A 3-year-old accidentally shot and killed their 1-year-old sibling Monday in Fallbrook after getting ahold of an unsecured handgun, San Diego County Sheriff’s Deputies said.
Knives are in nearly every household yet accidental deaths from laceration are not very common. Maybe they're not nearly as prevalent in media so kids don't think to "play" with knives. Maybe they're just not as deadly as guns (they're absolutely not).
The biggest difference between knives (plus the dozens of other dangerous household items that any normal person owns) and guns is the purpose. Guns are intended to harm living things. I cut things almost daily, but in 40 years I've never had a situation where I thought a gun would've improved the outcome.
The implication with what they said is that if there was a repeated incident of toddlers accidentally using knives to kill siblings then there probably would be some type of action. But a three year old can't harm much with a knife,not like with a firearm
Yup, actually putting the gun in a locked safe or maybe a trigger lock or a safety switch or taking out the bullets, nothing else would work.... responsible gun owners are not a problem. Stop creating an issue where there isn't one. Gun control isn't just banning guns.
but way to specialized. Almost nobody really needs them.
Every tool is specialized. How many different screws do they make that need different screw drivers?
And the fact that you can't empathize with any other lifestyle than your, likely big city, lifestyle is absurd. Do you not know people rely on hunting for food? For protection?
But knives? I use knives daily for food prep/cooking
What if a rural individual hunts every day?
And opening boxes
Guards his animals every day. You ever try to get a hungry coyote off your chickens?
kill someone
See right there, that's my point. You don't see it as a tool. You see it as a violent weapon that is only made to kill 'someone,' you're so limited in your world view that you can't even comprehend someone hunting for a deer to provide for their family. All you know is that you can buy some deer meet at stores.
Is a pump-action shotgun not an armament? A bolt-action rifle? A revolver? I'm fine with an 18yo buying one of these. You want something more powerful then show you're responsible enough to own it.
Okay, well until we as a country determine that the constitution needs amending and we want to repeal the 2nd amendment, it's the constitution that is the most important part of the law that every state must abide by.
I like that you didn't respond to the rest of my comment that showed how stupid yours was. What do you think of the criticism I had for your comment, do you just want to ignore my points of
You're strawmanning the argument
This isn't the scenario's the democrats are targeting when they want to ban AR's.
If a different weapon was used, do you think it's a good argument to ban said weapon?
You can't see a scenario where instead of a gun the kid had, he's playing with a knife and cuts the 1 year old? Have you been around many kids that age?
But, please entertain me, if it was a knife, should we be trying to ban knives?
And that's the problem with you - you have no empathy for others.
Guns are useful. Guns provide food for millions of american families. They provide protection for ones home. They provide protection for ones animals.
You want me to fight a coyote attacking my chickens with a knife?
You may live in a lifestyle that you don't need to hunt for food, you don't have a chicken or your family to protect, likely a big city. What about everyone else that doesn't share your lifestyle?
I think you've lost what it means to be human. I understand, you buy your eggs from the market, does it make someone inherently worse that they get their eggs from their chickens?