*Note: Willravel is responding to this while doing homework for a Masters program*
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Originally Posted by debaser
No, perhaps some reading comprehension classes would help you as well.
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I can always learn more, but you're language was clear.
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Originally Posted by debaser
Hate to burst your bubble, but you are within 10 feet of a gun almost every time you go out in public. Be it a cop (or off duty cop), citizen with or without a carry permit, or a criminal, you are around them. But that sand is so comfortable about the ears, isn't it?
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Tell you what, come on over here tomorrow and I'll walk with you downtown with a metal detector. I happen to know that, because of conceal carry laws, and low gun crime rates in the area, I'm not likely to be around a gun unless it's on the hip of a police officer. So we can take our walk. Then we can stop off for some delicious humble pie. I know a great place, as I've been wrong before about many things.
Maybe the real question should be, why, in my 23 years on this Earth, have I never had to use a gun? I don't even think I've ever been offered the opportunity. I'll tell you I've never actively seeked to learn about or aquire a gun, but really...you're suggesting mandatory gun training for everyone. For me it would be as useless as spelling.
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Originally Posted by debaser
If it was such common sense we wouldn't have the number of accidental shootings we have nowadays, would we? And though there is no way to prove it, I would bet 10 to 1 that you had to Google those rules.
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Do you have access to the statistics about those accidental shootings, like for example how many of those people had gun training?
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Originally Posted by debaser
And how many people accidently sew themselves to death each year? I googled it, but I couldn't find any hard statistics.
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How many people wear clothes? More than have guns? Booyah.
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Originally Posted by debaser
In fact lets just go with your idea. We can shitcan sex-education, most high-school sciences, drivers-ed and whole slew of other "common sense" topics. Then we can spend the money we saved on education on important things like rainbows, sandals, and pot.
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Sex education has been forced towards abstinence, so I'd agree there. Sciences are important to every day life of everyone, because we all in science. Drivers ed...do you know what percentage of Americans have drivers licenses? Compare that to how many people have guns.
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Originally Posted by debaser
And we will continue to until you wave your magic wand and make them all go away.
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There's no such thing as magic. There is such thing as common sense. It's not as common as I'd like, but it's there.