MADD pisses me off really bad.
They are very simply prohibition revisited. Somebody needs to tell them the temperance movement died many years ago. I believe MADD will stop at nothing short of a total prohibition on Alcohol. After all, look how successfull the first prohibition was 192x - 1933. Sarcasm Mode Off.
Prohibition led to the rise of Gang Land bootleggin. Gang Land Bootlegging led to more restrictive laws which led to the Unifrom Machine Gun Act of 1932. Then following the demise of prohibition in 1933, these Gang Landers remained. Seeking a means to federalize cases against them, the Government passed the National Firearms Act of 1934. The NFA is the basis for every last firearms law on the books. The GCA amended the NFA. Later laws amended the GCA including the 1986 MG Ban, 1989 Import Ban, 1994 AW Ban, etc...
0.0% is the craziest thing I have ever heard.
Even the anti-drinking crowds admit that alcohol begins to effect you at 0.02%. So why limit you to a standard lower than an amount that would have any effect on the human body at all. 0.02% is one drink for most people. For others 1 drink may be 0.01% (Those over x Lbs.)
0.05% is considered intoxicated for PI purposes in many areas. Why use a lower standard for DWI than the legal definition of Intoxicated. How can you Drive While Intoxicated if you are not legally Intoxicated. Few realize it, but when I took Driver's Ed. when I was 15 my instructor said that an officer can detain you (Drunk Tank) if you are between 0.05% and 0.08% BAC. They can file DUI Charges at 0.08%.
0.05% is 2.5 drinks for most people. That is also only if you drink 2.5 drinks instantly. E.G. Chug. 2 Drinks over a dinner lasting 2 Hours evenly spread out will leave you with a BAC below 0.02% or that which has any effect on you at all. Why subject such a person to criminal prosecution.
While I do not drive drunk, I have driven after 1 glass of wine or a single beer, etc. I use a lower standard for myself. If I have more than 1 drink, I wait 1 hour per drink over 1 I had before even thinking about getting behind the wheel. And in cases like New Years 2000 and Finals Week my Freshman Year of College (Heavier Drinking), I sleep it off.
So, why say "we know it creates no danger, but we want to ban it anyways, unless your goal is total prohibition." This is the same crap HCI spews. "Assault Rifles" account for near 0% of crime, yet they wanted to ban them in their overall plan of a total ban.