(February 28, 2020 at 10:17 am)Brian37 Wrote:(February 28, 2020 at 7:26 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Not looking to round up all firearms in the hands of responsible people. But maybe, just maybe, it's time to take a hard look at how people store their weapons and take them away from waterheads who allow things like this to happen. This is a plea for better gun safety.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51663212
Isn't it sensible and reasonable to REQUIRE people to keep their firearms secured so things like this are less likely to happen? If you drive irresponsibly, you lose your driving license. If a doctor practices irresponsibly, she loses her medical license. A shoddy, irresponsible builder can lose his contractor's license.
A child was shot because a firearm wasn't secured. I get that this was an accident and has absolutely NOTHING to do with school shooting, workplace shootings, and so on. But it could have been prevented by something as simple as a gun safe.
It's hard to be sure, but it looks like the gun owner wasn't charged with anything.
Fuxxake.
Boru
It isn't a matter of rights. It is a matter of one industry, just like the auto industry drug it's feet, and tobacco lied about it's products, and oil was forced to remove lead from gas. It isn't about denying responsible people. It is about one industry putting profits over public safety. Same as any other industry.
It isn't enough to blame the user. Laws forcing owners to prove they are locking up their firearms is a start. But if you have a flooded market, those laws, while well intended, wont stop the flooded market that makes things like that far too common.
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No.
Boru
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