Came to this thread to see the “Weekly Gun Apologist Excuse”, I was not disappointed.
I’m amazed by the creativity and brain contortionism skills Americans display to justify this crazy bullshit.
I’m pretty sure America is closer to ban toddlers than to ban guns.
We have been over this a million times. I think there was somebody here who said that you could give guns and ammunition to everybody in Japan and barely change the murder rate. The USA has some very specific cultural issues, but thats not a reason to not improve the regulation of guns.
The level of gun death in the USA makes it in to an important population control. If guns were controlled and cars were made safer, America’s population would be increasing faster.
Remember: the only one who can stop a bad toddler with a gun is a good toddler with a gun.
“Gun control now”? I’m not sure it’s worth rehashing all the reasons your logic on pursuing prohibition of objects is flawed as a policy. I’m sure folks above have done it service. Can you believe I once viewed BB as a voice of liberty? I’m a looooong time reader, but I think I’m done at this point. BB, meet floppy disk and the bittersweet cardboard box of inet memories you now call home; you can share it with 200W power supplies, usr/bin/girl and oh, look, a gopher.
What?
Switzerland is always brought up in these debates.
Your proposal is essentially the one that the NRA was lobbying for in the 70s before their management change.
Are you totally sure about that?
Well hello there "looooong time* reader!
So in all of the BoingBoing posts about gun control, which since you are a long time reader you surely read, this is the one that finally convinced you that your kettle here was boiled dry? Your blunt smoked? Your catheter removed? Your cut stitched? Pardon me but…
I have visually witnessed, at the local midway, guns being used to cut stars out of paper.
We are even more culturally diverse now than ever before, and yet violent crime is WAY down. Reckon why?
Do you not think guns should be regulated at least as strictly as alcohol?
Ranch style pizza substitutes the red sauce with alfredo sauce. Also it usually comes with chicken and bacon toppings. I hate it. But I wouldn’t shoot my parents for ordering that crap. If the sauce ain’t red, it ain’t pizza.
All of which are restricted and controlled to a greater or lesser extent and serve a particular purpose that isn’t killing people. Guns on the other hand…
Oh. You’re making Italy cry, America.
(sent from the land of beef stroganoff pizza with shoestring potatoes. not even kidding)
If that makes Italy cry, then for the love of all that is good and decent, don’t look up Little Ceasar’s or Godfather’s Pizza. The one will give you a painfully upset stomach every time, but is addictively tasty. You always forget the pain, just for one more hit of the hydrolyzed vegetable oil and MSG. The other has such monstrosities as the “Bacon Cheeseburger” (comes with pickles and flavorless grade C ground beef, NOT SAUSAGE), the “Taco Pie” (flavorless grade C ground beef, flavorless grade C “jalapenos” that might as well be plastic garnish, and a plastic-like layer of cheddar instead of mozzarella) and the “Baja Taco” (flavorless grade C ground beef, black beans, and corn, sealed within an impenetrable layer of hardened cheddar cheese).
I am not sure just what reforms would help here. Parents and other adults being stupid is hard to legislate, let alone enforce. I think education is probably the best way to deal with this, but again, that isn’t fool proof. Teaching children that guns, like many tools, are dangerous and shouldn’t be treated like toys isn’t going to help a 2-3 year old who can’t distinguish a toy gun from a real one. It is a tough problem to sort out without violating rights.
