Gun Control thread (merged many)

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

I don't think Platapus or anyone else was intentionally trying to introduce another problem like alcohol into the debate. I think the point was to draw a comparison between how many people are lost in auto accidents relative to shooting victims and that vehicles are not banned while gun manufacturers are facing legal actions..

Exactly.

Originally Posted by Nippelspanner

Err... so he dragged another topic/possible problem into this, although there is zero connection?

There is a very tangible connection, though it might be easy for you to miss.

"Hey, we have a gun problem!"
"BUT CARS KILL PEOPLE TOO!"
"Uhm, OK then, let's ignore both problems then...?"

The connection is that there is a large group of people here who consistently claim that the only solution to the gun problem is to ban all guns. By that logic we should also ban all cars, since cars are also involved in large numbers of deaths, many more than guns. They don't see it that way, and I suspect the real reason is that their cars have some value to them whereas guns don't.

Do you see it now?