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Gun Control & RKBA

friendly_iconoclast

(15,333 posts) Sun Aug 19, 2012, 06:48 PM Aug 2012

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2012/02/17/oxycontin-warning-first-nations.html

Expect OxyContin health crisis, warns First Nations leader
Drug to be pulled off market at the end of February

Exactly six months later:

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1243530--oxycontin-replaced-by-explosion-of-small-town-heroin-use

OxyContin replaced by explosion of small-town heroin use
Published on Friday August 17, 2012

Perhaps someone can explain why the same wouldn't happen with guns, were certain persons and groups to get their way...

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So you want to fight misuse and crime via prohibition of currently-legal items? [View all] friendly_iconoclast Aug 2012 OP

Seems like a false equivalence to me. djean111 Aug 2012 #1

I think the rDigital Aug 2012 #2

I'm saying they will go for the functional equivalent- smuggled guns friendly_iconoclast Aug 2012 #3

As a Floridian, I am more and more concerned - no, wait, scared - djean111 Aug 2012 #4

Interesting gejohnston Aug 2012 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author friendly_iconoclast Aug 2012 #7

If you are in Florida and see open carry.... PavePusher Aug 2012 #8