[Larry Lucido]

By the way, CM, your exposition of the bad results of excess drinking can apply to gun use/ownership. Do you likewise eschew gun use and ownership? I mean, some abuse guns, right? So shouldn't the rest of us give them up, just in case?

Of course, my take is, every day, 70 millions gun owners don't commit crimes.

And every day, probably 100 to 200 million people have a drink without abusing it.

[ConservativeMind]

As I've said in many posts here, drinking alcohol is not a sin. Having sex is not a sin, either.

It is a matter of context and propriety. They become sins when lines are crossed.

Unfortunately, there is a procreative use for sex, which is quite useful in the eyes of God. I'm not sure there's much to suggest alcohol has such wondrous uses before Him.

However, a good gun can protect those entrusted to your care. So of course, I have no problems with guns.