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[–] bigschnitz@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Is it a crime to fire a legally owned gun in a built up neighborhood, even if it doesn't harm or otherwise interfere with anyone? Is it a crime to to drive above the posted speed limit even if you're the only person on the road?

Obviously it is currently illegal to expose bystanders to risk, and in the eyes of the law those exposed bystanders are the victims.

You can argue semantics and say that there's no victim if they're just being exposed to risk, but that's contrary to the logic on which the rest of society functions.

Equally obvious, no such bystander is exposed to risk due to an individuals choice to smoke weed, ergo there is no victim (nor any argument presented that there is).