RE: Why More Americans Want to Own Guns
February 10, 2016 at 9:42 pm
(This post was last modified: February 10, 2016 at 9:48 pm by God of Mr. Hanky.)
(February 10, 2016 at 4:42 pm)Brian37 Wrote:(February 10, 2016 at 12:17 am)God of Mr. Hanky Wrote: I don't care if you kill yourself in your muscle car, but I'll probably sit up and take notice if I find it in my back seat, or in my living room. So why aren't the liberals trying to ban muscle cars?
Phase them out yes, not an outright ban. It is possible to make a sports car not run on gas. Just like you can still have an antique typewriter on your shelf for decoration, but nobody uses them in mass nor should they.
Laws as far as guns should not be stuck in an antiquated past when the 2nd Amendment was written when they only had muskets. Firearm technology has changed since. But yet the gun worshiping right, just like the selfish oil industry cant understand that profit isn't enough "Just because I can"..... Doesn't mean you cling to the past. You don't have to go away, but things cant remain the way they are.
Just like climate change is killing our planet, our gun fetish is allowing too many gun deaths. And still stupidly these paranoid fucks think everyone is out to get them, when all we are saying is the status quo isn't working.
My argument had nothing to do with fuel consumption, that issue is tangential to the fact that muscle cars (which have improved their fuel economy by 100% since the 1960's) are still the same dangerous level of performance which menaces slower vehicles on our streets and highways, and is completely unnecessary for any purpose than thrills at the expense of other people's safety. Making them all hybrid or straight-up electric power would make no difference with this problem. Therefore they should not be allowed on public roads, but you can still have them for use on private roads - I'm not really in favor of confiscating anything.
Having a gun fetish doesn't make people evil nor dangerous, it simply makes them human. People just love their powerful toys, and if they want to set up objects in a private field so they can have fun destroying them with their AK-47s, then I don't see a problem with that. If that's a problem with the neighbors in rural areas where most homes have guns in them, then maybe they should be limited to less powerful weapons, unless they the firing pin is removed.
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