Friday, January 23, 2015; 11:05:15 AM Eastern
Gun debaters
- One way to deal with a sarcastic troll. Overlook that they're being sarcastic and take them at face value. Ask them to support their statement.
- You think driving kills more people than guns?
- Okay. Then let's license drivers. Require them to take training courses. And pass tests to prove they can use a car safely. And make places where you can't bring a car, so it's safe for people to have picnics or take a walk or ride a bike without fear of being mowed down by a car. We shouldn't allow cars on sidewalks, for example. And on ball fields and playgrounds.
- You could try to prove that cars don't kill more people than guns, maybe they do maybe they don't. But activities that are dangerous even lethal must be regulated in a densely populated world. Might have made sense when people were scattered about. But we live close to each other, that means guns are often used without much thought or need.
- We really need to consider, soberly and seriously, without sarcasm and ridiculous analogies, if we really get anything in return for the death and fear guns cause.