Suicides involving firearms are fatal 85% of the time, pills less than 3%.

[Orrex]

39. "Chunks of metal"

You can't seriously believe that it's simple as trivialzing the undeniable lethality of guns by giving them a comic description, can you?

It is ludicrous to pretend that these "chunks of metal" aren't actually a factor in gun violence or that people are solely to blame. It is vanishingly rare to see people killing themselves or others with "chunks of metal," and referring to a precisely engineered and machined firearm as a "chunk of metal" (even ironically) means that you aren't seriously engaging the subject, despite your protestations to the contrary.

The rusty fuel door that I replaced on my Impala is a "chunk of metal." The $500 pistol that a felon bought at a gun show without a background check is not a "chunk of metal."


Even so, you haven't explained how registering gun owners would solve anything at all, since 24 of your 25 guns could be stolen and used in murders, and we'd have no idea where they came from or who was responsible for them. How would your proposed gun card prevent private person-to-person sales of firearms? How would these sales be policed? Hell, you could sell your 24 guns to convicted felons for cash, and without any gun registry there'd be nothing to stop you, since there'd be no way to trace the guns back to you. Even if you were caught, you could simply claim that they were stolen.

How would a gun owner's registry card help that?