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> Guns are a fact So are typhoid and cholera — and civilized societies enforce reasonable laws to prevent them from disrupting life. BTW, in case you're wonde
by dctoedt 3y ago
> Guns are a fact
So are typhoid and cholera — and civilized societies enforce reasonable laws to prevent them from disrupting life.
BTW, in case you're wondering: I'm a Texan who has owned multiple firearms for pretty much my entire adult life — I was taught to shoot at about age eight by my dad, with more-advanced instruction a decade or so later, courtesy of Uncle Sam.
- Cupertino95014 3y ago[flagged]
- dctoedt 3y ago> unlike typhoid, there is absolutely zero chance that private gun ownership in the US is ever going to be abolished "Unlike typhoid"? We've yet to abolish typhoid; the U.S. gets about 200-300 cases per year, mostly from travelers. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8933273/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8933273/ And both typhoid and cholera have a nasty way of reappearing when natural disasters occur and sanitation takes a hit. But hey, since we can't ever achieve 100% success for all time, then we should just throw up our hands and learn to live with 100% failure, right? Yeah, that's the ticket ....