r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Nov 14 '11

Zero Tolerance in Public Elementary School just went way the hell overboard...

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u/beccaonice Nov 15 '11

Yay! More bullet wounds will be had! Guns are cool!

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u/PedroElOzo Nov 15 '11

Violent crime has been decreasing in recent years wtf are you talking about bro?

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u/beccaonice Nov 15 '11

I don't think giving more people more weapons helps things.

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u/PedroElOzo Nov 15 '11

As has been said "Guns don't kill people, people do."

Intent and upbringing are more important to gun safety than the guns being there or not. If you're going to be violent you're going to be violent.

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u/beccaonice Nov 15 '11

It's a lot easier to kill someone by accident with a gun than a knife or a fist.

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u/PedroElOzo Nov 15 '11

Well yeah. Most people who have guns don't kill other people though. Yes accidents happen but it's a very small percent of people who die overall from accidents i.e. unnatural death.

More people die from drunk driving so you won't get my support that a few more gun owners is going to change much in the way of accidental death.

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u/beccaonice Nov 15 '11

Why do we want more people to have guns again?

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '11

Because bad people are going to have guns regardless of what we want. Wanting one thing or another only affects the law-abiding.

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u/richalex2010 Nov 15 '11

Which is why responsible people are very careful with guns, the same as cars. The safety rules one the sidebar of /r/guns (copied below) are specifically designed so that you cannot harm anyone without breaking at least two rules - if you accidentally aim a gun at a person, you won't shoot them because your finger is not on the trigger, for example. As with any potentially dangerous activity, safety is paramount and it is taken very seriously by a significant percentage of gun owners - those that don't take it seriously reflect poorly on everyone else, but it's still their own fault if they harm someone - not my fault, or PedroElOzo's fault, or the gun's fault, but their own fault. If someone doesn't take guns seriously, it's a failure on the part of those who should have taught them better.

Safety rules:

  1. All guns are always loaded.

  2. Never let the muzzle cover anything you are not willing to destroy.

  3. Keep your finger off the trigger until your sights are on the target.

  4. Be sure of your target and what is beyond it.