[Restorer]

So what's wrong with these ideas?

Guns could and should be made safer.

Although attempts to ban older "unsafe" guns should be resisted, I see no reason why we should knee-jerk reject the very idea of making guns safer.

[paul51]

I see no reason why we should knee-jerk reject the very idea of making guns safer

My guns are already safe.

[airborne]

I love my firearm! It's safe and fun!

[datura]

Make guns safer? They are desinged to KILL, not be some form of metallic artwork!

The point of our rebuttal is just that. Next they would want to make knives safer. How, by making them dull?

Guns are inherently safe. It's the HUMANS that are the safety concern. Guns don't just jump off of the shelf and shoot people, any more than SUVs intentionally run down little old ladies in crosswalks all by themselves.

There are already over 30,000 laws on the books regulating the gun industry. You want to throw some more in there? What part of "SHall not be infringed" don't you get? HUH????

[Imabeliever]

Guns can be made safer by prosecuting criminals to full extent. When thieves, rapists, and burglars are behind bars, we're all much safer. And make them do all the time they are sentenced to, instead of letting them out early.

[tahiti]

"Although attempts to ban older "unsafe" guns should be resisted, I see no reason why we should knee-jerk reject the very idea of making guns safer."

Amendment V

nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation.

JEREMIAH W. (JAY) NIXON, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MISSOURI, et al., PETITIONERS v. SHRINK MISSOURI GOVERNMENT PAC et al. ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT [January 24, 2000]

Justice Stevens

"I make one simple point. Money is property;"

Make sure the taxpayer "compensates" gun makers for "taking" their property (money) for the public use of "safety," then we can start the debate of mandated safety features.

[Freedom2specul8]

Someone, somewhere...thought that our houses and families would be made safer by putting locks on the doors and windows.

[squirt-gun]

Guns could and should be made safer.

As should bicycles, staircases, edible sized toys, and the other greater child killers.

[hophead]

"So what's wrong with these ideas?

Guns could and should be made safer.

Although attempts to ban older "unsafe" guns should be resisted, I see no reason why we should knee-jerk reject the very idea of making guns safer."

We should also help the obese by making forks and spoons smaller. Firearms do exactly as they are intended to do. There is no such thing as a "safe" firearm, when it is the intention of the user that generally is the problem. When intent is evil, nothing you can do to a firearm will change that intent.

[Trailerpark Badass]

Guns could and should be made safer.

As others have said, guns are quite safe. Unsafe guns tend not to do very well in the marketplace. The issues this clown brings up are all instances of unsafe handling practices, not unsafe guns. Strange that he doesn't propose teaching children to handle guns safely. Oh wait, the NRA already does that, and he certainly can't acknowledge THAT.

[RKV]

"Shall not be infringed" does not allow the government to be in the gun safety business at all. If these features were so great the police and military would have them already. What is so bad about letting the private sector do this on its own?