'SUPER FUN': A gun covered in Legos to look like a toy sets off a furor

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31. Gun people are already discussing gun safety, and always have been.

I'm asking the gun culture and everyone in it to take part.

You're never going to get everyone (or even a large fraction) of those in gun culture activity to take part in safety programs, any more than you could get everyone (or even a large fraction) of those in car culture activity to take part in safety programs.

As an aside, why are you doing this on DU? As you pointed out yourself just a couple of posts ago, you have no credibility with 'gun people', so why bother?

For forty years I've gotten the same response I've gotten from 500 and from you: I'm okay and don't give a shit about your kids and Who, me?

Presuming you're speaking of our conversation regarding the "Lego gun" in which you asked me how many people would be shot by toddlers using it, I said:

"...given the miniscule number of these firearms which have been sold, I don't think it will likely increase or decrease the number in any way whatsoever."

I stand by that statement. How exactly does this equate to "not giving a shit about kids" or "who, me?"

So tell me HOW IN HELL DO YOU PROPOSE TO STOP THAT FEW FROM GETTING THEIR HANDS ON GUNS?

Please don't shout.

I know of no way to prevent at least a small fraction of gun owners from being irresponsible in their use of firearms that is simultaneously practical, legislatively feasible, and constitutional. The problem can be mitigated to a degree via safety programs, but I know of no way to eliminate such behavior entirely short of draconian gun control (which you and I both know isn't going to happen).