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In reply to the discussion: Can anyone make a coherent argument that guns are LESS dangerous than cars? i doubt it... [View all]aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)10. So why not regulate guns as much car design and operation is regulated?
I wonder what the Grover Norquist Party thinks about that.
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Can anyone make a coherent argument that guns are LESS dangerous than cars? i doubt it... [View all]
farminator3000
Dec 2012
OP
Currently a given gun in the US is less likely to kill or injure someone than a given car
Recursion
Dec 2012
#1
The whole gun cars argument is ridicules on it's face. Guns are manufactured to kill. Cars are not.
Lint Head
Dec 2012
#5
I don't understand your reply. Guns are manufactured to kill just like nuclear weapons.
Lint Head
Dec 2012
#18
So why not regulate guns as much car design and operation is regulated?
aint_no_life_nowhere
Dec 2012
#10
Sorry but I have yet to see a convincing argument that the comparison is foolish
aint_no_life_nowhere
Dec 2012
#76
it just got more foolish- my cat hit a button and changed 'car' to 'gun' somehow in your thing here
farminator3000
Dec 2012
#67
i most certainly am not talking about removing gun regs., i am saying regulate the crap out of them
farminator3000
Dec 2012
#87
Firearm death rates have been pretty steady for many years. Vehicle death rates have fallen.
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#13
"just because you are a responsible gun owner, you have no idea about the other 99,999,999."
Rex
Dec 2012
#119
political opinions also don't change reality in general. you are not clairvoyant. things don't
farminator3000
Dec 2012
#69
Silly troll....very few deaths caused by firearms are purely accidental, whereas....
OldDem2012
Dec 2012
#33
My post was in plain English....I should have guessed a troll wouldn't understand it. nt.
OldDem2012
Dec 2012
#40
technically, by repeating yourself and saying nothing about what i said, YOU ARE THE TROLL, yes?
farminator3000
Dec 2012
#43
Your original OP was a waste of time from your very first word. You have no point to make....
OldDem2012
Dec 2012
#45
You have to do two separate queries at WISQARS, but it does confirm krispos423's claim
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#88
1991 (a peak year) - 10.38 per 100,000. 2010 (most recent year available) - 5.29
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#94
That means that you are less likely to be a victim of homicide now than you were 20 years ago
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#100
No, there is a lower percentage of murderous people in the population than there was 20 years ago
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#113
Not really, but I can prove beyond any doubt that cars are more useful in everyday life for the
JDPriestly
Dec 2012
#101
Until any soldier of any nation is issued a Ford Fusion instead of a firearm, this line of argument
Ikonoklast
Dec 2012
#126