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Biden Compares Gun Control to Car Air Bags: ´We´re Saving Lives´
Cybercast News Service ^ | 1/10/13 | Fred Lucas

Posted on 01/10/2013 6:28:00 PM PST by Nachum

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To: Nachum

Bad comparison - I’m not going to shoot someone coming for my air bag.


41 posted on 01/10/2013 8:16:12 PM PST by Psycho_Bunny (Thought Puzzle: Describe Islam without using the phrase "mental disorder" more than four times.)
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To: Paleo Conservative
If airbags save lives, why are car owners told not to put children under 12 in the front seats of their cars. Also why is it next to impossible to get an override switch installed to turn off the airbags?

It's not just children but includes adults of short stature that are injured by deploying air bags. I've always wondered what would happen to a guy smoking a pipe?

Then there is the issue of an accidental deployment because of a faulty sensor. If the bag blew in your face as you were driving on the expressway next to a gasoline tanker or a school bus, there would be an accident, no doubt. Do you think a subsequent investigation would find fault with the "active safety equipment" or would it be called "driver error"?

The nasty part of this is we will never know if the system failed or the driver was distracted 'cuz the "black box" will faithfully record that the air bag deployed leaving no clue as to why it did.

Any thing mechanical or electronic, made by man can be expected to fail sometime. Space shuttles, airliners, smoke alarms, TV sets, burglar alarm systems, cell phones, the list is endless. Nothing is 100% reliable except Murphy's Law.

I'd rather drive with a five point racing seat harness and a roll bar.

Regards,
GtG

42 posted on 01/10/2013 8:29:49 PM PST by Gandalf_The_Gray (I live in my own little world, I like it 'cuz they know me here.)
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To: Nachum

Actually, the air bag industry WANTED air bags.

Saying the Auto industry didn’t want Air bags would be like saying the Private Security Protection industry doesn’t want their handguns banned.

Anyway, parts of the auto industry loved air bags. It was a discriminator; some would have them, some wouldn’t, and the consumer would be able to choose.

It was the consumers that didn’t want air bags, but the government forced them on us.

Many lives have been saved. Some have died because of the air bags. Under the Biden, rule, since some people are killed by air bags, we should ban them, “if we can save just one life”.


43 posted on 01/10/2013 8:34:42 PM PST by CharlesWayneCT
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To: Alaska Wolf

“That’s one more thing that reinforces the perception/fact that you are indeed a buffoon, Joe. “

That’s an affront to all buffoons. Obama is a stupid criminal. Biden is simply stupid. I am sure that somewhere he’s packing a drool cup!


44 posted on 01/10/2013 9:16:58 PM PST by vette6387
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To: Nachum

‘Comrades! We have glorious air-bag news! Production increased 30% ... “


45 posted on 01/10/2013 9:23:54 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
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To: Nachum

No, he has the analogy wrong. A true analogy is this: Gun control would be car control - taking away the car. The airbags are analogous to the gun safety that prevents unintended shootings.


46 posted on 01/11/2013 4:19:45 AM PST by Real Cynic No More
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Great post.


47 posted on 01/11/2013 4:19:55 AM PST by STJPII
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