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Originally Posted by souldrum71  In a country as free as the United States, prohibition laws of any type (whether they be against weapons, drugs, abortion, etc.) are only effective if every single citizen chooses to obey them. Since that's never going to happen, it kind of makes you wonder what the real motivations are behind some legislation. 
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I disagree in part about what you are saying simply because there are many people out there who will respect an inconvenient or unjust law simply because it is a law. Beyond that, once it is a law then you can punish it properly where as if it was all legal then there wouldn't be the authority available to punish it.
The best way to rephrase it is to say that locks on doors are there to keep the honest people honest. Someone who wants to steal something bad enough will find a way to do it or get caught trying.