HumanBeing
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It's my view that there are strong similarities between guns and drugs, and the way they should be handled in society. They can be used to kill, and they can be used to save lives. They can help people or hurt people depending on who uses them and their motive for doing so, and can generally be accessed by those determined to obtain them whether they are legal or not.
Due to those views, I think you have to either be in favor of both being legal or illegal if you want to be consistent with your beliefs. This puts me in an awkward position when it comes to American politics, because it seems that (generally speaking) the left favors drugs but not guns, and the right favors guns but not drugs.
I didn't include the option of "some but not all drugs/guns" in the poll because I think that is a separate discussion in itself. That's why I used the term "generally speaking" in the polling options.
I made the poll to see how people actually feel about it, and would be especially interested to hear from people who support the legality of one but not the other and your reasons.
I'd also be interested to hear people's thoughts on how someone with those views would be accepted into American society, and whether this issue in itself would doom me to a life of isolation if I were to live there.
Due to those views, I think you have to either be in favor of both being legal or illegal if you want to be consistent with your beliefs. This puts me in an awkward position when it comes to American politics, because it seems that (generally speaking) the left favors drugs but not guns, and the right favors guns but not drugs.
I didn't include the option of "some but not all drugs/guns" in the poll because I think that is a separate discussion in itself. That's why I used the term "generally speaking" in the polling options.
I made the poll to see how people actually feel about it, and would be especially interested to hear from people who support the legality of one but not the other and your reasons.
I'd also be interested to hear people's thoughts on how someone with those views would be accepted into American society, and whether this issue in itself would doom me to a life of isolation if I were to live there.