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Originally Posted by timej31
He's right. I think he brings up a very important point the issue is irresponsible ones. I think we can and do all agree that no matter what the topic is if it involves someone who is irresponsible then it's a problem.
What is the common denominator here? We have irresponsible drinkers. We have irresponsible people procreating more irresponsible persons.
What do these have in common?
I think that's what we need to focus on. That is exactly the problem.  |
yeah, I agree about the risk of irresponsible gun owners, but how many are they? Again, the law should be in the numbers.. there are roughly some 50k gun owners in the UK, how many gun related crimes committed by these law abiding citizens you recorded so far? One every 10 years or more.
(again take Switzerland: 400k firearms registered and 1 accident since the end of WW2)
How many people get killed (directly or indirectly) by poor driving, bad parenting, alcohol abuse, Anti-Social Behaviour every year? Hundreds.
Someone hasn't done their maths properly me thinks.