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On 7/7/2024 1:44 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
> On 7/7/2024 11:13 AM, AMuzi wrote:
>> On 7/6/2024 10:59 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
>>> As I've said before, our constitution was groundbreaking. 
>>> But it was never perfect, and in many ways it was and is 
>>> faulty.
>>>
>>> Other nations were able to examine our constitution, note 
>>> its faults and correct them when writing theirs. One 
>>> common correction is not letting every whacko buy and use 
>>> rapid fire weaponry designed for military use.
>>>
>>
>> What's rapid?  A revolver?
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzHG-ibZaKM
> 
> We've discussed this at length. Before we could have any 
> hope of numbers we can agree upon, we'd first have to have a 
> rational discussion on the legitimate uses of firearms by 
> members of the public.
> 
> I doubt that's going to happen here - in part because on one 
> hand, you (justifiably) excoriate punks doing things like 
> blasting away at convenience stores with AR rifles; but on 
> the other hand, you say that almost anyone should be able to 
> buy an AR rifle at will.
> 
> I don't think there's a way to get past that cognitive 
> dissonance. But if you want to try, tell me what firearm 
> uses by ordinary citizens you consider legitimate.
> 
>> I can't think of anything on earth which hasn't been 
>> applied to military purposes (David, sling, 5 stones...)
> 
> My phrase was clearly not condemning public use of 
> _everything_ ever designed for military use. Read again and 
> see.
> 

Yes that's exactly right.

Automobile crashes kill some 44,000-ish people a year here 
(plus carbon monoxide deaths, autos crushed aspiring 
mechanics in driveways and so on).

In theory, we regulate pilot behavior*.  Again in theory, we 
track vehicle ownership*. In theory, we even regulate who 
may* pilot one on public roads.

Yet there's no serious discussion (outside the loony left) 
of banning autos altogether.

*Each a hotly contested web of difficult policy and 
practice, which are now very different.
-- 
Andrew Muzi
am@yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971