Deliberating Gun Control Delicately (March 19, 2018)
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K(GO) “No psychos.”
GO1 “No psychos. They give responsible gun owners a bad name.”
K “Most folks implement the ‘No Psychos’ idea with universal background checks equally for every gun transfer including at gun shows.”
GO2 “That may not work.”
K “Work with me on this one. Remember that every psycho who gets a gun takes a gun away from a responsible gun owner.”
GO3 “Hard to argue with that.”
K “A twenty-one year old male today has a life expectancy of about 61 plus years. At one gun a month, he will acquire 736 guns, give or take.”
GO1 “There you go.”
K “So we adopt a minimum purchase age of twenty-one. On one’s twenty-first birthday, give her or him a gun. Skip going to the bar and go to the range. Home on the range, they say.”
GO2 “I hear you.”
K “One purchase a month is the way to go. Purchasing a gun without reading a few magazine reviews first may result in you buying the wrong magazine . . . and attached gun. Buying a gun is not like buying a burger on the drive home.”
GO3 “That is the difference between a ‘collection of guns’ and a ‘gun collection,’ if you know what I mean.”
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[See the e-commentary at “The ‘Gun Show Loophole’: A Dialogue Among Gun Owners. Oh, And Happy Presidents’ Day (February 19, 2018)” and “Get A Gun; Practice Gun Safety (January 25, 2016)”.]
Bumper stickers of the week:
Fe & Pb > ETOH
Gun control means non-psychos hitting their target.
A man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still.
If you haven’t connected emotionally, you won’t connect intellectually.
Boycott the NRA
Boycott the National Rifle Association
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