Gun Control & RKBA

spin

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10. One thing that led me make this post ...

Sat Mar 2, 2013, 07:06 PM

Mar 2013

was that my son in law was a passenger in a high performance car that was being driven by an idiot who was weaving in and out of freeway traffic at speeds averaging over 95mph with top speeds of up to 140 mph, endangering everybody in his path. The trip they were on was over 250 miles.

My son in law was worried by the experience as he is a professional truck driver and felt the driver was totally lacking the skill necessary to drive at that speed.

After hearing about this incident I thought for a while that it would be a good idea to find a way to limit the speed of a car to no more than 90 mph. Then I realized that proposing such legislation would cause the sales of high performance cars to skyrocket.

I feel the best solution to fools like this driver is better traffic enforcement and stiff penalties and not banning high performance cars or limiting the top speed of a car. The driver had been pulled over in the past but he had merely flashed his TSA badge and was never arrested.

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Is the skyrocketing sale of firearms driven by fear or is it simply human nature? ... [View all] spin Mar 2013 OP

President Obama: Best gun salesman ever. dkf Mar 2013 #1

It amazes me that in the current economy that so many firearms are selling ... spin Mar 2013 #4

He was showing me the texts he gets from a local gun shop dkf Mar 2013 #9

People failed to utilize their rights for way too long... ileus Mar 2013 #2

This is one right I don't want HockeyMom Mar 2013 #5

I see another motivation: The middle finger... Eleanors38 Mar 2013 #18

Good post, I agree completely with the "Screw You Attitude". MicaelS Mar 2013 #20

Thanks for that 2-edged compliment! Eleanors38 Mar 2013 #21

Can't it be a combination? Bay Boy Mar 2013 #3

I think it is fear HockeyMom Mar 2013 #6

As I pointed out in the OP both sides of the gun control debate ... spin Mar 2013 #12

That would largely depend on what you define as fear. ... spin Mar 2013 #8

I would guess Control-Z Mar 2013 #7

One thing that led me make this post ... spin Mar 2013 #10

There's also no constitutional right to own a vehicle n/t Pullo Mar 2013 #11

They aren't thumbing their nose at slaughtered children. razee Mar 2013 #15

It's economics as a function of human nature. rrneck Mar 2013 #13

The problem is that those unfamiliar with guns do not realize that gun bans ... spin Mar 2013 #24

Fear Comatose Sphagetti Mar 2013 #14

Its fear. They are afraid they won't be able to get them in the future jmg257 Mar 2013 #16

I've learned by living in Florida to be careful of rattlesnakes. ... spin Mar 2013 #17

To Expand on the MADD Example av8r1998 Mar 2013 #19

When Hostess announced they were going out of business kudzu22 Mar 2013 #22

You reminded me of the toilet paper scare of 1973 ... spin Mar 2013 #23