My new argument is, "Can you just go to the pharmacy and pick up whatever medication you NEED to stay ALIVE? Can you just walk in a buy your insulin? Or do you need a doctor's prescription? You need to pass a test and have a license and insurance to drive a car. You need a prescription to get your MEDICINE! Why should *anyone* be able to just walk in a store a buy a gun?" This actually worked earlier this week on my gun-toting, diabetic client (I usually refrain from political discussions at work, but this week, I couldn't keep it in).
My new argument (non likely to hit home with your gun-toting client) is this: why do we so heavily regulate marijuana, which has never been responsible for the murder of over 30 people, and yet any shmo without a police record can buy a gun at any time? And furthermore, why are the bullets available at WalMart? Sigh. I am disappointed at the values and priorities of my fellow Americans. They are so ill informed, but still so insistent on protecting the 2nd amendment at any cost to their communities.
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My new argument is, "Can you just go to the pharmacy and pick up whatever medication you NEED to stay ALIVE? Can you just walk in a buy your insulin? Or do you need a doctor's prescription? You need to pass a test and have a license and insurance to drive a car. You need a prescription to get your MEDICINE! Why should *anyone* be able to just walk in a store a buy a gun?" This actually worked earlier this week on my gun-toting, diabetic client (I usually refrain from political discussions at work, but this week, I couldn't keep it in).
My new argument (non likely to hit home with your gun-toting client) is this: why do we so heavily regulate marijuana, which has never been responsible for the murder of over 30 people, and yet any shmo without a police record can buy a gun at any time? And furthermore, why are the bullets available at WalMart? Sigh. I am disappointed at the values and priorities of my fellow Americans. They are so ill informed, but still so insistent on protecting the 2nd amendment at any cost to their communities.
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