tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post3960444796646545830..comments2023-02-12T10:34:53.384-06:00Comments on veganelder: We have issues...veganelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05188156008589356984noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-87435164002087574162013-02-17T17:15:36.788-06:002013-02-17T17:15:36.788-06:00Great post. As a Canadian resident I'm complet...Great post. As a Canadian resident I'm completely baffled by the American love affair with guns, and don't understand why the "right to bear arms" is so damn important. Americans have the highest gun ownership per capita rate in the world, so no wonder that Americans are 20 times more likely to get killed by a gun than someone from another developed country! All I know is that Have Gone Veganhttp://www.havegonevegan.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-59231543484425240222013-02-08T07:43:12.128-06:002013-02-08T07:43:12.128-06:00A liability insurance or "risk tax" woul...A liability insurance or "risk tax" would be a great idea in a culture that's ready to be rational and responsible. But I don't see it happening either... <br /><br />BTW - I think gun violence and animal issues are certainly connected. It all stems from the same ignorant fear "remedied" by aggressiveness and hostility. "Big Gun" mentality sure kills a lot ofBea Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13981537551810309024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-81799208424058545272013-02-07T19:54:57.486-06:002013-02-07T19:54:57.486-06:00Thank you for commenting Bea. I suspect most of us...Thank you for commenting Bea. I suspect most of us are/were oblivious to the frightening reality.<br /><br />I saw a suggestion that seemed sensible and would not involve "gun control" (which seems to make the paranoid froth at the mouth) and that was to require liability insurance for any weapon purchased and full responsibility for any harm caused by that weapon. We do that for veganelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188156008589356984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-22839437505457066482013-02-07T19:49:41.234-06:002013-02-07T19:49:41.234-06:00Thank you for commenting DEM. What stuns me is how...Thank you for commenting DEM. What stuns me is how we have avoided knowledge about the state of things and the extensiveness of the death and destruction. We cause the death of billions of our fellow Earthlings and we don't seem to flinch at wiping ourselves out either.veganelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188156008589356984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-74904014466971594672013-02-07T19:47:11.030-06:002013-02-07T19:47:11.030-06:00Thank you for commenting Christina. Agreed. Unpred...Thank you for commenting Christina. Agreed. Unpredictable and bereft of sound judgement.veganelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188156008589356984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-45284744882912991242013-02-07T17:02:27.613-06:002013-02-07T17:02:27.613-06:00That certainly is a staggering statistic! In my wi...That certainly is a staggering statistic! In my wildest dreams I figured the military had twice the weaponry of civilians. <br /><br />Not knowing how to get weapons out of bad people's hands is as frustrating as trying to figure out how to get good people to stop harming others.<br /><br />On the humorous side of a sad situation I like Chris Rock's cure: $5,000 bullets<br />http://Bea Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13981537551810309024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-27269368321506349002013-02-07T15:22:03.315-06:002013-02-07T15:22:03.315-06:00Holy c.rap! That is alarming. Holy c.rap! That is alarming. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7688566476953748496.post-18543103912272886102013-02-07T10:43:43.541-06:002013-02-07T10:43:43.541-06:00I am also uneasy around guns and people who carry ...I am also uneasy around guns and people who carry them. Humans are just a little too unpredictable.Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10162908970037557053noreply@blogger.com