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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]Lizzie Poppet
(10,164 posts)23. It might indeed be all 50 states soon.
However, that's because cars are becoming safer, not because gun deaths are climbing (they're not). Moreover, as another poster pointed out, because car deaths are most always accidental, the risk is evenly distributed. The same is not true of firearms, where the risk of death is concentrated in a very small portion of the total (almost entirely among those in the hands of habitual criminals).
It's a stupid comparison, regardless of which side of the gun control debate brings it up. in any case.
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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