They also have a history of anti malaria bias.
Public health agency finds that guns kill people, recommends fewer guns, news at 11
Public health agency finds that guns kill people, recommends fewer guns, news at 11
why are there thousands of kids handling guns fine without accidents in rural areas and thousands getting killed by a few hundred in urban areas.
it's much more complex than just fewer guns, no private pool ownership, etc.
If you are arguing for all this to be equally applied to guns (as would be fairly rational) then congratulation, you are pro-gun control.
the point was banning a thing because a few people use it improperly is not the way to go with something so important as guns - which are more important than cars.. maybe, maybe not with drugs depending on health conditions, certainly more important than swimming pools.
we already have more gun control than is needed, what we need is more education and more resources.
I have been seriously injured due to a large truck being misused, and calling for a ban of all cars would be one thing, saying that restrictions to that only 4 cylinder vehicle are available to citizens with other requirements could be a thing. I think lots in America would laugh at not being able to own an 8 cyl for example, only military or civil servants.
I'd like to go more into that, but I think to be more honest and equal about the rest of you comment, need to move to that more.
"guns have no other purpose but to put holes in things" - it's easy to point to this, and it's kind of true, but it's not really true.
many guns are made and sold and used just for skeet shooting or hunting (yes technically that's putting holes in things) and similar.
However most guns in America are used as a deterrant. Guards at courthouses, armored car guards, citizens with guns, etc. Every day hundreds of thousands of times a day, guns are used as a deterrent. The deter rapes and robberies and complete tyranny, and invasion every day.
Without them we would certainly have more rapes, robberies and murders.
In a fictional world of tradeoffs, I might take trains vs cars to bring some people back from the grave as well. I am sorry you have lost friends that way.
With that in mind, I also consider that without guns more people that we know and care for might have also met early ends. I have witnessed many semi-violent situations that only de-escalated because there was immediate threat of people with guns changing the situation, sometimes it was cops arriving to a scene, other times it was not.
They could do the same with guns.. but I guess we instead rely on the NRA, NSSF, and a few others.. some hunter's education classes that some places offer and the very few schools that teach these things.
I do not see the CDC recommending less pools, or less cars, unlike their 'conclusion that less guns would mean less kid problems' - so maybe they are way ahead of themselves.
I am all for more education the better, and as it would not affect me personally - ban swimming pools, get a special license to have more than 10 gallons of water, and if someone breaks one of the top 4 bullet points from the CDC on safe swimming, then make them a felon and take away other rights.
Won't bother me, and it will make the world a safer place for many kids.
/not-serious, don't take it too seriously, just sayin' for thoughts sake
(Sam Harris)
>In fact, Cook told The Washington Post that the percentage of people who told Kleck they used a gun in self-defense is similar to the percentage of Americans who said they were abducted by aliens. The Post notes that "a more reasonable estimate" of self-defense gun uses equals about 100,000 annually, according to the NCVS data.
/s
https://psmag.com/news/keeping-a-gun-at-home-can-mean-a-high...
https://slate.com/technology/2015/01/good-guy-with-a-gun-myt...
Or maybe it was just money laundering for an ad hominem.