GUNS DON'T KILL PEOPLE, OR DO THEY?

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What's your point? Do you object to investment in research of child safety features for guns?

No, my point is that the prez wants to simplify things with easy analogies because that's what the public relates to. In this case, his chosen analogy demonstrates the issue. Safety features are only useful when they add a speed bump that adults can cross but kids can't. The reasons kids are more likely to ingest their grandparents medication is because old people have trouble opening child proof caps, so they made easy open caps that fit child-proof bottles. Old people and kids are pretty similar in terms of product development.

Dad may keep his rifle on top of the armoire so kiddo can't reach it, but grandpa isn't climbing up there to get his. Dad may buy a new gun with a locking mechanism that he eventually won't be able to open with arthritis he develops. So he'll stop using it.

That aside, if you add speed bumps to guns, people who think they'll need their gun at a moment's notice won't use them or they'll find a way around them. Want to know the safest safety-measure available for guns? Don't keep them loaded! If a toddler can load and fire a gun, well, he's clearly just emo and fed up with life. I think fingerprint recognition and tech like that is cool only because it reminds me of Judge Dredd. If I had a gun, I'd certainly keep it unloaded in a locked case, or maybe with a trigger lock, but I don't think others should be forced to. Can we ban people from having kids? That'd put a stop to kid-related deaths.