“that the gun industry consistently, and profitably, oversells its intended market. “
Lawyers are to blame for many deaths. As in Rome, maybe we should kill the lawyers first?
If the gun industry is to be taken at its word, it seeks to put firearms in the hands of responsible owners. Nonetheless, 30,000 gun-related deaths per year is compelling evidence that the gun industry consistently, and profitably, oversells its intended market.-I think it’s estimated that there are a thousand legally owned guns in the country for every (annual) gun murder. If that is anything like accurate, it is patent that the vast preponderance of guns are bought - and used - strictly for defensive purposes. And it is scarcely to be thought that the gun is useful or needful only for defense against other guns; nowhere is it written that people who have no offensive intent are immune from violence if neither the defensive nor the offensive combatant has a firearm.The “logic” of weapon control does not therefore end with high-capacity magazines or even with repeating rifles/pistols - it leads into knife - and tool - control. Which no one supposes is of any help for the senior citizen confronted by a fatherless teen . . .