Reply #18: the real fact is [View All]

That fact is that people who have guns should understand that

that you're saying nothing meaningful or useful.

Unless you are proposing that this "understanding" be magically implanted into every firearm owner's head at the time of firearm purchase ... and s/he be rendered incapable of handling a firearm unsafely (or dropping it ...) ... there are going to be people who either don't understand or or don't give a shit about it.

AND OTHER PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE INJURED OR DIE as a consequence.

So unless I hear you proposing or agreeing to entirely reasonable measures to reduce the risk of that happening -- like, say, firearms that are prone to release bullets when dropped, or that present any other unusual hazard as described in this thread, being banned from the market -- I'll just deduce that what you DON'T give a shit about is those folks.

Everyone takes their chances when they use a gun.

And a lot of people take SOMEONE ELSE'S chances when they use their firearms. Strange how you don't seem to want to acknowledge and address that fact.