I hate that argument. I think we can all agree that while all items you listed can be dangerous… Only one is manufactured to intentionally be a weapon. I haven’t seen very many wood chipper attacks on schools lately.
…but you’ve seen a rifle take itself to school and start blasting? Recently I’ve seen a guy plow a car into a group of peaceful protesters and I’ve seen a pack of drones fly themselves into Russian bombers.
Even countries that don’t allow citizen weapons are armed to the teeth because their neighbors are as well. The first time I saw an assault rifle in real life was on some sort of police at a TGV station in France… and if your argument is “yeah but they’re trained police and militaries”, those are some of the most unhinged and unstable people I’ve ever met.
I know we need stricter gun control laws, and I know that societies without citizen weapons have lower to no mass shootings. I know we need free/low cost healthcare. I’m arguing that there’s nothing more dangerous about a rifle over other things in your garage but bump stocks make a rifle dangerous and unpredictable.
I’m not going to argue about who should or shouldn’t be permitted to own firearms. I grew up around them and in general don’t have issue with them. (On a side note: I do have a problem with firearm tough guy culture) I do however think it’s silly to pretend they aren’t manufactured as weapons and pretend that normal tools and objects are on the same level as them. They are designed to kill.
I hate that argument. I think we can all agree that while all items you listed can be dangerous… Only one is manufactured to intentionally be a weapon. I haven’t seen very many wood chipper attacks on schools lately.
Thanks for the laugh, friend. What a great movie.
Tucker & Dale vs. Evil (2010)
…but you’ve seen a rifle take itself to school and start blasting? Recently I’ve seen a guy plow a car into a group of peaceful protesters and I’ve seen a pack of drones fly themselves into Russian bombers.
Even countries that don’t allow citizen weapons are armed to the teeth because their neighbors are as well. The first time I saw an assault rifle in real life was on some sort of police at a TGV station in France… and if your argument is “yeah but they’re trained police and militaries”, those are some of the most unhinged and unstable people I’ve ever met.
I know we need stricter gun control laws, and I know that societies without citizen weapons have lower to no mass shootings. I know we need free/low cost healthcare. I’m arguing that there’s nothing more dangerous about a rifle over other things in your garage but bump stocks make a rifle dangerous and unpredictable.
I’m not going to argue about who should or shouldn’t be permitted to own firearms. I grew up around them and in general don’t have issue with them. (On a side note: I do have a problem with firearm tough guy culture) I do however think it’s silly to pretend they aren’t manufactured as weapons and pretend that normal tools and objects are on the same level as them. They are designed to kill.