What would you think of making this a required safety feature?

[Rahul]

I don't care about what you think is 'cool'. I care about people who are irresponsible and leave their guns where kids can find them, or who are responsible and have their guns stolen by somebody. Unlike all of the other tired, old comparisons you've made (and a million others have already made), guns have no purpose other than to kill, or present the threat of death to whoever's on the other end, and people who are careless about owning them recklessly endanger other people. People's lives are more important than your apparent compensation issues.

But how do we correct these possibilities?

Greater technology to improve safety I'm all for. Believe me, I am.

I usually sit on the fence about gun control debates and hold my tongue.

Because I grew up with guns EVERYWHERE in my parent's house. Everywhere. Every kind of gun you can think of, non military that is.

I also experienced, as a child, my grandfather's last remaining brother get gunned down in a church of a mass shooting. I wasn't there. But I was at his Wake and funeral. His body was the first dead person I ever laid eyes on.

So I'm conflicted in many ways.

I've seen what an angry, deranged person can inflict with guns. I've also seen how responsible gun owners can behave with regards to guns.

But most, almost all, of the debates coming from people that are against guns, centers around giving our government the ability to take away our rights to own guns.

Now, of course, you will all think, "Fuck, yeah, take away those rights!"

I am very, very, very hesitant to condone our government taking away any of our rights. Because the old saying, give them an inch...

And it's always held true. Abuse of power is the one and only consistent quality you can ever expect from any government.

If you give them this additional power over us they will abuse the fuck out of it. History promises that.

That gives me pause. So I usually just sit and ruminate over these discussions without really saying anything.