tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post2638312517366294235..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Saving a Few PercentAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-58572790237740274752016-06-26T16:16:19.116-04:002016-06-26T16:16:19.116-04:00I think a lot of the disconnect is with people who...I think a lot of the disconnect is with people who cannot even conceive of defending yourself with a firearm. (Or perhaps who cannot conceive of successfully defending yourself at all - it may not be specific to guns.) I mention this because I've heard from so many people who say things like "The only purpose of a gun is to kill people!" as though this were self-evident (and self-evidently bad).<br /><br />In this way of thinking, guns <i>have</i> no useful purpose. They're only used by criminals. So there's no legitimate reason to have one - those who think they do have a use for one are simply delusional, since self-defense by use of force is unthinkable. Naturally they are not satisfied with current gun-control measures, since there are still guns.jaedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03328666344764784829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-36614102154999241222016-06-24T19:55:40.687-04:002016-06-24T19:55:40.687-04:00Let's grow cars by planting tires instead of c...Let's grow cars by planting tires instead of corn. How do you know it won't work? Can't we even try?jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-42558579785071524592016-06-24T09:15:57.336-04:002016-06-24T09:15:57.336-04:00I'm getting those FB posts, too--"Why can...I'm getting those FB posts, too--"Why can't we even try." What do they think all the regulations and training and social conventions and police we have now are? That's not "trying"? I suspect what they mean by "trying" is really "trying to eliminate guns," not "try to create a society in which we do something reasonable to restrain crazy people from deadly violence without making the whole place unliveable for everyone else all the time." Why can't we eliminate all bad things from happening? It goes along with the "in the world's richest country, why can't we . . ." arguments, which usually mean, if you scratch the surface, "Why can't someone else spend his money on . . . ." You want to prevent bad/sick people from committing murder? Make the bad/sick people so happy they don't need or want to kill anyone. Don't know how? Yeah, me neither.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.com