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Originally Posted by ratbastid
... Given the two options Daniel_ presents, I choose neither. ... [1.] Is a rational and balanced and mature approach too much to ask? [2.] ... The US is "Give me my toys" like a five-year-old. The UK is "We have to watch you to keep you out of trouble" like we're five-year-olds. [3.] ... How about we all grow the fuck up and do what makes sense for society AND individuals??
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1. Well, the short answer to that is yes. You ARE, in fact asking too much. I might have said this somewhere, the person is smart, people are stupid. Now, let's give stupid people guns..... I think not only in the USA but everywhere, the same thing will happen.
2. See number one above. People, not the person. In this case, (I'm assuming the kid is guilty which is wrong but I dont give a s***...) I blame the parent for having lackluster safety protocals. Hence the 5 year old thing comes into play. I live off the philosophy that the one day you go astray is theone day you loose something. I guess I'm a firm supporter of Murphy's Laws.
3. LOL, Since when has that happenned?? Which society, with all laws and safety measures in place...., has been known to get things right? I'm not counting the accidents. Don't give examples to do with vehicles ... any number of things could go wrong behind the steering wheel besides drunk driving.
What I'm trying to say is rat ..... you've gotta choose one.
a) Get strict gun laws or no guns at all
b) Be lax on gun laws.
No happy medium can be found there. There can be no inbetween when dealing with societies because as soon as we start compensating for some types of people, other folk will want there compensations as well. In the USA, though, we're lucky we vote on the state level.
And yes, poeple are stupid, no one here can convince me otherwise.