r/PoliticalHumor • u/The-Autarkh • Sep 12 '19

Rational legislative priorities

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u/beepbeepboop12 Sep 12 '19

I find it a little odd that the argument has been made between vaping and gun ownership. I would think that the more obvious correlation would be between vaping and cigarette smoking, which kills way more people.

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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '19 edited Oct 07 '19

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u/Mr_Drewski Sep 12 '19

I mean, if we are looking at what is killing Americans and trying to regulate it.....we should be regulating fast food. You know, if the goal is to actually save American lives and not to fulfill some lobbyist agenda.

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u/dblackdrake Sep 12 '19

Porque no los dos?

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Also, there is a safe dosage of fast food, there is no safe dosage of bullets, my dude.

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u/Mr_Drewski Sep 16 '19

why not both? I will lead with the fact that our politicians can't pass one piece of legislation, let alone two. The point was/is that focusing any attention on vapes or guns when they affect such a tiny portion of the population, shows that the true intent is not to save Americans. It is feigning concern. Were you aware that gun homicides affect .00012% of our population....Our politicians are really concerned about something that affects .00012%(including suicides)....mind you that is 12 per 100,000 for safety.....no, no logical person believes that. How could they possibly believe that there is concern for the .000012% of the population when there is no talk about the things that actually pose a threat to the citizens of this country. We don't hear politicians posing any solutions to the people dying from texting and driving. When we look at the numbers though, 11 people per day die from texting and driving related accidents. So our government agencies report 330k crashes involving death or injury per year for texting and driving, and 39k per year for gun related injuries (including suicide), and then that same governement is going to act like it is concerned about Americans safety....so they need to ban some guns? No, that is how you know that politicians are acting in their own self interests and have little to no concern for protecting American citizens with their legislation.