding under desks if there's an "active shooter". It doesn't need to, I don't think any country does apart from th eUS.