AdelaideJohn1967 wrote:
Would the government go that crazy to ban a certain type of cooking utensil?

Are you that gullible?

And after 10,000+ posts don't you know what you should post in Soapbox and what you should post in Off-Topic?

Instinct Images wrote:

Are you that gullible?

And after 10,000+ posts don't you know what you should post in Soapbox and what you should post in Off-Topic?

Your sarcasm filter is wronkled

AdelaideJohn1967 wrote:

Your sarcasm filter is wronkled

Your comprehension of SB posting rules is wronkled.

NothingIsRealButTheGirl wrote:
That's just 10% of America trying to mock the other 90%

Which percentage are you in???  Remember, we have your posting record to use to verify.

Longwatcher wrote:
Knowing the current makeup of congress, it would probably be far easier to ban  all pressure cookers and require unique serial numbers on all nails so the purchaser can be identified from the sales record then it would be to actually get firearm background checks passed.

Maybe if ONE of the proposals even attempted to address HIIPA regs and the limiting effect it has on a backgrounds, you might be able to sell it better.?

NothingIsRealButTheGirl wrote:
That's just 10% of America trying to mock the other 90%

Over 90 percent of Americans support gun background checks: poll
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/ … LW20130207

I'm in the 90% if anyone is wondering. Not that anyone asked.

AdelaideJohn1967 wrote:
Would the government go that crazy to ban a certain type of cooking utensil?

No, not crazy, just fucked up.

This is an (albeit clever) dumb-ass remark by the pro-gun lobby to ridicule the gun control crowd.

The common counter to the call to gun control is "Cars kill more people than guns, do you want us to ban cars TOO?"

(By the way, the "ban cars" argument is a basic logical fallacy -- The Apples and Oranges Fallacy (aka False Analogy Fallacy) ... but they persist in making the same lame comparison even though it gets refuted every god damned time they make it!

255 West wrote:
The common counter to the call to gun control is "Cars kill more people than guns, do you want us to ban cars TOO?"

Then you just say, "Guns kill fewer people than cars, but we license and register cars."

They won't be so quick to try that line again.

NothingIsRealButTheGirl wrote:
Then you just say, "Guns kill fewer people than cars, but we license and register cars."

They won't be so quick to try that line again.

They usually give a zombie-like blank stare, and repeat the "but cars kill more people that guns, ...."
They don't actually think up this nonsense themselves, they're generally not all that smart. (Note the grammar (or spelling) error in the last line.

NothingIsRealButTheGirl wrote:
Then you just say, "Guns kill fewer people than cars, but we license and register cars."

They won't be so quick to try that line again.

Cars don't have a specific overriding constitutional protection.

wording, history and Supreme Court interpretations
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Am … nstitution

NothingIsRealButTheGirl wrote:

Then you just say, "Guns kill fewer people than cars, but we license and register cars."

And they respond with "And look how well licensing and registering them works, they STILL kill more people than guns do. It seems licensing and registering cars does not help prevent death by car as much as some people would like to pretend... so why do they think doing the same with guns will be any different?"

JessieLeigh wrote:
And they respond with "And look how well licensing and registering them works, they STILL kill more people than guns do. It seems licensing and registering cars does not help prevent death by car as much as some people would like to pretend... so why do they think doing the same with guns will be any different?"

And yet Obama hasn't swooped in and confiscated everyone's cars.

/sillyconservativeargument

Michael Bots wrote:

Cars don't have a specific overriding constitutional protection.

Do pressure cookers?

NothingIsRealButTheGirl wrote:

And yet Obama hasn't swooped in and confiscated everyone's cars.

/sillyconservativeargument

Remember 'cash for clunkers'?

Tropic Light wrote:
Anyone with a welding rig and some steel stock can make a bomb casing.

Good point. We should totally ban welders.

AdelaideJohn1967 wrote:
Would the government go that crazy to ban a certain type of cooking utensil?

A child's right to live is greater than your right to have nails and pressure cookers.