[Trayderjoe]

Originally Posted by ColdNoMore

The tiresome, red herring and disingenuous argument of "if someone wants to kill, they will find a way," is a big reason that next to nothing has been done...about the MOST common method used by mass murderers.

I'm sure there have been those who have been killed with a purse too, but it is extremely rare and no one with any sense...would think of restrictions on purses.

And yet, continuing to use those exceedingly rare occasions where other than firearms (typically with high-capacity magazines) are used to kill more than one person, in one incident, is the distraction and justification used...and which mostly explains why nothing of significance has been accomplished toward the real problem.

The love of firearms and the sense of power/equalization they convey...is very addicting to a lot of people.

While killing someone with a purse, if it happened, would be extremely rare, what about something that kills about 30 people per day? Is that enough deaths per day to warrant action? I refer to the approximately 30 people killed per day (that's one person every 48 minutes in 2017) as a result of drunk driving crashes per the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (link). Why aren't background checks done on ANY PERSON who purchases a car? Why aren't people who have been found guilty of alcohol related driving incidents not prohibited from owning a car? Why do so many people arrested for DUIs get "multiple bites at the apple" before serving serious jail time? Why aren't car manufacturers required to install breathalyzers in every car, and every person required to pass a breathalyzer test prior to operating their vehicle? The last time I checked, driving a motor vehicle is a privilege, it is NOT a RIGHT under the constitution, so why can't people be barred from owning a vehicle after a DUI? So why is it that next to nothing has been done to address it?

Or is it that 30 people across the United States that are killed daily are not as important as 10 or 15 people killed in a single tragic event? I wonder if the relatives of those killed through alcohol related traffic deaths take solace that their loved ones were at least not killed by a gun? Somehow I don't think they do.