NOYB
“Responsible gun owners shouldn’t be in a position where they can be blamed for the crimes …. Car owners aren’t blamed for drunk driving deaths, even though they own cars. It is the same thing.”
It is the same thing. Just like we do our best to keep people safe from cars we should treat guns at LEAST as strictly.
I dont understand how people keep bringing up the car analogy.
” The entire concept of “assault weapons” i… scarier-looking rifles.”
This is of course true. Though one oculd argue that they don’t want to be scared. so a law banning “scary guns” isnt necessarily stupid.
“With a few minutes of practice, someone can reload fast enough that magazine capacity makes little difference.”
but without those few minutes of practice….
“So people who are 18 …but they can’t handle owning a rifle? Does that make sense to you?”
Yes.
“Furthermore, why are we listening to a sporting goods store about how to formulate public policy? Have they conducted extensive research about how to stop shootings, or is this more than likely a PR move? ”
The CDC isnt allowed to do gun related research. Thanks ot the Dickey amendment. put in place by a thoroughly evil organization that was afrai that research may lead to lives being saved.
So without research we take what we can get