re: #70 goddamnedfrank

If you’re going to own or use one, just the basics of safety and operation. If you’re going to modify them, quite a bit. If you want people to send you to Congress to legislate them, quite a bit.

If you’re not going to do those things then you’re good.

Nope. Don’t buy that. That gun pedantry canard is part of the problem, and an unbelievable crock of shit.

In an ideal world, we ask our political representatives to be open to good ideas, represent the wishes of their district, and listen to multiple points of view before making a decision in the public interest. We don’t ask that they be experts in every field they make decisions on. We don’t ask that they be doctors to make health care decisions, just that they listen to doctors. We don’t ask that they be economists, just that they understand the basics and that they listen to smart people. Only with sacred, precious guns do we insist on exacting terminology and complete precision of language, thought and deed from everyone.

Fuck that. They’re just guns. They’re not special, or more important than people. Americans have worshipped them long enough.