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Old 02-14-2018, 10:40 PM   #505
meritmat
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Originally Posted by Makarov View Post
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.

my point was that a vehicle is a more dangerous tool then a gun.

You stated that a gun is one of the most dangerous tools a person can wield and honestly is harmless unless it is loaded

As for the last part, who knows how any of us will respond. Unless you have police/military training I would think theres a 1000 diff ways a person will respond.

For the record I thought he was going to get manslaughter, I was surprised he did not
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