After the horrible shootings that occurred yesterday, many people are calling for at least a discussion about gun control. Admittedly, there are some who want to ban guns altogether and make our gun control policy like Japan. Japan averages about 5 gun related deaths per year, but it is nearly impossible to own a firearm. Others like me are looking for a more realistic and reasonable approach, with constructive and logical discussion to try to solve an obvious problem. One of the memes that I keep running into in every discussion is that “People die every day in car accidents. Why don’t we ban cars?”. This is probably the argument that angers me the most, except for maybe the “God didn’t save those children in the school, because God is not welcome in public schools” argument. At least I can dissect the “cars kill also” argument without wanting to scream obscenities and burn Mike Huckabee in effigy. Let’s pull the “cars kill also” string for a while.
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