KLAMarine said:
SpokenTruth said:
I'm starting to think you missed the point. I'll start over.
The NRA loves to state the following rhetoric to the point it has become a mantra for many, "Guns don't kill people, people do."
The converse then must also be true, "Guns don't protect people, people do."
The end sum of each of these statements suggests the cause of death and protection against death is people and the gun is therefore irrelevant in either case.
The point is that if you proclaim that people are the problem (not gun), then you must also claim people are the solution (not gun). It's basically a nullification of the NRA rhetoric.
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And I completely agree with you that both statements nullify each other: guns don't kill/protect people, people do. But then why pursue a ban? If I want a gun, don't get in my way! The gun is not a difference maker or in your words, "irrelevant in either case".
It's like pursuing a ban of plastic bags because insurance fraud exists. Why? Plastic bags are a non-factor, clearly.
In conclusion, an NRA member might actually agree with you that the statements cancel each other out. People are the problem, not guns.
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If we go by this logic then why do we have any laws at all?
