GUNS DON'T KILL PEOPLE, OR DO THEY?

[Jimbone]

Listen, I'm a reasonable person.

I get just as disgusted with gun supporters who try and pretend that guns don't do the killing.

'Oh well, if he didn't have guns he would've driven a car bomb into the school, or run in there with a machete, blah, blah, blah.

You people are equally offensive to me.

Then some bring up DUI's and want to draw a parallel.

Wrong.

I'm not supporting banning guns. That'll never happen.

But please gun owners, stop with your FAUX outrage over the governor trying to make some sort of statement about guns, and.... Ready for this??

HOW THEY ARE THE MOST CONVENIENT, EASIEST WEAPON TO USE TO SLAUGHTER PEOPLE!

You're something else. First you say you're a reasonable person who wants to have a meaningful dialogue, but then you go and dismiss anything else that could be brought to the conversation.

DUI is a great parallel whether you like it or not. The numbers of people killed by DUI drivers and the number of people killed by guns is just about equal. They are both REAL and DESTRUCTIVE problems that take thousands of lives annually. There is causation and effect in both deadly transactions, one is done by vehicle and alcohol and one is done by firearm. You can't just dismiss it because it doesn't fit into your narrative.

And it's funny you mention bombs, because I am sure you know that is how the worst school killing in US history went down. No gun used at all. Dynamite and fertilizer.

I'm all for making it harder for crazy people to get firearms. When serious people want to have that discussion, I am ready. But talking about banning guns doesn't even come close to solving the problem. Not by a long shot and you know it.

The Brady Bill and so-called assault weapon ban did absolutely NOTHING to lower crime rates or gun violence in any real way. Where was the FAUX outrage about that?

But yes, by all means let's make ourselves feel better about our decaying society by passing a stricter law that will also do absolutely NOTHING. Fine, let's ban the Glock and Sig Sauer models this asshole used. Will that make everyone feel better? The Bushmaster in the car too, even though it wasn't used. Will everyone be happy then? What ever will we do when the next one comes along and they use a shotgun? Ban them as well of course!

Go ahead MS, keep beating up on gun rights advocates if it makes you feel better. The sad truth is that the real problem isn't the gun, it's the person using it. Just like the drunk getting into the car is the real problem, not the car or the alcohol independently. The person is the problem.

I know you reject that completely, but there is no other logical way around it.