TheBuddyExpedition
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It is also a tool that can cause problems should the scenario arise. There are a lot of suicides, accidental firearm related deaths and injuries in the US every year. For example my coworker recently had a stray bullet from a neighbor cleaning their gun enter their bedroom and hit their dresser at head level.
To be quite frank, I personally know people who've had cars do the same. All tools are dangerous, until idiots are banned from owning tools.
I don't really see the your point, kids aren't guns.....and those programs exist for kids/parents that need them.
All I am advocating for is that we as a society work together towards improving the issue, I don't have the solution but I am open to ideas and do hope we can improve.
I don't want to derail this thread (any more than I already did) or end up with it closed so I'm going to step out.
Last response, I don't necessarily think it's a government issue. When I buy a hunting licence I can voluntarily donate a buck or two to a conservation fund and do.....or I have a license plate supporting a national hiking trail for example.
This is a pretty good article: http://www.samharris.org/blog/item/the-riddle-of-the-gun
It is also a tool that can cause problems should the scenario arise. There are a lot of suicides, accidental firearm related deaths and injuries in the US every year. For example my coworker recently had a stray bullet from a neighbor cleaning their gun enter their bedroom and hit their dresser at head level.
No different from any other tool. Do you know how many people die from hammers every year? In 2011, 496 people were killed by hammers and clubs (coincidentally, 173 more murders from hammers than rifles. . .)
Also in 2013, 32,000 people died from car accidents.
It is easy to blame the gun, but people will kill each other regardless. 14,000 people were stabbed in the UK last year.
Guns are a mechanical device that requires proper training and common sense. People kill themselves accidentally at a shocking rate. Darwin at work![]()