I'm gonna say it and I don't care what gun nuts think...

[TeamsterDem]

118. Don't exaggerate my position

I never said they're toys. Far from it. What I said is that they're used in a hobby, not all hobbies being as safe as stamp collecting. They can be dangerous, no doubt about that. But not all of their uses are for killing. Actually most owners have never used it for that reason, and most hope to never use them in that way. I certainly hope I never have to use any of my guns for that reason. But of course I will if it becomes absolutely and unavoidably necessary.

We can agree that they should be equally regulated, cars and guns. But where we'll never agree would be on saying that guns should either be banned or so de facto limited by way of regulation that they're effectively banned for most users. That's a lot like what the Republicans are doing with abortions, regulating it and its dispensaries to such an extent that they don't even need to overturn Roe v. Wade. It's death by regulation, and it ain't any prettier or better than simply taking someone's rights away the old fashioned way.