tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582101233593230587.post9032577607009638611..comments2023-04-16T06:39:36.103-04:00Comments on Hometown, USA: Good News on GunsKevin Robbinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10555818021469626619noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582101233593230587.post-64307029217411071692015-12-17T13:06:03.559-05:002015-12-17T13:06:03.559-05:00That's part of my latest cranky letter to my l...That's part of my latest cranky letter to my local paper.<br /><br /> <i>If there was an epidemic killing 90 Americans a day, 33,000 a year, do you think we would be wise to spend money researching it? Yes, is the answer I'm hoping for.</i><br /><br />In it, I force myself to be polite. The internet is not good training for that. Kevin Robbinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10555818021469626619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582101233593230587.post-88543278100771546152015-12-17T07:42:05.556-05:002015-12-17T07:42:05.556-05:00555 kids have died by gun in the US since Sandy Ho...555 kids have died by gun in the US since Sandy Hook. At a flat average that means there has to more than one instance every other day of little Billy Ray picking up a gun uncle Bart left lying around like a cold cup of coffee. If any over the counter medicine or other product racked up a rate like that people would be screaming for suspended sales, recall, investigation. But because it's that most holy of objects, that doesn't happen. It's just a blood tax paid to keep a hobby unfettered by the regulations that nearly every commercial product is subject to. Magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423673258718941141noreply@blogger.com