tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740109351100971187.post5314617354579175076..comments2024-03-28T02:24:34.231-04:00Comments on Born To Run The Numbers: BTRTN: The One Thing That the United States Indisputably Does Better than Any Country on EarthAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17204820380951843146noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740109351100971187.post-80686654908687263002022-11-30T08:42:34.921-05:002022-11-30T08:42:34.921-05:00You seem to be saying that the justification for s...You seem to be saying that the justification for selling military rifles to the public is that their purpose is to, uh, be sold to the public. Am I missing something? FYI, I did not write the article to try to change the mind of anyone who thinks there is a justification for giving angry 18 year-olds unfettered access to machines that can killing 20 five-year old children in less than a minute. IStevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740109351100971187.post-5990216594329004412022-11-28T08:52:15.347-05:002022-11-28T08:52:15.347-05:00The AR-15 isn't designed for the sole purpose ...The AR-15 isn't designed for the sole purpose of killing people. It's designed for the sole purpose of selling guns. Until you understand this distinction, and how it matters to 99.9% of gun owners, you're never going to get anywhere with your anti-gun diatribes, as justified as they may be. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740109351100971187.post-68975807710546116142022-11-27T15:51:59.259-05:002022-11-27T15:51:59.259-05:00I don't think your numbers for civilian deaths...I don't think your numbers for civilian deaths in Ukraine hold up and they weaken your argument. There's no way we have a full accounting yet and arguing from the position that there have been only "6900" civilian deaths in Ukraine undermines the credibility of your argument. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740109351100971187.post-30867782562520815662022-11-27T13:51:12.878-05:002022-11-27T13:51:12.878-05:00I know we are capable of “fingerprinting” weapons ...I know we are capable of “fingerprinting” weapons of every kind. Just a hunter? No worries! Noone is going to dig your bullet out of a deer and trace it. Fingerprinting weapons infringes on nobody’s rights who is not already a criminal. We can do it, if we care enough to do so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5740109351100971187.post-27749797873905450362022-11-27T11:12:25.028-05:002022-11-27T11:12:25.028-05:00Colorado Springs is close ... and the Colorado med...Colorado Springs is close ... and the Colorado media is getting too experienced at covering such mass shootings. Colorado Sun's article summed up the past decade: <br />"Since 2013, there have been 61 shootings in the state in which four or more people, excluding the perpetrator, were shot.<br />A total of 328 people were shot in those attacks, including 82 who were killed and 246 who John in Denvernoreply@blogger.com