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Let me make one point here (O.K two):
The context of the ruling was mostly based on the fact that it was a locational ban, not the actual item that was banned. It was the use of the location of one's residence that was deemed "unconstitutional" not the actual weapon itself.
And yeah I have to laugh when most of the NRA nuts who revel in this decision wouldn't step off a bus in DC, regardless of whether they were armed or not. Unless their racial demographic has changed greatly.
A car is not a handgun.
And if a car is similar to a gun, then why doesn't the NRA push for at least the equal amount of regulation, not less then that of a car? Does less control of licensing , usage, insurance and restrictions on vehicles save more lives? Of course not.
A car is a tool who's sole function isn't to fire a projectile dangerously down range at uncontrollable speeds and paths. A vehicle's speed and path can be quite easily controlled via its occupant. In fact they are one in the same, your fate is tied to the vehicles fate. Can't say that about the path of a bullet, can we? It is impossible to use both in a similar fashion, the mind simply can't use a car the same way it uses a gun. Not emotionally, not consciously, and not mechanically. So the vast vast vast majority of the deaths caused by cars are not of the same ilk, categorization, intent, or circumstances then that of a handgun. So to compare the two statistics claiming they are both effected equally by the same influences is entirely flawed logic.
Would you treat your dog the same as your cat because they are both mammals with four legs? In some circumstances, yes, but in others no. It wouldn't be prudent. And neither is comparing handguns and cars.
It's not as if you start a car and it takes off on its own, in the direction it's pointed. But that's what a firearm does as soon as you "use" it. They are two entirely different things , both very dangerous, but with totally different uses. Unfortunately we need cars at very high instance rates in the society we live in. It's very unfortunate the lives lost. But we are constantly working on things that do keep the deaths down. Not blocking anything that would infringe on ownership. In fact it's gotten quite ridiculous in some states, but yet as a society we accept this as being responsible car owners. Why does not the same dynamic apply to some (some mind you) gun owners?
If they are the same then where are the advocates for owning, operating, buying, selling, modifying, with nearly total imunity and no government oversight , the use of cars?
They are very different to argue otherwise won't get us far in a solution to either one's deadliness.
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