If you really believe that, then lets discuss dynamite. Its usage currently requires an explosives license, but if I am to understand you correctly, you have no objections to letting anybody play with it. Do I understand you correctly?
How about pharmaceuticals? Apparently you feel that people ought to be able to prescribe themselves whatever medication that they see fit, rather than licensing doctors or Pharmacists. Your position seems to be: "We don't need no stinking license!"
If you can't follow my logic, I perceive that it is only because you don't want to. It's easy to follow, but some people do not like where it leads.
“If you really believe that, then lets discuss dynamite. Its usage currently requires an explosives license, but if I am to understand you correctly, you have no objections to letting anybody play with it. Do I understand you correctly?”
No, I’m talking about currently unlicensed items which can be used irresponsibly. Take inhalants for example. Anyone can go buy spraypaint (though minors are usually barred by local ordinance). Most of us only use it to paint stuff, but a few fools choose to inhale it and get high, get addicted to it, and ruin their lives. We aren’t forced to either license spraypaint or ban it because of that situation. We simply let the fools do what they will, and lock them up when they become a nuisance or danger to the rest of us.
There are thousands of other examples that could be brought up of similar things that don’t force us to make the choice you suggest.