A gun is now more likely to kill you than a car is in the U.S

Re:A gun is now more likely to kill you than a car is in the... by sesutton on Thursday January 08, 2015 @12:25PM (#8857477)

This is just a variation of the slippery slope argument except this slope doesn't seem very slippery to me. Gun rights have been getting stronger in the US not weaker, courts in recent years have decided that the 2nd amendment is an individual right and that it is incorporated against the states.

I don't see how a libertarian, as many gun advocates but certainly not all, can make a rational argument for preventing a private company from selling smart-guns to individuals.

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Re:A gun is now more likely to kill you than a car is in the... by MrMember on Thursday January 08, 2015 @12:38PM (#8857577)

It isn't a slippery slope, it is already reality. The New Jersey Childproof Handgun Law outlaws the sale of non-smart guns once a smart gun becomes available for sale anywhere in the US.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey_Childproof_Handgun_...

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Re:A gun is now more likely to kill you than a car is in the... by Jaecen on Thursday January 08, 2015 @12:38PM (#8857573)

I don't think anyone is trying to ban smart-guns. What they're trying to stop is regulation requiring guns to be smart.

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Re:A gun is now more likely to kill you than a car is in the... by sesutton on Thursday January 08, 2015 @12:45PM (#8857635)

Maybe not through legal means but the one gun store that tried to actually sell a smart gun got death threats.

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Re:A gun is now more likely to kill you than a car is in the... by scott_karana on Thursday January 08, 2015 @01:28PM (#8857936)

Numerous other countries have substantially curtailed the right to own guns, so it's no large stretch of the imagination.

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