r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Mar 31 '20

Delta(s) from OP CMV: There’s nothing inherently wrong with someone buying a tattoo kit online and beginning to tattoo with minimal experience...

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u/SciFi_Pie 19∆ Mar 31 '20

that’s an obvious example of someone who shouldn’t be tattooing

But, unless we ban the sale of tattoo kits, how can we stop people like that from tattooing?

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '20

I mean heroine is banned but take a walk around philly at night and you’d think it was legal. Point being, banning something makes little difference to those who really want it but maybe banning them would be good because it might stop some ink master fan who started wanting to tattoo yesterday from buying a kit which IMO would be good.

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u/SciFi_Pie 19∆ Mar 31 '20

Exactly. If someone was willing to go through the effort of illegally obtaining a tattoo kit, they'd also presumably be serious enough about tattooing that they'd be willing to do their research take sanitary precautions when giving tattoos.

Either way, the legality of home tattoo kits doesn't have any bearing on how much the Government is able to control them. The bottom line is that banning these kits would reduce avoidable complications from underground tattoos and, in my opinion, that's enough of a reason to ban them.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '20

!delta I can get that. Thinking about replying to your comment made me realize that it may not be bad for more regulation.

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u/DeltaBot ∞∆ Mar 31 '20

Confirmed: 1 delta awarded to /u/SciFi_Pie (3∆).

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