Cecilie1200
Diamond Member
The purpose of automobiles is transportation, what is the purpose of guns?
It seems the NRA's argument is that guns and the killing of citizens are tradeoffs. A certain amount of innocent people's deaths are the price we must pay for our right to have guns.
Some folks, when speaking for increased restrictions on guns, have argued that the primary function of the federal government is to ensure the safety of its citizens...
studies have shown that increased restrictions on guns for law-abiding citizens has resulted in more deaths for law-abiding citizens...
other studies have shown that the federal government's imposition of fuel-economy standards has resulted in thousands of deaths in traffic accidents that would not have occurred had the passengers been riding in cars with a higher mass...
As I said it's trade offs. If we want fuel economy we might have to make cars lighter. Tradeoffs. If we want guns we must accept a certain amount of killing, accidental and otherwise. I just hope the ones that do the killing for noteriety, don't believe they gain more noteriety by killing children than politicians.
It's not a matter of "if we want guns, we must accept a certain amount of killing", you troglodytic mouthbreather. It's a matter of "if we want FREEDOM and LIBERTY, we're going to have to accept that some people are going to use it to harm others", and while we as a society must find a way to minimize that, the correct way is NOT to make ourselves into slaves.
By the way, Noah Webster, the word is "notoriety". If you're going to try to impress us with your vocabulary, you might at least try to sound like you've heard and used the word before.