Commenting on the story of a teenager’s death at a Georgia gun show, Oliver Willis proposes that we pass legislation outlawing all accidents. And all criminals too — just in case the anti-accident laws prove difficult to enforce.
…Or maybe it was me who proposed those things, I can’t remember.
Whatever. Check Oliver’s comments section for details. All’s I know is, once some dude started talking about giving pistols to Shetland Sheepdogs, I got the hell outta that crazy place.
I guess you can’t read past your biases.
I know. I keep getting stuck on that “you can’t legislate against stupidity” snag.
Advice from Edina Monsoon:
On paying taxes: “Why, oh why do we pay taxes, huh?! Just so we can have bloody parking restrictions, and bloody ugly traffic wardens, and bollocky pedestrian bloody crossings!!…Why not just have a “Stupidity Tax?” Just tax the stupid people!!”
http://www.geocities.com/~maureen-b/abfab.html
I never said a thing abot legislation in my post.
I know, Oliver. I said it. As a joke. For effect.
Please don’t take it personally.
We have to ask ourselves, who benefits from incidents like this one? Obviously, the anti-gun folks. Therefore, recklessly waving Occam’s Razor, we conclude that some anti-gunner went to this gun show and shot that kid.
Hey, if the Clinton administration gets away with claiming Newt Gingrich and Rush Limbaugh were responsible for Tim McVeigh, it works both ways. right?
I’ve got it! I truly have it! See, the Constitution guarantees the right to keep and bear arms, but it says NOTHING WHATEVER about the right to have ammunition! So just outlaw ammunition! Oh, man, why didn’t Al think of this? This one little thing could’ve gotten him a few more of the deceased votes and pushed him over the edge into victory.
Jeff, aren’t you just a little ashamed at attempting to crash Oliver’s little fantasy world where “millions” can be saved by his simplistic little solutions?