Jon Stewart's plea for gun control

bclemms said
Why in the world would you start there?

Because this isn't a zero-sum game. It's not a "you can do this, XOR you can do that" proposition, it's a "let's do this" one. We can work on boating safety AND crib safety AND stroller safety AND insurance reform AND gun safety. Which is my point: why the comparison? People using that line of reasoning are saying "that is bigger, you should concentrate there" as if there is only one thing that can be done at a time. Do you think only one thing can be done at a time? Do you honestly think we Americans or our Congress should only think about and work on one issue at a time? Of course you don't believe that. Then why use that as a point of reasoning in a discussion?

bclemms said
If these gun control peeps really want to save lives then they need to worry about foods high in fat, sugar and waste products. Then go after alcohol and tobacco since they are the main contributors to more than 50% of the deaths in the US.

Well then apparently you actually DO think people can only concentrate on one thing at a time. :rolleyes:

bclemms said
Don't come at me with only wanting assault rifles banned either. While it wouldn't impact me if assault rifles are banned. I enjoy shooting them but more people are killed by dogs in the US each year than murdered by assault rifles. Even then, most of those assault rifle deaths are from stolen or unregistered firearms. We are taking all this energy and going after a weapon that is used to kill less people than a baseball bat every year.

I'm not "coming at you" with anything besides pointing out a weak line of reasoning.

If you could blink and there would be one less firearm death in America next year as a result, would you do it? If yes, then you agree even one saved life is worth some sort of effort and then the "argument" should be the level of effort versus the impact and not "there are more deaths by flu than by firearm!" If no, then you think even minuscule effort isn't worth saving one life.