Pro Gun Stance
Guns don’t kill people; people kill people! Ever hear that one? It is practically the slogan of the NRA, which is made up predominantly of right wing Christians. What they fail to realize, however, is that it is much easier to kill with a gun than it is to kill with a knife. A lot of people will pull a trigger who could never thrust the blade of a knife into the chest of another person. It is a well-known fact that countries that ban firearms have lower homicide rates. It is also a well-known fact that situations in which kids who play with daddy’s 38 and accidentally shoot themselves or a friend are much more common than that situations in which kids who play with daddy’s hunting knife stab themselves in such a way as to cause death.
Anti-Prostitution
Prostitution should be legal. I am not talking about street prostitution. That should be illegal, mainly because it is a social nescience in neighborhoods into which it brings crime and lower property values. It also involves the exploitation of young underage runaways and women prostituting themselves to feed a drug habit.
There is a lot of off the street prostitution that eliminates all of the problems mentioned above. Legal brothels in Reno, Nevada are a safe alternative to the streets, providing a safe haven for women and their Johns. Women who work in these brothels are frequently tested for STDs and clients are forced to wear condoms to minimize the potential spread of STDs, including AIDS. It also much safer than conducting business on the streets because it protects both sex worker and client from becoming the victims of set ups or random crime. Finally, it better protects the innocent, namely, the spouses of clients who are unfairly exposed to disease by their partners. A further benefit is that it adds additional revenue to the state through taxation. Finally, it would cut the supply side on the street drastically which would make working the streets a much more difficult proposition and allow law enforcement to better concentrate on getting underage and drug dependent prostitutes into rehab programs.
I fail to see how the far right can be so blind to the benefits of legal prostitution. They are fond of claiming that it promotes adultery and fornication, but that is total BULLSHIT. Men who seek prostitutes will seek them regardless of the legality. Provided legal prostitution saves lives. Less street prostitution makes it far less likely that a man will give AIDS to a women who gives birth to an AIDS infected child. They say that AIDS is particularly devastation to children, who endure a slow, horrible death. is THIS the will of GOD? I consider it MURDER.