We should just cut to the chase and outlaw regret.

Yes I’ve thought that when gun advocates point out that the AR15 is basically just a standard hunting rifle that has been designed to look like a badass military macho gun. And they sarcastically say, “what are you going to do? Ban particular design features that are just cosmetic?” I thought to myself, well maybe.…

Theoretically, if she had to register the gun, more people would know she had it. Also she might have to be evaluated and that might have raised a red flag. Likewise, training might have helped- we don’t know. For some people, learning about something can defuse its romantic qualities.

Hmm... I’m sure that was hyperbole, but even in nations that do not let the general public own guns just because they wanna, they have policies in place so that the many thousands of people with legitimate reasons for owning a gun can get one. I know this might seem silly to an urbanite, but wild hogs and an…

Well, I don’t know about murders of children, but accidental gun deaths of kids who shoot themselves or other children after finding a gun causes about 250 deaths of children a year.

THis is always relevant.

How do you propose we do that? What do we do about the guns already out there? How do you enforce the law? What do you do about the black market?

I agree that a national registry is a great idea, but what would you do about the 300 million (known) guns already out there? And also the illegal guns? I’m not disagreeing, I just never hear anyone explain how they’d actually implement or enforce any of these plans.

That’s a good question. I wonder. Especially when clear negligence or irresponsibility are involved.

Actually she inherited the gun from her grandfather from what I’ve heard. You might be surprised what a huge percentage of gun owners got their guns as gifts or inheritance. So it’s not like she thought to herself that she was going to go get a gun for safety. She was given it, she kept it (unfortunately) and no one…

Well, somewhat more than that die in car crashes each year.

I think cars are a pretty good analogy, actually.

Look, what’s the point here? It doesn’t serve to convince anyone who owns a gun. The majority of gun owners do not own guns in order to increase their own safety in the first place, so it’s missing its mark. But secondly, your facts are absolutely true. Having a gun in your home increases your risk of experiencing gun…

I wish people would stop calling people who post a thing on FB “activists”.

I agree with this. It is frustrating to hear people talk past each other. One side says “Having a gun in the home increases the risk that someone in your home will die!” The other side says, “Only a tiny percentage of gun owners experience gun violence in their homes.”

Anyone who thinks guns have no non-deadly purposes has probably never lived in the country, managed land, gone hunting or taken up skeet/target shooting. I don’t own a gun nor do I want one, but I grew up with them and am surrounded by people who have them, and they all use them pretty regularly for non-deadly…

But also absurdly entertaining for everyone who reads News of the Weird the next day.

I’m not an expert in this, but there are loads of articles and op-eds written about Australia’s gun situation. The main thing that stands out to me is that it’s an island with a small population- the majority of whom live in the cities- and they never had anywhere near the number of guns that we have. The government…

That is a ban I can support! And all the physicists who whine about how we’re making their work harder can just sit back and gaze at the universe with awe at how majestically God spins neutron stars without even so much as an abacus.

Actually, statistically, this is about as far from looking Houston as you get. Your stereotypes are several decades outdated.