Whats going wrong with the world? More shootings

DS1119 wrote:

gimmesometruth27 wrote:

if i dropped a gun on the ground and it discharges and the bullet hits my hypothetical 3 year old kid and kills them, the gun killed her. not any person...

Guess what. Don't keep your kid around a gun. You wouldn't put your hypothetical three year old on the shoulder of a highway would you?

Well if the child never leaves the house, this would probably work. But since friends and neighbors could quite feasibly own a gun it might be hard to guarantee the child is never around a weapon. Although it is recommended that parents ask other parents if there are weapons in the home.

DS1119 wrote:

comebackgirl wrote:

I'd be cool with tighter controls on machetes

What about ice picks. I'm pretty sure someone could take out 4 or 5 people in a mall setting before security gets there if so inclined.

Again, just because other things can be dangerous doesn't mean other dangerous things can't be regulated. I dunno... people tend to have a different reactions to guns than they do to ice picks. I'm sure in many cases, the gun comes first, and then the fantasies of using them and the dirty harry syndrome comes second. And yes, lots of gun crimes are committed with illegal guns (although as someone else said earlier, 3/4 of mass shootings are committed with legal ones, and with most of the accidental gun deaths too). But most of those illegal weapons start off as legal weapons.

DS1119 wrote:

PJ_Soul wrote:

anymore.

Hmmm...my parents still have an ice chest that locks when you shut it.

Well DS, they are clearly not responsible ice chest owners and should have their privileges revoked.

DS1119 wrote:

comebackgirl wrote:

DS1119 wrote:

Don;t even get me started on fridges and ice coolers? Do know how many kids play in those and get trapped and die annually? Ban the fridges and ice coolers! They're death traps! Ice kills!

No, I don't know. Do you have stats on that? Preferably from a peer reviewed journal I agree that if someone purchases a fridge or ice cooler for the purpose of their child playing in it rather than as a storage device for food, they should be banned.

So someone that purchases a weapon for their protection...based on constituional right...or for whatever other reason they se fit to LEGALLY own the weapon...that should be banned as well? Am I reading this right?

No. It should be controlled more tightly. Only fridges and ice chests should be banned. :roll:

DS1119 wrote:

comebackgirl wrote:

Ah yeah, when I was little my mom never let me hang around the lawn mower when it was being used. Particularly since it was purchased for the purpose of killing or maiming and for no other reason

Cool. Stats on that would also be appreciated.

So you believe that legally obtained weapons in the US are obtained for the purpose of maiming and killing. I prefer to look at it as for sport and protection...if one was so inclined.

Yes...protection by way of maiming or killing. No one needs an assault rifle or 30 for *sport*

DS1119 wrote:

comebackgirl wrote:

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No. It should be controlled more tightly. Only fridges and ice chests should be banned. :roll:

People can roll their eyes all they want. I just take things out to their logical conclusion. If one thing that is POTENTIALLY dangerous should become even more regualted and/or banned...shouldn't everything? I actually know for a fact with a well placed shot you can kill someone with a slingshot. Let's ban those too.

I'm just not sure how you got that out of my statement. I didn't even reference guns in that statement. The logic eludes me. As does the last page and a half or so of this thread.