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RE: All Hail the Second Amendment
May 9, 2016 at 7:41 pm
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RE: All Hail the Second Amendment
May 9, 2016 at 8:04 pm
I'm far less concerned about "criminals" than I am about the idiot in the next house dropping his shotgun and sending a freedom missile through my window.
You see, while it is true that if 'guns are outlawed only outlaws will have guns" it is also true that if 'guns are outlawed many fewer assholes will have guns."
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RE: All Hail the Second Amendment
May 10, 2016 at 8:12 pm
(May 9, 2016 at 8:04 pm)Minimalist Wrote: I'm far less concerned about "criminals" than I am about the idiot in the next house dropping his shotgun and sending a freedom missile through my window.
You see, while it is true that if 'guns are outlawed only outlaws will have guns" it is also true that if 'guns are outlawed many fewer assholes will have guns."
That's interesting... I take it you mean you are worried about accidental shootings in general, and not specifically the situation you mentioned? How does that compare with other accidental death stats, like drownings or car accidents?
Table 10, pg 41 has the accidental deaths
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr64/nvsr64_02.pdf
So in the United States, there were 130,000 unintentional deaths in 2013; only 505 of them being from firearms. There were 30,000 deaths due to falls, 3,400 due to drownings, and 35,000 due to motor vehicle accidents. Obviously cutting down on the number of deaths in any of these categories is a good thing, but perhaps firearms are actually safer than they are perceived to be?
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RE: All Hail the Second Amendment
May 10, 2016 at 8:15 pm
Read the whole thread. It is mainly about morons who kill themselves or others by accident.
I love how casually you dismiss 500 dead bodies because of assholes with guns.
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RE: All Hail the Second Amendment
May 11, 2016 at 10:26 am
(May 10, 2016 at 8:15 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Read the whole thread. It is mainly about morons who kill themselves or others by accident.
I love how casually you dismiss 500 dead bodies because of assholes with guns.
Oh, come now, Min... if you only count kids as half, it's more like 350 dead bodies.
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