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In reply to the discussion: Baths kill more Japanese then guns kill Americans [View all]CreekDog
(46,192 posts)35. so your answer is "no"
we can do all these things for cars and driving --but for a gun? nah.
thank you for answering.
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IMO a relatively useless, ironically humorous statistic that serves to give a broader perspective
slackmaster
May 2012
#3
So do you pick up the tub to kill someone else with it or use furniture polish... nt
Pholus
May 2012
#9
I control my time in a bathtub. I have to trust YOU with your gun. Prove you're trustworthy...
Pholus
May 2012
#12
So perhaps in the case of gun violence, we need to make criminals carry insurance?
hack89
May 2012
#24
Most people who own guns DO carry liability insurance, and anyone who rents or owns a home SHOULD
slackmaster
May 2012
#51
Dodge, eh? Back to the issue: Are you arguing that a car CANNOT be used as a weapon?
Marengo
May 2012
#127
Your bob and weave routine doesn't change the fact that your points in Post 14 were discredited...
Marengo
May 2012
#158
It has been fun, especially your comical attempts to detour the conversation away...
Marengo
May 2012
#167
When it comes to clarity, I'm not the guy confusing Japanese bathtubs with firearms. nt
Pholus
May 2012
#130
Sure. I'm not the guy who thinks I can rub someone out with a volvo at will. nt
Pholus
May 2012
#134
sure, i'll register my car, get licensed, agree to follow the laws and carry insurance
CreekDog
May 2012
#31
Just like "tubs and guns" I guess. Some analogies are OBVIOUSLY more equal than others.
Pholus
May 2012
#49
I don't expect much from the control side of the discussion and I'm seldom disappointed
DonP
May 2012
#53
Well said. I think that a good percentage of restriction supporters know their cause is lost.
Simo 1939_1940
May 2012
#59
Just like a car, none of that applies to my gun in my house and not carried in public
hack89
May 2012
#154
I don't have to prove that I am trustworthy. You have to prove that I am not.
oneshooter
May 2012
#155
A rational balance between individual rights and public safety to be decided by anti-gun people?
shadowrider
May 2012
#40
In my "rarefied intellectual circles", people actually back their accusations with reason.
DanTex
May 2012
#113
Well, I do have a peer-reviewed study, which, as usual, you are desperately trying to deny.
DanTex
May 2012
#108
Hey, you were the one who said I had nothing of substance. That wasn't nice! Or true!
DanTex
May 2012
#110
I cling to my tub. I am a tub nut. I strap one or two tubs on before I leave the house.
Common Sense Party
May 2012
#41
Between tubs and guns, which one killed while performing their intended purpose?
Pholus
May 2012
#123
Why don't you wait until the next literal, simplistic black and white thread then?
hack89
May 2012
#153