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beevul

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28. Once upon a time, I got in an argument with my father over computers...
Thu Nov 5, 2015, 06:57 PM
Nov 2015

His argument distilled down, boiled down to this:

They should be like cars, in terms of ease of use, not so complex or complicated.

I ended that nonsense, by asking him if he was born knowing how to drive.

The morale of the story, is this:

There is no 'standard' or 'commonality' that links all like items together in terms of how they are designed to be manipulated my the user.

Obvious examples include cars in foreign countries that drive on what we see as 'the other side' of the road, and seat the driver on 'the other side of the car', guns with a de cocker safety instead of a standard safety, 'cocked and locked' safety system, and on and on and on.

The anti-gun mindset seizes upon these things as if significant, in spite of the fact that the entire line of argument is nonsense. Its these same people that hate the PLCAA with the fury of a thousand white hot suns, because they want things like the 'glock safety' legislated from the bench...Since they have about as much chance of congress legislating it as an amoeba has of writing a sonnet.

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Believe in what fits your narrative, the rest be damned. nt edgineered Nov 2015 #1
This stuff covers so much it confuses me - they like the "common-sense" route Australia took jmg257 Nov 2015 #2
long time no see jimmy the one Nov 2015 #5
If a gun manufacturer sells a defective Snobblevitch Nov 2015 #6
Define 'defective'. flamin lib Nov 2015 #16
Define 'no mechanical safety'. beevul Nov 2015 #18
That's interesting because Snobblevitch Nov 2015 #19
The Glock is not defective because it is designed to function as it does. flamin lib Nov 2015 #20
*All* guns are dangerous when misused, Glocks included. "Glock leg" is the result of misuse friendly_iconoclast Nov 2015 #24
Once upon a time, I got in an argument with my father over computers... beevul Nov 2015 #28
Glock leg is caused by pulling the trigger Duckhunter935 Nov 2015 #27
They do have a mechanical safety Duckhunter935 Nov 2015 #26
I won't lose any sleep over you jimmy the one Nov 2015 #21
You must be a great Snobblevitch Nov 2015 #22
Hey Jimmy - I'm OK! More ASAP. nt jmg257 Nov 2015 #7
rawle tucker story miller cruik & presser jimmy the one Nov 2015 #23
"Iceberg dead ahead!" Eleanors38 Nov 2015 #3
So now you're saying people do want to take away guns??? ileus Nov 2015 #4
Quite frankly, Kang Colby Nov 2015 #8
The site at the OP's link turned off commenting. Typical controller behavior friendly_iconoclast Nov 2015 #9
Some days I wish DU would turn off commenting. SecularMotion Nov 2015 #10
"Some days I wish DU would turn off commenting." That says much about you, little of it flattering. friendly_iconoclast Nov 2015 #11
If you choose to stop posting your Snobblevitch Nov 2015 #12
I do not think Duckhunter935 Nov 2015 #14
Sarcasm? No, it was a moment of unguarded candor friendly_iconoclast Nov 2015 #17
No one you say, a scare tactic?? virginia mountainman Nov 2015 #13
I still cannot believe Hillary said that TeddyR Nov 2015 #15
Ummm, my guns are an AR-15, an 18-round competition 9mm pistol, benEzra Nov 2015 #25
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