Quote Originally Posted by .blank cd View Post
But, back when they were enacted with drunk driver awareness programs, they cut drunk driving accidents in half. Give me a minute and I'll give you the numbers.
What stopped DUIs was the penalties and fines. Well it didnt stop it but it deferred it. 40-50 years ago, if you got caught driving drunk, you got a $100 fine and got to go on your merry way. It wasnt a big deal because we werent as mobile as we are now, cars werent as fast, alcohol wasnt as available, list goes on and on and on.

When we started enacted stiffer penalties like $2000-5000 fines and fees, loss of license, employers wont hire you for having a DUI, insurance premiums raising,, etc that forced people to change. That can happen with guns. But what we didnt do was BAN CARS because people drive drunk, or BAN Corvettes because people drive really fast.

See the difference?