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Originally Posted by meritmat
/cough I could argue that a vehicle is a more dangerous tool then a gun, hell they kill more people in this country.
And I would think all that would go out the window when Gerald encountered the situation that he did.
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To your first point: the number hours of use of vehicles in Canada exceeds the number of hours of use of firearms by orders of magnitude. The average Canadian uses a car for something like two hours a day every day. How do you think this compares to average gun use.
That said, the same idea indeed applies to vehicles. Drivers are expected to take all sorts of precautions that pedestrians are not expected to take. A very rigorous and strictly enforced regulatory regime applies to drivers (requiring licensing, insurance, etc). So not sure what your point is.
To your second point, I strongly disagree. So, quite clearly, does the law. A stressful situation does not entitle someone to abandon reason. Even if I am being attacked, I can only respond with force that is reasonable in the circumstances.