knives don't stab people people stab people!

[Brian37]

Of course it' s OK..
You dont see anyone looking to restrict vehicle ownership - just guns -
Despite the fact in 2017


37,000 killed by vehicles
13,000 killed by firearms ( half of which are suicide - but we will go ahead and allow the number inflating....)

And why is this?

But you're equating all deaths with deliberate deaths.  That's bad methodology.

In 2017, there were 40000 firearms deaths in the US, not 13 000.  24 000 of those were suicides, 14 000 were homicides, and the remainder were either accidents or legal interventions.

Deliberate vehicular homicides are a little tougher to research, but it seems pretty steady at around 3500 per year in the US.

This seems to indicate that, when someone decides to commit a murder, they are four times more likely to use a firearm than a motor vehicle.

Dunno about you, but it occurs to me that it might be sensible to place at least some restrictions on the number one murder weapon in the US.

Boru

I have long since hated the argument "other bad shit happens, so do nothing about this shit."

When a speed limit is deemed too fast for a school zone they slow it down. And they certainly do not let drag strip funny cars on public roads regardless.

By the worshipers logic, everyone should be allowed to own and drive a drag strip funny car on public roads, and even in school zones. 

It is true traffic fatalities happen. But very few of them are intentional homicide. And you cannot take a truck or sports car up to a 32 story hotel strap a banana clip to it and murder 52 people in short order.

I get so frustrated with that side when they rightfully say, "Just keep them out of the wrong hands" and then throw a fit when I agree with them.