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Chocolate ice cream makes some people sick when they eat it, not when somebody else eats it. People who get sick from ice cream may choose not to eat it. People who don't eat ice cream are not in the least bit threatened by other people eating it, because there's no way those other peoples' dietary choices can affect their own bodies.

This is why ice cream is a ridiculous metaphor for firearms. Yes, you can kill yourself with ice cream if you work hard enough at it, even if you're not a bit allergic to the stuff. No doubt there are plenty of anorexics and bulimics who feel 'horrified revulsion' at the thought of chocolate ice cream, but that's neither here nor there. How many murders, suicides, and fatal accidents every year are attributed to chocolate ice cream?

Since chocolate ice cream is not a controlled substance and nobody feels any need to lobby the government about it one way or the other, let's try a couple metaphors that fits the facts a bit better:

1. "I don't like tobacco," she told the Arizona Republic. "Am I going to force you not to have any?"

2. ""I don't like marijuana," she told the Arizona Republic. "Am I going to force you not to have any?"

3. "I don't like cocaine," she told the Arizona Republic. "Am I going to force you not to have any?"