GiddyGap@lemm.ee to News@lemmy.world · 12 days agoA simple device could help curb accidental gun deaths, but most firearms don’t have itwww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down19
arrow-up162arrow-down1external-linkA simple device could help curb accidental gun deaths, but most firearms don’t have itwww.nbcnews.comGiddyGap@lemm.ee to News@lemmy.world · 12 days agomessage-square69fedilink
minus-squareGiddyGap@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·edit-211 days agoSeat belts are designed specifically to save people’s lives. In action, they prevent a lot more deaths than they cause. Firearms are designed specifically to take people’s lives. In action, they cause a lot more deaths than they prevent.
minus-squarepearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·11 days agoIt’s hyperbole. An exaggerated example to prove a point.
minus-squareSir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·11 days agoGuns are used 60,000+ times per year in defensive situations.
minus-squareGiddyGap@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·11 days agoAnd hundreds of thousands of times in criminal situations, including more than 10,000 gun-related homicides.
Seat belts are designed specifically to save people’s lives. In action, they prevent a lot more deaths than they cause. Firearms are designed specifically to take people’s lives. In action, they cause a lot more deaths than they prevent.
It’s hyperbole. An exaggerated example to prove a point.
Guns are used 60,000+ times per year in defensive situations.
And hundreds of thousands of times in criminal situations, including more than 10,000 gun-related homicides.