1600 were stabbed to death in 2016. We should ban knives.
Hold on there, buddy.
Maybe just the really really sharp ones for now.
1600 were stabbed to death in 2016. We should ban knives.
1600 were stabbed to death in 2016. We should ban knives.
They're all inanimate objects capable of doing exactly nothing on their own.
Ban people instead.
Knives are for when the shit is personal - gotta get some blood on your hands. Ditto with choking. Guns are easy and frequently cowardly - few vics get a chance to shoot back..1600 were stabbed to death in 2016. We should ban knives.
quoted by a man with more firearms than friends!
From what?
I just wanted see if you've added anything to the list. HEH!Tyranny, oppression, and authoritarianism! Also meth heads, armed robbers, carjackers, and the occasional uppity raccoon .
I just wanted see if you've added anything to the list. HEH!
I here ya. You know I love my firearms, crossbows, wrist rockets, etc. Basically anything that might stop an invading force. Even if it's just my garden they are trying to storm.Compared to some people around here I don't have very many, lol.
Would like one of these cheap 1858 Remington replicas with a spare cylinder or two, that would be cool.
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I here ya. You know I love my firearms, crossbows, wrist rockets, etc. Basically anything that might stop an invading force. Even if it's just my garden they are trying to storm.
Just to play devils advocate here...
I'm reading this Malcolm Gladwell book right now. He talks about the crisis they had (in England, iirc) with women killing themselves with what was called 'town gas'. This was right before natural gas was a thing. Everyone had town gas in their home to cook with. The problem was that town gas had high levels of carbon monoxide. That allowed (mostly women) to stick their head in the oven and kill themselves. And it happened a lot.
Then came natural gas. Cleaner, cheaper, etc. Almost overnight (5-10 years), the entire country switched its infrastructure and appliances to natural gas which doesn't have enough CO in it to kill you. Conventional wisdom might suggest that women just moved on to the next easiest thing to kill themselves. Instead, female suicide rates plummeted.
The author made no connection to gun violence, but I did. It seems obvious to me that if guns aren't available, people will still find a way to do evil things. But that story made me think - maybe not...
Natural gas produces carbon monoxide if not burning cleanly. Yellow flame is the first clue. Neighbor of ours did it the car-in-garage method. Shame, seemed to be the sweetest lady.Just to play devils advocate here...
I'm reading this Malcolm Gladwell book right now. He talks about the crisis they had (in England, iirc) with women killing themselves with what was called 'town gas'. This was right before natural gas was a thing. Everyone had town gas in their home to cook with. The problem was that town gas had high levels of carbon monoxide. That allowed (mostly women) to stick their head in the oven and kill themselves. And it happened a lot.
Then came natural gas. Cleaner, cheaper, etc. Almost overnight (5-10 years), the entire country switched its infrastructure and appliances to natural gas which doesn't have enough CO in it to kill you. Conventional wisdom might suggest that women just moved on to the next easiest thing to kill themselves. Instead, female suicide rates plummeted.
The author made no connection to gun violence, but I did. It seems obvious to me that if guns aren't available, people will still find a way to do evil things. But that story made me think - maybe not...
okNatural gas produces carbon monoxide if not burning cleanly. Yellow flame is the first clue. Neighbor of ours did it the car-in-garage method. Shame, seemed to be the sweetest lady.
It was England, is an explanation really necessary?I have to ask why them crazy bitches were stickin their heads in the oven in the first place