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In reply to the discussion: Gun deaths set to outstrip car fatalities for first time in 2015 [View all]Tommy_Carcetti
(43,181 posts)38. I only brought it in because people like you love to repeat the analogy ad nauseum.
Even though it is fatally flawed.
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Gun deaths set to outstrip car fatalities for first time in 2015 [View all]
Tommy_Carcetti
Dec 2012
OP
Mandatory seat-belt laws??? Stiff penalties for drunk driving?... Aren't these...um...regulations?
Aristus
Dec 2012
#1
The point is, they are legal strictures that have a demonstrable benefit on the public health.
Aristus
Dec 2012
#23
Quote me the number of intentional vehicular homicides vs. intentional gun deaths and get back to me
Tommy_Carcetti
Dec 2012
#3
The factoid being touted in the cited article has nothing to do with intentional vehicular homicides
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#13
Right. Except the Cars vs. Guns comparision is commonly used by gun enthusiasts.
Tommy_Carcetti
Dec 2012
#24
I only brought it in because people like you love to repeat the analogy ad nauseum.
Tommy_Carcetti
Dec 2012
#38
Surely someone with the lofty title of Magistrate has a basic knowledge of statistics.
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#14
Always Fun, Sir, To See 'Team NRA' Types Deny Their God When Pressed Before An Audience
The Magistrate
Dec 2012
#27
Could economics play a part? In 1993 we were coming out of one recession, ...
happyslug
Dec 2012
#22
Cars are ever-more-engineered to be safer. Guns are ever-more-engineered to be deadlier.
Atypical Liberal
Dec 2012
#6