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And as others have said, any problem, real or not, gets blown out of all proportion on the Internet. One person posts about a problem he claims he saw happen. A thousand people read his post. Then each posts about the problem, accepting without question the allegations of the first poster. Then another thousand people read those posts, again accepting the claims (now third hand) made by the original poster and now saying that "thousands" of such incidents have occurred. (Remember, there was really ONE incident, and no one ever investigated or challenged that one.)
And so it goes. In any other field, people would ask for proof or evidence that the problem was/is real. But it seems that gun site folks are especially gullible and accept anything they read as gospel. Of course this tendency is known and used by people with very large axes to grind, like those who would wish to put gun companies out of business. (The Second Amendment won't mean much if there are no arms to keep and bear.)
There are those who denounce S&W and promote Ruger, for example. If S&W is forced out of business, they will soon find Ruger being attacked by the same people who attacked S&W. Don't kid yourselves; the anti-gun people assume many disguises, and one of them is pretending to be concerned for your safety.
Yes, we have to blow the whistle on truly dangerous guns and ammunition. But ask yourself how many guns would be available if outfits like the CDC were allowed to decide which guns are "safe" enough to own. The answer, of course, is zero; the only people with guns would be government-approved thugs who would loot and kill in the interests of the rulers.
Jim
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