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Jon writes:But that's because people aren't risk-reward analyzing machines;

Jon writes:Telling someone they are wrong to own a gun for protection isn't any more likely to get them to give up their guns than telling someone else they are wrong to drive for pleasure is going to get them to give up their wheels.The whole issue is a pointless waste of time. Energy is better spent making guns and gun storage safer, making neighborhoods safer so people feel less need for guns, and so forth.

Jon writes:A lot of the safety features on cars aren't plainly apparent to consumers. But people still buy cars with safety features because it's just a reality that that's how cars are made.

Jon writes:You're trying too hard to miss the point, which is that people often engage in risky behavioreven when the risks are well known.

Jon writes:I don't think my proposal for safer guns has anything to do with guns 'on the streets'.

Jon writes:The mother who buys a gun and sticks it in her purse.The father who stores a gun in his nightstand.

Jon writes: In fact, I'm talking specifically about the guns involved in accidental shootings that improved gun safety would address.

Jon writes: And they don't need to; they're irrelevant.

Jon writes:I still think improved gun safety is worthwhile.

Jon writes:And that's because adults aren't children and shouldn't be expected to behave as though they are.

Jon writes:They are the ones who will be persuaded to buy safer guns because they actually want to be safer and not simply own a gun.

Jon writes:What safe ones?

Jon writes:You're spouting ad hominem nonsense to avoid addressing the real issue.

Jon writes: Because those safety measures make the guns useless for the purpose they're being bought for.

Percy writes:It wouldn't surprise me if they proposed that school and church outings require a designated shooter for defense.

Larni writes:This I really don't get about Americans: what exactly are you worried your government is going to do?

Percy writes:... I'm having trouble understanding why you think an armed citizenry would be any match for the military.