Posted on 12/19/2011 1:52:51 PM PST by Graybeard58
I could not agree more. They need to be treated as the pariahs that they are.
How many kids are killed or injured in sports related activities?
How many kids are killed or injured in child abuse cases?
How many kids are killed or injured riding in the car?
How many kids are killed or injured playing outside?
Yeesh, “electronic devices” could be stretched to include somebody’s wristwatch!
And of course there is a never a baseline. What is ‘normal?’
Also, they never feel compelled to really prove that their reg will make anything better. People on farms get hurt as much having fun as they do ‘working’ I’ll wager. I did some pretty stupid things when I wasn’t working on my Grandfather’s gentlemen’s farm.
Not to mention all the kids killed by second hand smoke!/s
To me there are two issues:
1. The number zero. Can you really ever live a perfect life? If the numbers quoted were half, they’d still be working to bring them down. We’ve not got meddlers working to reduce things to parts per million. It’s nutty and based on ‘scientism’.
2. American Government’s purpose isn’t to make me safer, but to preserve my liberty. (NB: I do mean American Government. Other governments aren’t like ours)
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