Gun laws with a poison pill -- your thoughts?

[rgwalt]

Why not just equip all cars with a breathalyzer interlock?

 

[JRH6856]

I know this was in jest, but is it bad that I look at that and go "you know, that's not a bad idea. - NICS check to buy liquor." Having seen first hand multiple times the bad effects of ethanol and operating a motor vehicle on the driver and innocent by-standards, I think its understandable where I am coming from. Not saying we should, but it does have a certain resonance to me...

And that is the seductive danger of collectivist progressive thinking--the desire to protect others from themselves. But we can't assume that we know what is best for others without allowing others to assume they know what is best for us. Well, we can, but then we would be elitists which is a different seduction.

 

[Squeaky Wheel]

Why not just equip all cars with a breathalyzer interlock?

Because someone could get drunk and harm the children in other ways (without using a vehicle).

 

[VVelox]

I personally hate this idea as you are hoping they are not so stupid as to go with what you said. This is by no means something I would feel safe betting on.

 

[RetiredUSNChief]

Well let's take this one further~ we should make it mandatory that everyone has to have a mental health screening before they are permitted to vote. After all, no sane person would vote for a candidate that was hell-bent on taking away their God-given rights and freedoms, would they? And any person who is so irrational and mentally deficient that they would support such self-immolation and subordination and submit everyone else to the status of being subjects rather than citizens clearly can be considered a threat to the rest of society, so those dangerous persons should be banned from having a vote~

It could be argued that we neeeed to do this to protect our children. After all a freedom lost can never be recovered~ so if this can save just one right...

Of course, government standards will determine what constitutes a satisfactory mental health screening...

 

[DSling]

ill take it one step further for you....


no vehicle should be allowed to go over 80 MPH. why do you need a car that goes over 80? therefore, manufactures should limit and restrict how fast cars and motorcycles go when they are made.

There is a limiter in motorcycles (at least in sport bikes). Mine wouldn't let me go over 186 mph (I was on a speed track not street). I guess we could say that the manufacture did limit it.

 

[AlexanderA]

"Poison pills" presuppose that, due to their presence, the underlying bills won't pass. What we need are pro-gun bills that will actually pass.

 

[JRH6856]

"Poison pills" presuppose that, due to their presence, the underlying bills won't pass. What we need are pro-gun bills that will actually pass.

Unfortunately, for many of our esteemed representatives, the "pro-gun" part would be the poison pill...