Your desire to play with guns endangers the lives and well-being of the humans you live among and with. That's why they have the right to tell you that you can't play with guns. Just like your right to drive drunk endangers the lives and well-being of the humans you share the roads with, and so they have the right to tell you that you can't drive drunk. Most of us understand this need for restricting our behaviors for the sake of our fellow humans by the age of 5 or 6. But here in the U.S., thanks to 100 years of commercial advertising and grotesque pandering by politicians, many grown ups still can't accept being told what they can and can't do by their fellow humans, through the mechanism of government. You appear, here, to be one of them.
I am not sure whether you read what i wrote, comprehended what I wrote, or if you just saw letters and thought this is my chance to rant again.
But sure, let us ignore what I said and address this other emotional tirade of yours...
Your desire to play with guns endangers the lives and well-being of the humans you live among and with.
Why do you think I have a desire to play with guns, let alone assume that imagined desire that you believe i possess endangers anyone?
Just like your right to drive drunk endangers the lives and well-being of the humans you share the roads with, and so they have the right to tell you that you can't drive drunk.
Several issues with this. I can drive drunk on my own property. Driving is not a fundamental right. Banning drinking while driving is a ban on the harmful activity. Owning a gun is not a harmful activity.
Most of us understand this need for restricting our behaviors for the sake of our fellow humans by the age of 5 or 6. But here in the U.S., thanks to 100 years of commercial advertising and grotesque pandering by politicians, many grown ups still can't accept being told what they can and can't do by their fellow humans, through the mechanism of government. You appear, here, to be one of them
That is a jump in logic. In fact, that is such a jump that i would call it irrational and illogical. This statement is demonstrative of your emotional boas in this conversation. This statement makes me question your capacity to have a rational conversation on this topic.