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Donald Ian Rankin

(13,598 posts)
18. For a number of obvious reasons.
Tue Apr 1, 2014, 06:35 PM
Apr 2014

Cars kill about 1.5 times as many Americans as guns.

But a) cars provide massive benefits, and if you banned or restricted them you'd see more deaths, not fewer, whereas guns provide very few benefits, and gun control would be a large net gain.

And b) cars are already very tightly restricted; before you can get a driving licence you have to go through checks much more rigorous than you need to go through to get a gun in many states.

Conclusion: restricting cars more tightly would be a bad idea; repealing the 2nd and introducing gun control like we have here in the UK would be a good one. (Not that I'm suggesting the democrats should try it; it would be political suicide. But if by a miracle it were to happen, the effect would be positive).

Fox Noise says it's the later... joeybee12 Mar 2014 #1
I believe most of those ten were actually pukes. niyad Mar 2014 #8
They were probably all Ann Coulter... joeybee12 Apr 2014 #16
Fox would have said they voted 'democrat'. Borchkins Apr 2014 #17
America is broken randys1 Mar 2014 #2
My town plus the city next door to us have about that many in our combined populations Hekate Mar 2014 #3
E.X.A.C.T.L.Y. spanone Mar 2014 #4
Wait... TEN! Ohio Joe Mar 2014 #5
Good one! Aldo Leopold Mar 2014 #6
Never Really Accountable blkmusclmachine Mar 2014 #7
B-B-BUT!!! Oakenshield Mar 2014 #9
Swimming pools! Scuba Mar 2014 #10
Car accidents! etherealtruth Mar 2014 #11
Hot Tubs! Oakenshield Mar 2014 #12
Toasters! Scuba Mar 2014 #13
Is Ann Coulter included in the 10? nm rhett o rick Apr 2014 #14
"CARZ KILL PEEPUL TWO!!1! WHY DONT WE JEST BAN THEM!!1!" bullwinkle428 Apr 2014 #15
For a number of obvious reasons. Donald Ian Rankin Apr 2014 #18
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