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Originally Posted by dude1394
Why don't you apply the same damn logic to automobile accidents. Right let's not even SEE if something could be done like mandating 40mph speed limits, massive fines and mandated breathelizers in all automobiles to prevent further tragedies.
You know if it saves just ONE child, it would all be worth it.
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We DO apply the same logic to automobiles. What do you call mandatory seat belt laws? Think people weren't up in arms when those were put in place? We've had numerous changes in regulations around child safety in automobiles and billions of dollars invested in making cars and roadways safer.
Mandating 40mph speed limits is roughly analogous to outlawing all guns. It's absurd and no one with a brain is going there.
But background checks for ALL gun buyers? Completely logical, and (in terms of invasiveness) probably on par with, or even less invasive thans, a law forcing citizens to wear something in their own car.
National database of gun registration (not proposed but should be, imo)? Hell we already do that with cars.
There's a huge national focus on car safety. You could end your life reading through studies on this affect or that. There are organizations dedicated to it (MADD?).
On the flip side, you have the NRA scaring the life out of anyone that dares conduct a study on gun safety and what does (and doesn't) affect it.
The NRA and its constituents are the ones asking for a double standard here, not those asking for a rational conversation around gun laws and gun safety.