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Feels like this is the same logic that is used to ban sex education - they shouldn’t have sex until marriage so you shouldn’t teach them about it. I accept that kids will have access to fully loaded genitals, so I want them to understand and respect the consequences and to be able to act responsibly.
As much as I would like firearm access to be restricted and regulated, I accept that in the world we live in they’re not going anywhere, anytime soon. I also think alcohol is deadly, both for the consumer and the people around them, but I’d rather teach my kid to drink responsibly than send them off to college unprepared; I’ve seen too many sheltered kids go fucking crazy once they’re out from their parent’s thumb.
I’ve always felt that harm reduction was an admirable thing. Accept and work with human nature instead of against it. I don’t want people shooting up heroin, but I support giving away free, clean needles to prevent even worse outcomes. Doesn’t mean I endorse or encourage the activity.
It was rhetorical! Not you, the other guy.
I mean I am not feeling the sex analogy at all.
Firearm restrictions already exist and work. We just need better ones. You know when you need a regulation? When it has become a problem. Clearly losing 2,500 children and 48,000 adults in one year to guns is a sign something must be done. But clearly we need to deal with trans people in our restrooms!
I am a big fan of thinking around issues so I am open to any ideas that can benefit both parties. There will always be a loser, the devil in the details is minimizing this for the greater good.
Totally agree with harm reduction. Believe it or not there are lots of good solutions to our problems especially if you are willing to entertain harm reduction. We can solve drug addiction, homelessness, gun violence, most crime, incarceration, hell just about everything.