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para.2 · March 31, 2013, 11:07 AM

At the risk of going off on a tangent, I am fond of pointing out that cars, which were not "designed to kill," kill, on average, MORE Americans every year than guns, and nearly all those deaths are accidental, whereas, even intentional firearm deathsrun far behind.(Call it roughly 30,000+ automobile deaths -vs- probably < 10,000 intentional homicides.) So, arguably, cars are far more dangerous than guns, and guns really aren't all that good at their job, if their sole reason for existence is "to kill."

March 31, 2013, 11:07 AM	#9
para.2 Member Join Date: November 9, 2002 Location: Southwest USA Posts: 91	At the risk of going off on a tangent, I am fond of pointing out that cars, which were not "designed to kill," kill, on average, MORE Americans every year than guns, and nearly all those deaths are accidental, whereas, even intentional firearm deathsrun far behind.(Call it roughly 30,000+ automobile deaths -vs- probably < 10,000 intentional homicides.) So, arguably, cars are far more dangerous than guns, and guns really aren't all that good at their job, if their sole reason for existence is "to kill."