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> Cars are not intended to kill people

And guns aren't intended to kill children in the halls of an elementary school, but here we are. Intended use isn't a relevant part of the conversation, it's cost/benefit. We pay a cost, we get a benefit. Cars cost lives. Legal guns cost lives. Vending machines cost lives. If 10,000 people a year died from vending machines, we'd be having the same conversation as we are with guns, even if their intended use is handing out snacks

We as a society need to decide where our line is with all of these things. Just because someone has a different line than you doesn't mean they are devaluing the cost, they may just place greater value on the benefit.

> most humans outside of America don't think it's important for civilians to be armed

Most people outside of America think strict religious laws are a good idea. So what?




What most people outside America are you talking about?


https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/wp-content/uploads/site...

Most of the rest of the world live in pretty restrictive societies on a large number of axis.




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