There was a time anybody could smoke cigarettes, no matter the age. Then they learned about health risks associated with smoking, and regulated it so only people over a certain age could buy/smoke them.
Then they learned about harmful second-hand smoke is, and regulated where you could smoke them.
There was a time when drugs like cocaine was put into Coca Cola, and most manor of drugs (the non-alcohol, non-nicotine, non-caffeine type) were legal to use - Then they learned of risks associated with using them...mostly to the person using them of course. So they outlawed them. (but now in some states regulate marijuana)
There was a time anybody, at any age, could drink alcohol...then came prohibition, and when that was over, tighter regulation.
Many of those things are dangerous if misused/overused/abused, to the person using it, and often to people around them, in a variety of ways.
That doesn't mean the people abusing these substances are mentally ill, does it?
Sure, these rules/regulations are broken everyday by irresponsible people and children, because "bad people will do bad things anyway, so it won't help", but that has never meant we, as a society, refused to regulate them.
That doesn't mean we should make access to purchase, and use them, easier.
As a matter of fact over history better regulation (and awareness) has reduced the issues associated with them.
Now, let's talk about gun regulation, and why we don't need it...?
More from us on Guns...
A Mental Illness Rant: http://just-call-me-frank.blogspot.com/2012/12/a-mental-illness-rant.html
Guns, Guns, and Freedom: http://just-call-me-frank.blogspot.com/2012/07/guns-guns-gunsand-freedom_20.html
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