Canadian Firearms owners need your help

[hawkgt]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

But perhaps you disagree with my assessment that cars and trucks have more economic usefulness than guns? But cars transport people to work each day, and trucks are vital to all sorts of manufacturing and distribution. What do your sporting 'modular firearns' do that is remotely as economically important? Seems to me that banning these guns will have relatively small economic impact.

I'm not about to get into a spat with you over economic usefulness.
Yes firearms do not deliver your fruits and vegetables to your local corner store,nor do they transport you to your place of employment if you are employed
i'm not about to start searching for what Sporting Rifles add to the economy ,but it is substantial.The manufacturing of them.The added cost of maintenance,accessories.The people they employ etc,etc.The cost of travel,lodging to go to competitions
Also you must remember that many of these including ammunition are made in the good old USA

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by hawkgt

I'm not about to get into a spat with you over economic usefulness.
Yes firearms do not deliver your fruits and vegetables to your local corner store,nor do they transport you to your place of employment if you are employed
i'm not about to start searching for what Sporting Rifles add to the economy ,but it is substantial.The manufacturing of them.The added cost of maintenance,accessories.The people they employ etc,etc.The cost of travel,lodging to go to competitions
Also you must remember that many of these including ammunition are made in the good old USA

The issue, let's remember, is your suggestion that we'd need to ban cars and trucks because they can be used for mass murder too. I'm saying the problem with that is that cars and trucks don't merely have 'substantial' economic impact. Take away cars and trucks and the whole economy stops dead. We can bear the cost of banning especially-lethal guns though.

In the future, though, I imagine computer-controlled cars and trucks will be programmed to make weaponizing vehicles more difficult....

[hawkgt]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

The issue, let's remember, is your suggestion that we'd need to ban cars and trucks because they can be used for mass murder too. I'm saying the problem with that is that cars and trucks don't merely have 'substantial' economic impact. Take away cars and trucks and the whole economy stops dead. We can bear the cost of banning especially-lethal guns though.

In the future, though, I imagine computer-controlled cars and trucks will be programmed to make weaponizing vehicles more difficult....

I said maybe we should ban cars and trucks.I did not say need