Originally Posted By: Astro14
Originally Posted By: FXjohn
Originally Posted By: eljefino
Look at prescription drug turn-in programs. The premise is if there's unused dangerous stuff in peoples' houses, it gives crooks a better chance at grabbing something useful if they break in.
People get complacent about the unused cultch in their homes. If its more convenient to turn them in, more will get turned in. If a gun is (nearly) forgotten about it's not serving a home defense purpose anyway.
wrong. the prescription turn in is too keep drugs out of the water system. fail.
You sure don't let the facts sway you from your rigid dogma, do you?
There are many reasons for drug turn in programs, keeping them off the streets is a clearly stated goal...at least in my area.... Perhaps your area doesn't have that goal.
From a press release:
"The Virginia Beach Police Department will be collecting old Prescription Drugs and Over-the-Counter medications to be destroyed. This is an attempt to keep prescription drugs off of the streets, prevent juveniles from using/selling prescriptions drugs not prescribed to them, and to help keep our local waterways free of prescriptions drugs (due to use of toilets to get rid of drugs)."
Well, so playing Devil's advocate here, why should it be OK or practical for prescription drugs and not for guns?
2A doesnt necessarily have a play in that argument, since we as a population seem to accept that regulation, registration, third party approvals for providing, etc. is all acceptable for prescription drugs, and that it is a crime to resell them, and that misuse can also cause death or disability.