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Yet automobile deaths are more numerous than firearm deaths in this country every year. Many of those automobile deaths are of innocent people who arein the wrong place at the wrong time. True, a firearm was originally designed with the purpose of killing. Many today are not manufactured with that purpose in mind. A lot more are purchased with the intent to not kill anything, humanor otherwise, just to shoot. The point, the vast majority of people who buy automobiles or firearms don't do it with the intent to kill other people. Sometimes that intent changes, both for autos and cars. Sometimes, accidents happen. In either scenerio, it is the person, not theobject that is the root of the problem. Oh, that and auto ownership is not a guarantee laid out in the Constitution... |
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Posted by Yoda  - 9/21/2012 10:31:19 PM
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The implied comparison in the this story is ridiculous. An automobile is designed as a mode of transportation, on the other hand guns are designed to kill, (whether defensively, offensively, or hunting). But both can be used for killing, but only the gun is designed to do it effectively and efficiently with little effort.
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Posted by SRW - 9/21/2012 3:11:49 PM
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Once again the intellectual failings of somone are presented...a license to drive a car is only required if: 1. it is going to be operated on public roads; and, 2. if the person operating the car on public roads wants to do it legally. Like having a car insured and registered is required to operate them on public roads, and we all know that every car out there driving down the road is both duly registered and insured. Seriously, think before posting... |
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Posted by Yoda - 9/20/2012 7:41:20 PM
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You do NOT have to have a license to operate a vehicle. There are already laws on the books intending on stopping mentally unstable individuals from owning firearms. There are laws intended to prevent convicted felons from owning firearms. It is also illegal to shoot someone. The only ones who are affected by any of these or any other law are those who make the CHOICE to abide by them. |
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Posted by sako - 9/20/2012 4:15:48 PM
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And. . .100% of murderers and thieves drink water. Ban water! |
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Posted by Country - 9/20/2012 2:58:42 PM
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Good points! |
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Posted by Country - 9/20/2012 2:58:17 PM
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@Mike....I agree with you that there are certain people in the world that should have nothing to do with a car or a gun....The problem is that increasing regulations on such things only makes it harder for law abiding citizens to own them and really does nothing to stop a non law abiding citizen from owning them.......In Fact, there have been polls done in the past that show most criminals are in favor of stronger gun ownership laws, because it means that the innocent people they intend on robbing will have less of a chance of being armed and therefore less chance of stopping or causing harm to the criminal.
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Posted by Steve - 9/20/2012 11:11:04 AM
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You want to know something? The difference between a car and a gun is that you actually have to have a license to operate the car. Some people shouldn't and\or can't operate automobiles, the very elderly (as is in Sheesley's letter to the editor), the physically impaired, the drunks, etc etc. Nobody ever said "lets take away all guns from all people", its only been suggested to prevent those who cannot responsibly use them from owning them. A mentally unstable person who shoots up a movie theater is a good example. |
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Posted by Mike - 9/20/2012 10:46:07 AM
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While we're at it, Lets ban pencils and pens to save us all from the horror of misspelled words!!
Bottom line, Its stupid to blame a inanimate object for anything....Its inanimate, It requires a human being for it to operate, Blame the human being!
Thanks for the post Dan! |
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Posted by Steve - 9/20/2012 9:03:06 AM
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Yes that would be real smart DumMega, through away the first amendment too. |
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Posted by sako - 9/19/2012 9:06:22 PM
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While we're at it lets also ban gun nuts from communicating their opinions. |
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Posted by DonMega - 9/19/2012 1:42:17 PM
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There are simply no need for such a large assault vehicles like Cadillacs with fully automatic transmissions. They are responsible for vast amounts of property damage as well as loss of life. We need to follow the example of Mackinac Island. They have NO vehicles and NO vehicle deaths. |
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Posted by sako - 9/19/2012 6:50:06 AM
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Thanks Dan, very good points. |
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Posted by Chuck Matson - 9/18/2012 7:24:01 PM
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