Laura Seitz, Deseret News
Proposals to reduce gun violence by banning certain "assault" weapons and limiting magazine capacity to 10 rounds or less makes about as much sense as proposing to reduce drunk driver violence by banning certain "assault" vehicles and limiting fuel tank capacity to 10 gallons or less. Both will have no impact on the state of mind or behavior leading to the violence.
Ron Paxton
Perry
What You May Have Missed
Most Popular
Across Site
In Opinion
- Doug Robinson: Utah man's new running shoe...
- In our opinion: A darkening cloud is hanging...
- Richard Davis: Airlines should do more for...
- Letters: Federal encroachment
- My view: People deserve rights at our borders
- Michael Gerson: Reinvigorating the GOP will...
- Letters: Ending debt
- Snapshot of 2013 in political cartoons
Get The Deseret News Everywhere
Subscribe
Mobile
RSS
Most Commented
Across Site
In Opinion
Guns are purposely designed to kill, cars are not.
Some drunk drivers are required to have a breathalyzer interlocked with the car ignition.
If only there were some way to connect an idiotalyzer to a gun. For example, saying "The government wants to confiscate our guns!" would More..
One of the major problems of logical thinking about guns, is the vast number of people who can’t see and understand the difference between guns and cars.
Another major problem is the people who think that the individuals in small More..