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In reply to the discussion: 11 facts about gun violence in the United States [View all]Egnever
(21,506 posts)71. You nailed it right here
You can make safe storage a law, but you can't force people to adhere to it.
All the silliness of how it is the law in your state is just that, because of the one sentence you posted.
And you can compare the death rate to cars but it is a ridiculous comparison. Our society could not function without cars as it is currently we could very easily do without guns. I am all for the day we all have driverless cars, because it will mitigate many needless deaths as well.
As far as basing it on you tube it is just one easy way to show the stupidity of a huge portion of gun owners. Did you even look at it? it is example after example of not only piss poor gun safety but people chuckling the whole time they are putting themselves and others around them in danger.
If people actually respected guns I would have very little problem with them but the vast majority of the people I have interacted with that have guns view them as entertainment and use them with that mindset. Leaving them laying around loaded or doing other equally stupid shit, and then they get mad and shoot someone or themselves or worse they play with them and shoot someone unintentionally through negligence.
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America First in Murders is OK with gunners, as long as they can arm up and tote in public.
Hoyt
Sep 2016
#1
Fact 12: My neighbor just grabbed his dad's gun after an argument and killed himself
AllyCat
Sep 2016
#3
You think the chances of someone dying from a round house are equal to the chances of a gun?
Egnever
Sep 2016
#25
Dont know where you are getting I am preemptively taking rights away from people
Egnever
Sep 2016
#111
A favorite saying among gun rights people is that we always claim that 'blood will run in the
flamin lib
Sep 2016
#5
False comparison. Except for the fact that auto makers killed the streetcars in the USA.
JanMichael
Sep 2016
#12
My car is insured. I'm required to pass a test to use it. Every year, I pay to register it with the
LanternWaste
Sep 2016
#14
Just as everyone is not capable of operating a vehicle, likewise not everyone is
Thinkingabout
Sep 2016
#30
Designed solely to intoxicate. Plays a major role in addiction, violence and sexual assault.
hack89
Sep 2016
#17
Any other groups you'd like to blame as a whole for the actions of individual members?
friendly_iconoclast
Sep 2016
#58
Do you believe some sort of collective punishment would be in order for the 'responsible' groups?
friendly_iconoclast
Sep 2016
#112
The US is ranked 108th in homicide rates....are the other 107 countries more of a embarrassment?
EX500rider
Sep 2016
#37
And *there* is the problem with approaches like yours: "In my own experience..."
friendly_iconoclast
Sep 2016
#60