So the mass shootings are the objects fault not of the person whose disturbed or insane causing that issue and using that object for the massacre. You know the gun woke up that morning and decided to go kill people not the asshole behind the gun. Typical nonsense logic. Let’s not cure the issue that is either societal moral decline, mental illness etc no let’s blame the gun. What utter trash
Look, I know some people have a personal compass that detests outcomes-based rationality, because they have to resist the temptation to moralize or assign blame. Moralizing and assigning blame is part of the fun, alright? This is why we tell people on food stamps what they can or cannot eat and we tell women what they should wear in public around men.
But is that thrill of moralizing and assigning blame really worth more than the lives of innocents?
In my bizarro world, assigning blame and fault doesn't outweigh the the value of keeping innocent people alive. Think of it like no fault insurance in the auto business. The fact is that if you're assaulting each other with knives versus plentiful firearms, escalation means your chances of death -- and mass death at scale -- are much higher. There's clearly a choice in believing that dead innocents are the collateral damage price worth paying so that someone can own all the firearms they can eat and believe that makes them feel safe.
