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Originally posted by Chewbacca:
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Originally posted by Sir Taliesin:
No, that's what you get when adults leave LOADED firearms around for children to pick up and play with! Some one needs to do a little time for this one!
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That goes without saying, but merely hoping adults will lock up and unload their guns obviously doesn't work. [/QUOTE]But that doesn't mean we further restrict the manufacturers. How much will we nanny people in thier homes? What about all the mutilations with electric saws/drills, broken fingers slammed in doors, electrocutions? How many of these domestic problems are we going to turn around and unload the responsibility for the problem onto the manufacturer of TOOLS.
What about heads cracked open on diving boards, teeth knocked out on metal basketball goals that lower to 6' for dunking fun, and concusions from baseballs and baseball bats? When does it end?
A tool has no motive or intent. Some tools are inherently dangerous. It is up to us to hold the parents - and ONLY the parents - culpable for not taking reasonable steps. Rather than run to the legislature and attack gun mfgr's, we should lock up the parents for negligent homicide, make the remaining kids wards of the state, ruin 4 lives over 1 lost, and just be done with it.
You know, sometimes bad things just happen to good people. These things are called "accidents" - not "on purposes" - and is not wrong to sometimes see accidents as accidents and not feel the need to assign blame to someone.
[ 09-29-2003, 02:43 PM: Message edited by: Timber Loftis ]