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Re:SSL considered bloated by CiPHPerCoder on Tuesday September 06, 2016 @09:34AM (#12435855)
> Seems to me a bit like equipping everyone with armour to make shooting them more difficult. Solving the problem the wrong way?

I don't know, making humans immune to bullets would be an elegant solution to the gun control debate which doesn't involve disagreements over the second amendment, and would make everyone win.

Re:SSL considered bloated by SparkyMcUnicorn on Tuesday September 06, 2016 @10:03AM (#12436062)
At the very least it seems like a great solution until we can do it the "right way", whatever that might be.
Re:SSL considered bloated by Pigo on Tuesday September 06, 2016 @10:00AM (#12436029)
Body armor proponents unite! http://i.imgur.com/AubwoDf.png
Re:SSL considered bloated by spacemanmatt on Tuesday September 06, 2016 @11:40AM (#12436787)
I should have known the gun debate could be reframed in terms of supply-side vs demand-side economics...
Re:SSL considered bloated by watwatwatwat on Tuesday September 06, 2016 @10:10AM (#12436106)
Just move to autralia/europe.
Re:SSL considered bloated by CiPHPerCoder on Tuesday September 06, 2016 @10:18AM (#12436165)
...Why?

To be clear: I proposed, if even possible, that would actually be a good way to resolve this debate.

"Yes, you can keep your guns, they're just totally ineffective at harming people now".

I wasn't taking a stance for/against gun control, or more broadly for/against the US Constitution. Telling someone to "just move to [some other country]" is needlessly hostile; the message it sends is, "You aren't welcome here."

The author of this post proposed a straw man of a "crazy sounding idea" to illustrate "solving the wrong problem"; what I'm saying is that it would be the right problem to solve if it were even possible.

(As far as my actual politics go on this matter: I'd like to see mandatory gun safety taught in places where they aren't illegal to prevent accidental misuse. Friends of friends have lost their lives to mishandled firearms. That's all you'll get out of me on HN.)

Re:SSL considered bloated by zeveb on Tuesday September 06, 2016 @11:11AM (#12436559)
> Just move to autralia/europe.

Being in Europe doesn't seem to have helped the editors of Charlie Hebdo …

Re:SSL considered bloated by watwatwatwat on Tuesday September 06, 2016 @01:52PM (#12437851)
Rare cases vs daily gun deaths.