“Gun Death” Binge Drinking

Wasn’t a “Gun Death”

Four members of a Nebraska university frat house have been charged with supplying the alcohol that an 18-year-old freshman binged to death on.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln student **DEPARTED** was found dead in his room at FarmHouse fraternity house on September 5 after passing out at an off-campus party the night before.

Sad story, and I honestly don’t have problems with the charges. I think if you’re an adult you should be able to do EVERYTHING any other adult can legally do. The idea that there is some grey area between 18 and 21 where somebody is an adult…but also still a minor.

Still you supply booze to somebody in a party situation (not like they just gave him some beers and he went on his way) they were likely aware he had over-done it, and should have sought medical assistance, so I have no sympathy for the people charged. Lots of minors and young adults get drunk, and most survive because peers look out for them.

There of course were the antis for booze, and because of their work we had the Prohibition of Alcohol, which was a total disaster…but we should try it with guns!

H/T Bob

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2 Responses to “Gun Death” Binge Drinking

  1. Jack/OH says:

    Prohibition was helped along by WWI-era anti-German sentiment, too, as I understand it. Drug laws enlisted anti-Chinese, anti-black, and anti-Mexican sentiment from what I understand.

    Does any thinking person want to see a full-tilt anti-Second Amendment campaign with a whole mess of anti-black, anti-Scots-Irish, anti-outdoorsmen demonization and hate-mongering?

    Even people who don’t like the Second Amendment much need to be aware of the consequences of a no-holds-barred campaign against firearms.

  2. Bob S. says:

    I have a major problem with the idea that 18 isn’t an adult for drinking.

    We have too many different ages where a person is legally able to make a decision for themselves; how many people against ‘teen drinking’ have no problem with a teenager getting an abortion without parental consent.

    Can drive a car at 16 but can’t drink for another 5 years — how does that make sense.
    Shouldn’t we agree on an age of accountability and make it universal?

    I am also reluctant to charge people for over-serving someone. From my personal experience, some people handle their alcohol much better than others. Doesn’t mean they are any less impaired; they just don’t appear to be.

    Unlesss we educate everyone and require them to show competence in identifying impaired people; it is very subjective that they ‘should have known’. I see a parallel to 2nd Amendment issues regarding firearm sales — the antis love to cry “you should have known” that a person was a criminal or was suicidal.

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