Subj : Re: Okay, here we go again (but are things different this time?)
To   : Gandolf
From : Digital Man
Date : Sun Feb 18 2018 19:48:37

  Re: Re: Okay, here we go again (but are things different this time?)
  By: Gandolf to Digital Man on Sun Feb 18 2018 05:21 pm

 > The article you posted ---
 > Not a fan of his opinion.
 > My opinion, OTOH, resides simply as this:
 >
 > Why are people blaming inanimate objects for death and destruction?
 > Guns, much like cars, are machines.  Nothing more.
 > Cars (and guns) literally don't do anything until a person makes that
 > machine do something.  (Start the engine, load and fire the weapon, etc.)

True, but some machines are rigtfully illegal, no? Like, you don't think
regular citizens should be allowed to own an operational tank or bazooka do
you?

So there's a line somewhere. We have different lines (regarding what's legal or
not in regards to guns) in different states already. We could adjust those
lines, but I'm doubtful it would actually make much difference.

 > I've always held the logic / analogy of:
 > Taking away guns from law-abiding citizens in order to prevent more
 > deaths holds exactly the same logic as taking away cars from good
 > drivers because bad drivers are involved in vehicular homicides.
 > (Doesn't make sense, does it?)

No, but we also don't allow unsafe vehicles on the road either. Nor do we allow
(what civilization has determined to be) unsafe guns in the hands of regular
citizens. It's a decent analogy and we have existing limits/laws in both cases.


                                            digital man

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