Hate to break it to you, but today's Republican party makes the Liberals of 1951 look like absolute McCarthyites in comparison. Being a registered Republican, as if it's something that means anything, is like claiming to be a traditional Christian because you warm the pews of the local SuperFunRockband building, or, for that matter, go to Mass celebrated by some communist faggot who has his parish convinced of all manner of unChristian crap.

We all care about safety. While the hyperbole of no margin for error is bandied around in order to drive home the point, we all also realize that to err is human. Yes, when an event occurs which demands a reciprocal punishment I believe we all agree. But you seem to cater to an extreme viewpoint which IS ultimately modernly "liberal" in that it is fascistic in its overreach.

I have a buddy whose 16 year old son like to practice clearing the house. Buddy encourages this in case of a break-in. One time he slapped in a loaded magazine while practicing mag changes during clearing. Immediately buddy shouts stop. Lectures the kid. Tells him if he does that again he will only touch a rifle at the range. Then, we grabbed an old GI mag, taped the body with blue tape, removed the follower/spring, and said "here, a training mag." The rule became if he wants to practice room clearing,etc.,, he uses a training mag which is obviously so due to the tape. According to your logic, the kid should never touch a firearm again.

And you're right. TG's comparison is indeed a grapes to watermelon comparison since cars and bad driving kills FAR MORE per year, is taken for granted, and is a scourge for the rest of us just trying to get from A to B. But you didn't mean it that way, did you?

Don't put tools on a pedestal.