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    1 year ago

    If guns are so alike to cars, why not require a license that you get by passing a written test on gun safety and a practical test on basic competence and safe usage?

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      1 year ago

      They are not alike. It’s a dumb comparison. Transport (albeit flawed) brings many more advantages than shooting people. That’s why people accept cars more than guns.

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        America has ~280M cars, and ~500M guns

        Americans, at least, are very accepting of guns. There’s a reason the fatality rate is so high

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          Sorry let me clear that up. I meant people are more accepting of the deaths that cars cause compared to guns

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        1 year ago

        I agree it was a dumb comparison to start off with.

        I wasn’t the one who made it, but the license issue is the logical conclusion if OP insists on the comparison.