Dad shoot son over video game!

[The Ghost of RubangB]

Gnizmo said:

The Ghost of RubangB said:

If a drunk sociopath was coming at you with a knife, you could run.  Guns are designed for drunk people to just point and click and kill.  They don't even need to have good aim, 'cuz they can just wiggle it around and keep clicking over and over until you're dead.  Guns give drunk sociopaths a huge advantage that they shouldn't have.

If the advantage is the problem then we should arm the populace more, yes? That way they don't have an advantage over the sober person. The sober person would have better aim, and thus the advantage. That argument doesn't really work out to well does it? You probably want to rephrase your point.

I removed all the parts that have nothing to do with this story. The father and child were within arms reach of each other. There was no need to throw a knife. He could have just stabbed.

@Final-fan
Being just as deadly is contigent on them being in the same relative positions. If he was willing to get that close to a gun, then he would be willing to get that close to a knife certainly.

No I don't want to rephrase my point.  Arming the entire populace will only INCREASE the drunken accidental murders.

We're supposed to be armed to the extent that we can fend off occupying forces, not to the extent that all people are armed and a % of the population accidentally murders their children and we just shrug our shoulders and go "meh, 2nd amendment's more important than kids."