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Originally Posted by GoinAllTheWay
What I find the hardest to deal with is the actions of so few affecting the legally purchased property of miilions but fully understand I'm not going to get much sympathy. It's not a fun side of the argument to be on.
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Because people en masse are stupid. And when you give stupid people dangerous things, bad things tend to happen whether it be guns or cars. So my stance on it would be, there's no way to determine all the people who are stupid enough, or sick enough to not be allowed to use a firearm for recreational use. So, apologies but, there is going to be no more recreational use for these things.
The same logic would apply for the car breathilizer. Society as a whole is not following the rules so, for those don't follow the rules, you arent allowed access to your product. You breached the agreement you made when purchasing it.
In the same vein, the NRA is directly OPPOSED to new-age technology that only allows the owner to shoot a gun. If you dont have a special band on your wrist, you can't use the gun. Why something like this wouldn't be now standard issue on all firearms is beyond me. Makes it to expensive? It's a tool for killing. The more people that can be priced out of using it the better, especially since it is generally those on the low end of the economic spectrum and those who obtain their guns illegally that use them for evil.
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Originally Posted by GoinAllTheWay
But I'm willing to bet if my above scenarios became reality, the uproar would be deafening. Why? Because it would affect people from all walks of life.
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True, but should it really deter the powers that be when stupid people are opposed to smart ideas? Who are going to be the people complaining about taking a breath test to start their car? The ones who would generally fail that test would be my guess. Who's going to opposed governers are their cars? People who drive excessivly fast.