tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7855076037924078503.post6711075994037192833..comments2023-09-28T08:56:57.955-05:00Comments on The Mighty Blowhole: Do Something.Igorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11857186835391466064noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7855076037924078503.post-69299895062814538332015-10-02T13:26:59.217-05:002015-10-02T13:26:59.217-05:00Well said, brother!Well said, brother!Igorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11857186835391466064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7855076037924078503.post-81609259709458484342015-10-02T13:04:11.716-05:002015-10-02T13:04:11.716-05:00Excellent and very valid. I even like guns and ow...Excellent and very valid. I even like guns and own a couple, and always mean to buy a few more... but, I'm all for controlling them and making sure the people who have them are responsible and sane. And, I'm not for carrying them around everywhere, either -- I don't trust some concealed-carry guy to use good judgment, because I've already seen how badly people panic in situations, and if you're carrying a gun to go get groceries or whatever, you're ALREADY paranoid. More citizens with guns in those situations would only complicate things -- they'd either shoot someone they THOUGHT was a bad guy (in a recent "active shooter" situation we're both familiar with, there WAS no "bad guy" and people still panicked), or they'd make it harder for the police to sort out who the perpetrator is. And there are way too many fucks like George Zimmerman out there who just WANT to kill someone. Everyone THINKS they're reasonable, but obviously, a lot of people are wrong about that, so, restraints are called for.<br /><br />So, yep, I'm a gun owner for gun control and restrictions. Just like I'm a driver who's glad people have to pass a test to get a license. It's entirely reasonable. And the body count that gets racked up every year by lunatics firing on crowds... that's anything but. <br /><br />Around 2,400 people died in the Pearl Harbor attack, and we went to war immediately. When terrorists killed 3,000 of our people on 9/11, we went to war against them. Guns kill ten times that many every single year, and people shrug and say "Eh, whatcha gonna do?" It makes no sense.Zwolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02364540771153476179noreply@blogger.com