Baths kill more Japanese then guns kill Americans

[DanTex]

143. Sorry, you're the one who isn't following.

An analog doesn't have to share every attribute with the original to be useful. It only has to share certain key ones.

The reason you aren't getting this is because you are stuck in a very rigid mindset when it comes to gun violence, no doubt because of your pro-gun ideology. You simply can't get past "responsible gun owners don't hurt anyone".

I see guns more as a public safety issue, a lot like drunk driving. You can disagree all you want, but the fact of the matter is that not all people need the government to tell them how much alcohol is too much to be driving. But that doesn't matter. What matters is that drunk driving is a severe public safety hazard, and laws designed to contain the damage are justified.

And these essential attributes are shared between drunk driving and gun violence. The fact that many gun owners can be trusted not to do anything stupid doesn't change the fact that death and violence are the predictable consequences of lax gun laws, and that tighter gun regulations are justified on these grounds.

I have been insulted and condescended to by better people than you.

Nice one! Whining about snark and being snarky in the same sentence! You must be one of the "smart ones"!