My other heuristic is, folks shouldn't ask the government to ban something if they don't trust the government to enforce the ban fairly after the worst of their political opponents come into power.
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But seriously, the analogy was intended to continue. "Please find some experts, study the thing, and figure out a regulation that is reasonably effective without too many unintended consequences" is a fundamentally legitimate request, IMHO.
I just don't trust the 'experts' in many domains.... e.g. as a psych prof, I wouldn't trust gov't-approved psych 'experts' to make any tough judgment calls about psychological issues.