Jim Rosenthal
Supporter
Gee,this all makes me feel better. Happy New Year, everyone.
Part of a post by John MTaken from: GUN CONTROL: A REALISTIC ASSESSMENT
This comprehensive ignorance is part and parcel of the anti- gun crusaders' loathing and contempt for gun owners. Anti-gun crusaders often express their pride in knowing nothing about guns because it sets them apart from the barbaric gun lover. Nor do they care that this ignorance precludes their evaluating the viability and pragmatic value of potential control strategies. That is not a great problem for anti-gun crusaders because, ultimately, they are more interested in the symbolic significance of having guns banned than in establishing pragmatic and effective control over them."
"Among the many misdeeds of British rule in India, history will look upon the Act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest." - Mohandas Gandhi, an Autobiography, page 446.
Gun deaths per 100,000 of population, 2010
USA..................10.2
India.................0.93
Japan................0.07
About 80 times a day, every day of the year, some thoughtless jerk gets drunk and knowingly drives drunk. He drives a 3500 pound machine into an unknowing victim or victims. There is concsious forethought. The loss for the families is the same. The finality is the same. The years of grief is the same. And it is violent!
Tom, you are right. All of that is terrible as well.
There is one difference though. No one is against at least trying to limit the amount of drunk driving accidents. There are not any drunk driving enthusiasts who lobby for the protection of intoxicated motoring.
And no I do not think gun owners are the equivalent of drunks.
There is a huge liquor and tobacco lobby, even more effective than the gun lobby.