Hacker News Reader

Comment by cpks | Hacker News Reader

You can buy a gun. You can still (barely) buy model rockets. You can buy glass windows (which shatter into thousands of sharp pieces if broken).

I want proper insurance, liability, etc. when things fail, and good risk management.

I don't want stupid safety.

View on HN

> You can buy a gun.

In the US maybe, I can't.

> You can still (barely) buy model rockets.

In the US maybe, I can't.

> You can buy glass windows (which shatter into thousands of sharp pieces if broken).

In the US maybe. Safety glass is really not very dangerous, and it's standard.

Can you buy cars in your country? I'm reasonably confident that cars cause more accidental deaths than the three of those combined.

Safety glass can still cut - I've gotten slices on my leg before when a tempered glass table shattered from one too many hard taps.

> You can still (barely) buy model rockets.

I see them selling in Target all over the place. When I was a kid you had to find a pretty specialized store.

I think I got mine from Toys R Us, but yeah they were harder to find 20+ years ago than they are now.

Well, you knocked those straw men down. I guess that settles it. Drones are exactly like windows aren't they?

Talking about straw men, he also mentioned guns and toy rockets.

A strawman might hurt someone if it gets knocked over easily, but we don't see the government stepping in to stop people building them up all the time!

Reply on news.ycombinator.com