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A “Safe Space” for a Gun Conversation Over Thanksgiving
There’s a “Free Market” solution every Republican should love, even “Crazy Uncle Ralph” who insists on discussing politics during the holidays…
It’s Thanksgiving, and many of us are gathering with friends and family. Given the horrific news of our having passed 600 mass shootings in America this week, the dinner topic in many homes will inevitably turn to the political debate around guns.
That discussion about guns in America generally falls into two polar opposite positions: don’t regulate guns at all, or ban large parts of the spectrum of guns and heavily regulate ownership of the rest.
But there’s a third position, entirely outside of that spectrum, which every actual “free market“ conservative in America could embrace, and liberals could be down with as well.
It might provide a “safe space” for conversation over Thanksgiving, if Uncle Ralph insists on talking politics.
That’s to treat guns the same way we treat cars.
Back around the turn of the 20th century, cars were replacing horses in a really big way and three problems became evident.
