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		DanBC on May 1, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why the NRA hates smart guns Your point - that guns are used to persuade, not kill - makes less sense when you consider the fact that it is the killing bit which is most persuasive. You're not going to rob me with a blancmange.

Turing_Machine on May 1, 2016 [–]

The IRS uses the threat of prison to persuade you to pay your taxes.

That doesn't make the IRS "designed" to put people in prison.

DanBC on May 1, 2016 | [–]

But in that analogy prisons == guns and the IRS == the person holding the gun.

Prisons are very much designed to put people in prison. That's why they're all full.

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