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If no guns existed, the guy would have probably just ran him over with his car, the 'gun' is just the tool they are using, if they didnt exist, he could use something else to kill.
If people started using vehicles to kill other people, would society still tolerate them and accept that their benefits outweigh the negatives, or would they seek to ban or heavily regulate vehicles?...
Look at all the people who have died as a result of motor vehicle accidents, equipment malfunctions, etc going back to when the first motorized car was invented...and people are angry about self driving cars because they may not be totally safe? LOL, they seemed to accept that motorized cars kill plenty of people but they are still good to have around and generally switching from horse and buggy to the motor car was a good thing overall
Yes, we know how this screed goes. If he didn't have a gun he would have run over him with the car, or beaned him with a rock, or stabbed him, or dragged him to the nearest swimming pool and drowned him.
The attempts to equivocate guns to everything from cars to can openers is silly on it's face.
Some things are simply true, even if some people don't like it.
"Guns do not kill people, people kill people!" Even a gun that fires accidentally does so because some person did something stupid.
"The only thing that can stop a bad person with a gun is a good person with a gun!" True, whether the "good person"is from Law Enforcement or merely a law-abiding citizen who is legally armed.
"A gun is merely a tool. It is not inherently evil!" True, even if it is one of the dreaded "black military-style rifles".
"Teach your children about guns, even if you don't own one and never will!" Yes, children should know that guns are not toys. A child can encounter a gun almost anywhere; in the park, in the alley, in a neighbors house, etc. Teaching YOUR kids that guns are NOT TOYS is YOUR job!
"Guns do not kill people, people kill people!" Even a gun that fires accidentally does so because some person did something stupid.
Poorly manufactured guns can go off even without a trigger pull. I remember reading about a gun recall in Brazil after certain models of handguns would go off after being dropped. This handgun was dealt out to police officers, so it wasn't some "fringe" case either.
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"The only thing that can stop a bad person with a gun is a good person with a gun!" True, whether the "good person"is from Law Enforcement or merely a law-abiding citizen who is legally armed.
The idea is to prevent the bad guy from getting a gun in the first place.
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"A gun is merely a tool. It is not inherently evil!" True, even if it is one of the dreaded "black military-style rifles".
True, but so are explosives and many other inanimate objects. So are drugs (heroin, etc) and they're still banned.
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"Teach your children about guns, even if you don't own one and never will!" Yes, children should know that guns are not toys. A child can encounter a gun almost anywhere; in the park, in the alley, in a neighbors house, etc. Teaching YOUR kids that guns are NOT TOYS is YOUR job!
Ok, that we can agree on. My lesson would be: if you see a gun, don't pick it up at all, call the police
To be fair, I like the idea of American gun laws. I think European laws, basically outlawing self-defense, have gone too far. But it's no secret you guys are suffering and are now in a pickle with close to 300 million guns in circulation.
........Let the school resource officers or on-site LEOs possess their guns, but let's keep our teachers unholstered. Who's with me?........
Well, let's take it a step further.
If they say I can't have a gun and then in a defensive situation, I beat a shooter to death in HtH, what is the aftermath against me? Am I going to facing charges, is the ground wide open to lawsuit because I was in a position that was declared it must be unarmed when I had to respond?
As I have said before, if I have to respond HtH, I'm putting the other person in the hospital. That's the way "the system" is conditioned to respond, with that much energy, that much violence to take them out in seconds..............
...................and it is up to the Fates of whether they end up in the ER or the morgue.
Gang bangers gonna gang bang. You either crack down on them with jack boots but the ACLU will get involved and say the police are racially profiling which is true. Or you let them kill off each other and hope someone not in the game doesn't catch a stray.
Suicide basically "your body, your choice". Would renaming it "post birth self abortion" be more acceptable to the Democrats?
Once these two groups are removed, the gun deaths per capita are lower than a lot of other countries.
Poorly manufactured guns can go off even without a trigger pull. I remember reading about a gun recall in Brazil after certain models of handguns would go off after being dropped. This handgun was dealt out to police officers, so it wasn't some "fringe" case either.
The idea is to prevent the bad guy from getting a gun in the first place.
True, but so are explosives and many other inanimate objects. So are drugs (heroin, etc) and they're still banned.
Ok, that we can agree on. My lesson would be: if you see a gun, don't pick it up at all, call the police
To be fair, I like the idea of American gun laws. I think European laws, basically outlawing self-defense, have gone too far. But it's no secret you guys are suffering and are now in a pickle with close to 300 million guns in circulation.
The last recall in the US was Remington if I remember correctly. A model of bolt action rifle was immediately recalled and each one replaced. US gun manufacturers don't play around with safety. I feel comfortable dropping my carry gun on concrete with one in the pipe if requested by police.
How about we implement Mexican gun laws? Bad guys never have guns down there.
You can legally build your own pipe bombs as long as you pay the $200 tax to the BATFE and put a serial number on it. And the feds don't have the Constitutional power to make drugs illegal.
That's good most of the time but having the knowledge to safely clear a weapon is better.
According to one study there are between 450M and 600M serialized guns in circulation. No one knows how many DIY guns there are. I'm OK with both.
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