A (DU) minority view on guns.

[IdaBriggs]

85. Some cars are built to go 200+ miles per hour.

They are *extremely* expensive, used by highly trained drivers in controlled circumstances, and not treated like "everyday use" cars by everyone on the highway.

People drive their cars on the roads of America. They do not generally drive them into people's homes, in the supermarkets, or inside elementary schools. People train, take tests, get licensed, and maintain insurance for the privilege of driving an automobile.

Generally speaking, an extremely minute portion of the six million auto accidents a year happen in movie theaters, school buildings, and restaurants. An even smaller percentage (next best to zero) involve high performance automobiles.

Guns that are built to fire multiple rounds are not that expensive, require no additional training to operate, and are being used *everywhere* by everyone from teenagers to felons to mentally ill people who hear "voices" instructing them to "kill."

The number of "necessary kills" by guns is zero. The number of people killed UNNECESSARILY is astronomical.

The three main reasons to own a gun are Recreation, Revolution and Self-Defense. The pious claims of "responsible gun ownership" via self-imposed "common sense" are regularly refuted by thirty seconds of googling youtube videos where people who wouldn't be trusted to drive an automobile under normal circumstances shoot themselves and bystanders.

A car is a tool. A gun is a tool. One is treated with respect in this country, and reasonable laws are in place to regulate the use of them. The other is treated like a movie prop, and the results are simply tragic.