“Gun control is like trying to reduce drunk driving by making it tougher for sober people…”

A pro-gun saying compares gun control to misguided efforts to stop drunk driving. “Gun control is like trying to reduce drunk driving by making it tougher for sober people to own cars” is a saying that has been printed on many images.
   
“Gun control is like trying to reduce Drunk Driving by making it tougher for sober people to own cars” was posted on Twitter by edithraw on October 29, 2008. “Gun control is like trying to reduce drunk driving by making it tougher for sober people to own cars” was posted on Twitter by Kato Fong on March 30, 2009. Authorship of the saying is unknown.
       
“Let’s reduce drunk driving by taking cars away from sober drivers” and “Want to stop drunk drivers from killing sober drivers? Ban sober drivers from driving. That’s how gun control works” are related sayings.
     
     
Twitter
edithraw
@edithraw
“Gun control is like trying to reduce Drunk Driving by making it tougher for sober people to own cars”
11:18 AM · Oct 29, 2008·Twitter Web Client
   
Twitter
Kato Fong
@Kato_Fong
Gun control is like trying to reduce drunk driving by making it tougher for sober people to own cars.
11:32 AM · Mar 30, 2009·Twitter Web Client
   
Twitter
Patriot Surplus
@PatriotSurplus
“Gun control is like trying to reduce Drunk Driving by making it tougher for sober people to own cars”  #military #tcot #patriotsurplus #mil
7:11 AM · Apr 15, 2009·Twitter Web Client
   
Google Groups: stxgunowners
STXGUNOWNERS
NATIVEGUN
May 22, 2009, 10:46:05 PM
“Gun control is like trying to reduce Drunk Driving by making it
tougher for sober people to own cars”
   
Twitter
Jeremy Crow
@Jeremycrow4life
RT @barkingmadlady: “Gun control is like trying to reduce drunk driving by making it tougher for sober people to own cars.”- Unknown
3:21 AM · Feb 16, 2010·Twitter Web Client
 
Reddit—Guns
Posted by u/unrealtrip May 17, 2011
“Gun control is like trying to reduce drunk driving by making it tougher for sober people to own cars.”
   
Reddit—ProGun
Posted by u/akmarksman February 10, 2013
Anti-gun grabbing logic..
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I saw a FB photo that made a good point: “Gun Control is like trying to reduce drunk driving by making it tougher for sober people to own cars”
   
Twitter
Granger Smith
@GrangerSmith
Gun control is like trying to reduce drunk driving by making it tougher for sober people to own cars.
4:10 PM · Dec 27, 2013·Twitter for iPhone
 
Twitter
Jesse Smith
@M2A0G2A0
“Gun control is like trying to reduce drunk driving by making it tougher for sober people to own cars.”
– Anonymous
9:09 AM · Mar 2, 2018·Twitter Web Client
 
Reddit—ConservativeMemes
Posted by u/TheStupidIsReal June 25, 2022
Yep.
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
Gun control is like trying
to reduce drunk driving
by making it tougher for
sober people to own cars.