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In reply to the discussion: Is It Time To Put Chips In Guns? [View all]flamin lib
(14,559 posts)32. Thalidomide was not produced or prescribed in the US.
That nasty nanny state prevented it.
Had we pursued the technology that now largely prevents SUV rollovers before the deaths many, if not most, of those deaths would not have occurred. It took less than one model year to implement the fixes which tells me that they all existed before the auto makers were sued for wrongful death. That can't happen with chips because the gun industry is specifically exempted from civil suits against their product liabilities--thanks a lot gun lobby.
"it just took a few hundred avoidable deaths. "
A few hundred car deaths and tings happen to cars. 30,000 deaths a year by gun and we're helpless. Go figure.
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