@[email protected] to News • 2 months agoA simple device could help curb accidental gun deaths, but most firearms don’t have itwww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down19
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minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilink3•edit-22 months 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•2 months agoIt’s hyperbole. An exaggerated example to prove a point.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoGuns are used 60,000+ times per year in defensive situations.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilink-2•2 months 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.