• Log in | Sign up@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    6
    ·
    21 hours ago

    If guns are so alike to cars, why not require a license that you get by passing a written test on gun safety and a practical test on basic competence and safe usage?

    • IhaveCrabs111@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      8
      ·
      14 hours ago

      They are not alike. It’s a dumb comparison. Transport (albeit flawed) brings many more advantages than shooting people. That’s why people accept cars more than guns.

      • Log in | Sign up@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        4 hours ago

        I agree it was a dumb comparison to start off with.

        I wasn’t the one who made it, but the license issue is the logical conclusion if OP insists on the comparison.

      • Taldan@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        7 hours ago

        America has ~280M cars, and ~500M guns

        Americans, at least, are very accepting of guns. There’s a reason the fatality rate is so high

        • IhaveCrabs111@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          4 hours ago

          Sorry let me clear that up. I meant people are more accepting of the deaths that cars cause compared to guns

          • Kickforce@europe.pub
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            4
            ·
            6 hours ago

            I’m a European and in my country driving tests are really hard and it takes a lot of very motivated people 3 or more tries and the better part of a year of frequent training to get a license. When I hear Americans talking about their driving test, most of them didn’t even get on the road and did the test on a separate test terrain. All they need is knowing what a traffic sign is and being nearly able to use their highly automated car. The difference in required knowledge and ability is staggering.

            Add to that the tendency to drive huge and heavy SUV 's and trucks that are highly dangerous to other road users and you get an extremely deadly situation.