And as I pointed out, 95 and change per year is a very small number.
Not really. Not if it was someone you cared about getting shot by a nut someone let get a gun.
Okay, so you are perfectly willing to put a price tag on human life, just like everyone else. In your case, you want to be able to drive your compensator fast and loud more than you want tens of thousands of lives saved. Just admit that's the price of a human life to you.
Actually, I rarely exceed the speed limit. I think in something like 35 years of driving, I've gotten all of one speeding ticket. I doubt I've racked up 10 moving violations in my whole driving career.
What I have done- driven to work safely and quietly, because I need to drive to get to work, and maybe the occasional vacation.
Point is, we could get rid of all the cars, if we put in extensive public transportation, and it would still be a pain to get anywhere. (I didn't get a driver's license until I was 25, and relied on public trans to get to work and school)
Your ideal world doesn't exist, and would be impossible to attain in America.
Why is America special? I mean, yeah, we are kind of "Special" in the short bus need a helmet kind of way. But other countries ban private gun ownership, or limit it to just responsible people. They don't have anywhere near our levels of crime.
Other countries have to publish brochures on "How Not to get shot when visiting America". You know, like that Japanese kid who got shot because he got the wrong address while going to a Halloween party with his AMerican friends.
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