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In reply to the discussion: Listing names of gun owners vs journalists & why it matters [View all]TheMadMonk
(6,187 posts)...vehicles, killing many are also "rare events", and into vehicles full of children rarer still.
And we here as individuals oftimes get at least a little worked up at everyday violence, high crime areas, poverty, alcohol abuse, etc., etc. And are repeatedly met with a whole lot of meh, from folks like yourself who still have theirs; who still live in a good quiet neighbourhood; who don't have to hide the bruises; who probably have never seen the bruises despite being surrounded by them.
Who, every day, drunk or sober, blythely take a ton and a half of metal hurtling down the tarmac, just metres away from other lumps of moving metal.
The blind spot surrounding the automobile, for all that you allow greater restriction and regulation, even larger than that around guns. I doubt very much that you do understand the real dangers to your family at all.
Or if you do understand, then once you've done what harm minimisation you can, you have no choice but to ignore whatever risk remains if you want to get about the place.
Guns ARE NOT a necessity in the same way the automobile is.