If a gun was only intended to kill people, that’s all they’d be used for. Either that, or maybe people have just surprised you by being capable of owning a lethal weapon that they don’t all want to run out and use. Funny thing, that.

Yours might be fastest, but you’re still the guy that had to deal with “Oh, wow. Sometime actually bought one of those ugly things?” ;)

Alcohol is made to impair a person’s judgement, and can’t be used for any other purpose than that. Medical applications of alcohol use an undrinkable form of it, so there isn’t even a good exception there. Guns are tools, with a variety of uses for sport that have nothing to do with taking lives while tobacco and…

Having been in situations where less than a foot came between me and some jackass cutting in front of me in traffic or trying to brake-merge into my lane right off my nose, I’d prefer the CX-5 or my Santa Fe Sport, but it is probably fairly close.

When we bought our Hyundai from a decent dealer, we didn’t try and beat them up on the price at all. We beat them up a little on the interest rate, and we were careful to make sure all our i’s were dotted, but we know full well that the guy needs to make a buck, too. We didn’t go in with expectations of ripping anyone…

The problem I see is that ear protection is really not good enough, though. It’s effective to one degree, but it could be a hell of a lot better. My real problem with ear protection alone is that if you reduce enough sound to protect your ears 100%, you’re also going to have a hard time paying attention to your…

This is true. But then they’d also all be buying more machine guns, and just ugh. I’m no fan of legalizing *more* machine guns, not at all. But I don’t have a problem with suppressors.

Statistically speaking, no they are not.

No, I’m saying it’s necessary because the combination of hearing protection and suppressors will protect hearing. What I’m also saying is that if people are afraid of “silent” guns I already know of one entirely legal combination of parts and ammo to do that. And suppressors won’t muffle sounds nearly that well.

Oh, as a quick aside, I will say I’ve encountered a gun that was actually quiet to the level that I think *would* be dangerous, but completely devoid of any kind of suppression. My AR-15 converted with a .22 piston, using subsonic ammo. Much quieter than a nail gun, and sounds absolutely nothing like any kind of…

Most people don’t know what a gunshot sounds like in the first place, thanks to Hollywood, so I think that’s actually less of a concern than you think.

A friend of mine was shopping a few years ago, and was out of work for a while after selling a house he’d inherited so his interest rate situation was expected to be a little rough. However, he had a perfect credit history as well as a military service record.

No problem. :)

You could do worse than a Hyundai, these days. They got my money last year, and probably would again.

If you’re on the wider side, however, the CX-5 will do a great job of making you feel like a sardine.

I’d counter that it still matters quite a bit, when you’re dealing with traffic. The best way to survive an accident, after all, is not to get in one in the first place. A car that handles well enough to get you out of the way or stop you short of something happening in front of you is the best defense you can ask for.

Sort of. The problem is documentation and doing such things in a relatively safe and sane fashion. The car *supports* apps, but the options for actual apps that exist appear to be limited to... I think the only thing I’ve really seen of note is an app to corral/monitor a kid’s driving habits.

Every time I see that thing sticking up from the dash like some kind of painfully mutant erection, it bugs the hell out of me.

Sadly, I have to agree regarding actually having visibility being rather nice in a CUV. I really miss the days when monster-size pickups and SUVs were a minority on the roads, and it was safer to drive something lower and leaner. Though when I want to make those trucks as angry as I can get stuck behind them, that’s…

I think fully automatic guns in wider circulation would have a very strong risk of becoming a problem, unfortunately. I think the current situation with them is acceptable, however.