What is really interesting about Prohibition that most people don't realize is how many of our powerful political families today (e.g. Kennedys) made their fortunes off of bootlegging during prohibition.

It was a quick way to money and money is a quick way to power over corrupt Washington D.C.

So I don't understand why people can't realize the extreme likelihood of powerful families (e.g. Clintons) doing the same in this day and age. It is in their best interest to convince us to ban things. Then they can do backdoor deals with those in the black market.

Ban guns... what do you think will happen? Black Market. It won't stop people from having them.

BANNING is bad. If people commit a crime such as murder, assault, theft while they are on drug X or while they are holding weapon Y then truly X and Y don't matter. Charge them with murder, assault, or theft... we already have laws for those things that don't require banning and penalizing people who have not committed crimes.

Yet there is money in banning.