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Originally Posted by fishbones
No more bathtubs!!! And household chemicals. Let's not forget all of the dangers of children being poisoned. While where at it, lets get rid of any animals that attack and kill innocent humans!!!! Who needs dogs anyways?
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Such arguments would be laughed away but with guns, any argument is entertained if "one life can be saved." As much as we do not like the thought, human life does have a price and the availability of common items that sometimes cause death proves that we, as a society are quite willing to sacrifice a certain number of our fellow citizens to have these products readily available.
Guns are no different and the arguments otherwise are only based in a political agenda, emotion or a simple pathological fear of guns.
Certainly gun specific arguments (while ignoring other causation of unintentional death) are not products of an even examination and intellectually honest analysis of the facts.