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In reply to the discussion: Baths kill more Japanese then guns kill Americans [View all]Straw Man
(6,613 posts)94. Which changes nothing.
That analogy you made was between a drunk driver who hasn't yet been in an accident and any gun owner. This analogy is ridiculous on its face. In trying to malign gun owners, you end up defending drunk drivers. Don't you get it? The irony is delicious.
PS: I don't think you really understand what an abstraction is.
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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