@jgoins
> I never smoked where it would interfere with others
It's good that you do that, but not everybody shares your concern for others, so therefore there needs to be some sort of external control, just like if there weren't police patrolling the roads most people would still drive at sensible speeds, but some wouldn't.

> I live in a country where there is no government healthcare yet so if I am injured by not wearing a seatbelt then it is on my dime. The same goes for fast food if I over indulge then it is on my dime (but I never do).
Which is why I made my comments relevant to my situation. If the healthcare here wasn't government funded I would not personally care much about those who drove without seatbelts, rode without helmets or smoked like a train.

> There are many items which can be used as weapons and can kill. Maybe we should ban steak knives or forks.
I do not support banning guns, but I do support effective control, and if there was a high incidence of steak knives or forks actually being used (as opposed to the potential, which is surely the point of the original post) in murders or other crimes then some sort of control would need to be considered.