[El Gato]

The model is automobiles, for a high rate of traffic deaths was once thought to be inevitable. But then we figured out ways to mitigate the harm with seat belts, air bags and collapsible steering columns, and since the 1950's the death rate per mile driven has dropped 80 percent.

The difference is that traffic deaths are caused by accidents, preventable perhaps, but not deliberate acts. Most "gun deaths" are a result of someone's deliberate act. No amount of *legitimate* safety features are going to prevent those acts. Thus all the cries for "gun safety" laws, are just smokescreens for more gun control.

Nice try, but no Kewpie doll.

[neverdem]

This clown conveniently ignores that about half or more of deaths caused by firearms in the U.S. are suicides. Japan, with laws that basically outlaw gun possession, has one of the world's highest rates of suicide. Some references that show the futility of gun control with respect to suicide follow.

Homicide and suicide rates associated with implementation of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act.

First Reports Evaluating the Effectiveness of Strategies for Preventing Violence: Firearms Laws

Methods of suicide among persons aged 10-19 years--United States, 1992-2001.