It's Those Darned Fingers Again.

       I keep listening to the NRA and it's shills trying to tell people that "GUNS DON'T KILL PEOPLE, PEOPLE KILL PEOPLE." Has that gimmicky phrase convinced you? Do you really think that guns don't kill people? Have you ever thrown a bullet at someone? Well I'm here to tell you that throwing a bullet at someone ain't gonna kill them. It could knock their eye out maybe, but it ain't gonna kill them. It takes a gun to make that bullet kill people.
       Here's a better phrase, "Guns don't kill people, Fingers on guns kill people." We need to keep fingers off guns. If nobody can get their fingers on guns, nobody's gonna get shot. Now doesn't that make better sense than what the NRA is trying to sell you? And make no mistake, the NRA is trying to sell you, on buying more guns. That's what a gun lobby does.
       Now if you want to own and use a gun, properly, and if you can safely store it where the wrong people can't get their fingers on it, go ahead and have at it. It's your right to own it and use it. It is not your right, however, to make it available to others without your supervision. If you own a gun, you are responsible for that gun. Just like you're responsible for your car.
       And if you read the constitution, it doesn't say you can't be required to be registered or checked out before you buy a gun. In fact, you could say that a "well regulated militia" gives the government the authority to demand a background check. Even that you be registered if it wanted. Or that some guns will be outlawed. Read the second amendment yourself.
       Guns Don't Kill People. Give me a break.