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I have a lot more respect for people who recognize guns' dangerous aspect while supporting less restrictive regulation. That's a fair subjective opinion, and it's not a lie.

I acknowledge the fact that tobacco is dangerous, and I support it's relaxed regulation status. Of course criminalizing a drug isn't a direct parallel, it's less effective than regulating firearms. If criminalizing tobacco did prevent more deaths, I'd still support legalizing it. I wouldn't tell people my way has no negative sides. I would just go, "I like tobacco, despite the fact that it kills people, fuck off".

When I go "I support background checks"

You go "I don't support background checks discriminating against mentally ill people because I value this degree of personal freedom more than the statistical deaths it might cause."

Then we have an honest disagreement between two honest people.

If you go "I'm against background checks because they don't work"

You're lying, in denial, or misinformed, and going for the cheapest shot against my argument that goes totally unchecked in almost every Republican circle. It's not exactly the easiest thing to admit when you're daughter was just shot, but still...

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