You have a point there - not a good point but a point.

I've always figured an easy way to keep a lot of people from dying is to take away cars.

In 2000 41,821 were killed needlessly. 3,189,000 were injured. And there were 4,286,000 cars that had property damage from accidents.

Think of the lives we'd save. Think of the money we'd save if our insurance rates went down and we didn't have to pay for those people who were injured and didn't have insurance through our taxes.

Think of the lost work time and productivity while all those people were at funerals, at the doctor, or getting their car fixed.

Think of us not being as reliant (USA) on foreign oil. There are many, many reasons why this is a good idea.

Of course then if we did this there would be a lot more injuries and death due to bicycles or horses. Heck let's just all walk.

And then we'd need to get rid of hatchets like a previous post mentioned. Ted Bundy killed a couple of girls when I was a teenager in Tallahassee, FL just about a mile from my house. I don't remember if there were other weapons used (it's been a long time) but one of the weapons he used to kill was a limb off an oak tree. So let's get rid of all the tree limbs that could be used as weapons.

I hope you see (but probably not) that if it's not one thing it's another that evil people will use to hurt or kill people. But you might say that 6 year old boy who accidentally shot his friend wasn't evil. So true. The six year old boy that killed his sister by playing with matches wasn't evil either. So let's take away matches or Frisbees or fishing poles.

Just my 2 cents worth.

> What a load of BS! If you can save just one
> life by taking away guns from all lawful
> citizens then it is justified. Psychos and
> criminals are unchangeable in their habits.
> But why have an additional supply of weapons
> circulating around society? Just to create
> an illusive feeling of "security"?
> No, there are certain areas in which the
> government indeed has to think and act for
> others - and this is one of them.