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Based on the article you quoted alone, I would say this is a common sense measure. They are retrieving weapons that should not have been sold in the first place. I would like to think either administration (or either/ both parties) would enact the same measures. In this case, the administration is doing the right thing. Doing the right thing should never be slammed to support political ideology...leave that to the heinous politicians themselves.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ben in LA
Nice to see I can now add - 'anti-semitic cunt' to the list. (you know who you are)
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-polit...emic-emergency
And yet folks here still "believe" guns to be more of a dangerous than alcohol.......Quote:
In 2016, this drug was linked to more deaths than guns, car crashes, or even HIV/AIDS at its peak. Actually, it was associated with more deaths than guns and car crashes combined.
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Originally Posted by MrFanti
Guess the "thumbs down" voters really need their drinks being oblivious to the facts of deaths attributed to alcohol.....
Either that or they think you're off topic and should have created a separate thread devoted to your special pet peeve.
I think it is a 'apple vs oranges' type of thing. And consider this: Alcohol is responsible for a lot more births, than guns. lolQuote:
Originally Posted by MrFanti
You've admitted previously that you are not actually in favour of banning alcohol, so enough with the crocodile tears. People are giving you thumbs down because you are being tedious and unimaginative.Quote:
Originally Posted by MrFanti
You really need to READ more carefully.Quote:
Originally Posted by filghy2
What I've said is that if one wants to demand a ban on guns because of the danger, then it's hypocritical to NOT want to ban alcohol too since alcohol has been shown to be more dangerous than guns.
Read what I say instead of interpreting for your own biases...
Okay, you think those very very few who are calling on a ban of all firearms but not a total prohibition against alcohol are entangled in a contradiction provided the reason behind their call for a ban is based on body count.
So let’s examine how that is relevant to this thread:
If they’re right about guns, then they’re wrong about alcohol. Okay. But they’re still right about guns and your observation is irrelevant to the point of the thread.
If they’re wrong about guns, then it would be easier to address that directly rather than trying to disentangle the many distinctions between firearms and alcohol - all material for another thread, not this one.
You're point is irrelevant.
In any case most people here are only calling for more controls on firearms and are perfectly happy with regulating liquor as well. All of these things have already been discussed. It’s not that we haven’t read and understood your posts, you just don’t agree with our replies. Accusing us of not reading carefully enough doesn’t advance your case.
From wikipedia:Quote:
Originally Posted by MrFanti
in 2016, 37,461 people were killed in 34,436 crashes, an average of 102per day. In 2010, there were an estimated 5,419,000 crashes (30,296 fatal crashes), killing 32,999 and injuring 2,239,000,and around 2,000 children under 16 years old die every year due to traffic collisions.Records indicate that there has been a total of 3,613,732 motor vehicle fatalities in the United States from 1899 to 2013.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...n_U.S._by_year
Protect your citizens, and ban motor vehicles...