Opinion of Obama's gun speech today

[dead0man]

Yes, terrorism and in-person voter fraud are such rampant problems in America. One happens 0.0000031% of the time, and the other adds up to less than 0.5% of the deaths fueled by gun violence.

So you're saying things that happen only to a tiny fraction of a percentage point aren't all that important, and we probably shouldn't try to pass laws that would harm a much higher percentage of Americans to fix those tiny fractions of a percentage point.

[dead0man]

and none of them are used to murder Americans in any great numbers.  More people are killed with hands and feet than with all rifles combined.

[dead0man]

Gun control policy should reflect the original intent of the Founders. Accordingly, everyone should be allowed to own and openly carry as many muzzle-loading flintlock muskets as they would like.

And should free speech only be applied to technologies available in the 1790s too?

How is the notion that the Constitution guarantees a right to own AR-15s (just to give an example of a modern gun) more absurd than the notion that it guarantees a right to get an abortion or guarantees two men a right to marry each other?

What exactly does an AR-15 accomplish that a musket doesn't?

What does a Ford Focus accomplish that Ford Model T doesn't?