Unsafe at Any Range: Treat Guns Like the Consumer Products That They Are

[Jerry442]

7. If I seem to be an adversary, I need to work on my writing.

When a toddler gets their hands on an unsecured gun and pulls the trigger with his/her thumbs with the gun pointing at their head, is the gun "doing exactly what a gun is designed to do?" Really?

When an adult "accidentally" pulls the trigger and shoots themselves or another person (family member) is the gun "doing exactly what a gun is designed to do?" Really?

Unfortunately, that is exactly the argument you would face in a courtroom -- and would need to be prepared to respond to.

My point about claw hammers and concrete blocks is this: based on news reports I see, judges and juries respond to these cases using logic and common sense, yet when a gun is involved, it casts a mystical glow around the actors and people walk away unpunished. Seriously, would any sane person think it's OK to walk into a Toys-R-Us carrying a chainsaw? Or leave a container of pool chlorine where a toddler could reach it? Yet the gun folk think it's not legally actionable with an AR-15.

I'm way beyond you on the "death merchant" thing. I'm of the opinion that substantial dark money is being injected into the gun issues to make this country more violent, more polarized, and more vulnerable to the Donald Trumps of the world.