Letters: Alcohol is a model for guns, too

Published: Friday, Jan. 18 2013 12:00 a.m. MST

Trooper Mike Singleton, center, conducts a road side sobriety test Oct. 17, 2012, on a female driver on Bangerter Highway near 1300 South. Trooper Ben Fallows stands at right. The woman was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving.

Scott G Winterton, Deseret News

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We should close all bars and halt the sale of alcoholic beverages every time someone dies as the result of alcohol.

That makes as much sense as banning the sale of guns. After all, far more people die from drunk driving and similar alcohol-related incidents than from gun-related deaths.

Oh, wait. They tried that; it was called Prohibition. How well did that work?

Albert Fretz

Riverton

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ECR

Burke, VA

Thanks for your letter Albert, comparing the circumstances of selling alcohol and selling guns. And thanks for what might be an unintended acknowledgement that both need regulation.

You rightfully point out that an outright ban on alcohol More..

6:17 a.m. Jan. 18, 2013
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Roland Kayser

Cottonwood Heights, UT

No one is even talking about banning the sale of guns, only certain types of guns. And yes, the state of Utah bans all kinds of alcoholic drinks in various situations.

12:47 a.m. Jan. 18, 2013
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atl134

Salt Lake City, UT

Nobody is proposing a ban on all guns... but hey you might have a point. I mean look at all the regulations Utah puts on alcohol despite us having the "right" to it based on the 21st Amendment. Therefore there's nothing wrong with having More..

5:05 a.m. Jan. 18, 2013
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