BAN SWIMMING - "If it saves even one life!..."

[Ben Cartwright SASS]

Over the weekend another child died in a swimming pool, in Medford this time.

Obama and other have said about banning guns "if it saves even one life we need to do whatever it takes to stop it"

WELL every year hundreds of men women and children drown, in pools, lakes rivers and the ocean!

WE NEED TO BAN SWIMMING!

 

[Penniepup1]

Hand out free swimming lessons

 

[Varmint]

Hand out free swimming lessons

The only reason the government hasn't done this is that it tends to be suburban kids who drown. More cases like this weekend and you'll see swim lessons handed out as part of the free package of stuff.

 

[LuvDog]

I said the same thing among some liberal/lefty friends.

I said, we should ban swimming pools... more kids are killed each year by drowning than guns.

Of course the went all loony on me.

They said, "No, we should be teaching our kids to learn to swim and be safe around water at a younger age like 1 years old"

I replied by saying we should teach our kids about gun safety and safe handling of firearms at a young age like 1 years old

The conversation ended.

 

[greencobra]

lets just have a blanket ban on everything. jeezus, these politicians are really prime.

 

[Hetzer]

There really is a parallel, sadly, and guns, unlike swimming pools, are used in self defense far more than for homicides.

Unless there are defensive pool uses that I’m unaware of.

 

[Evadd]

I said the same thing among some liberal/lefty friends.

I said, we should ban swimming pools... more kids are killed each year by drowning than guns.

Of course the went all loony on me.

They said, "No, we should be teaching our kids to learn to swim and be safe around water at a younger age like 1 years old"

I replied by saying we should teach our kids about gun safety and safe handling of firearms at a young age like 1 years old

The conversation ended.

 

[mothybee]

They'll just license it $ Cha $ Ching $ Cha $ Ching $$$

 

[Choctaw]

There really is a parallel, sadly, and guns, unlike swimming pools, are used in self defense far more than for homicides.

Unless there are defensive pool uses that I’m unaware of.

I think they were called moats.

 

[MadatMarek]

Don’t ban swimming ban drowning.

 

[Varmint]

There really is a parallel, sadly, and guns, unlike swimming pools, are used in self defense far more than for homicides.

Unless there are defensive pool uses that I’m unaware of.

It’s called a moat.

Edit: oh crap I’m too slow.

 

[swatgig]

Ban water. Nobody needs more than 8 oz of water in a container.

 

[bfm]

Have used same argument. I usually point out that it would not even require a law, just a zoning change.

I then tell them that if they are not serious about "even one life" they should shut the eff up about it.

 

[Varmint]

I then tell them that if they are not serious about "even one life" they should shut the eff up about it.

Exactly! It’s easy to give up other people’s rights.

 

[Rob Boudrie]

Ban water. Nobody needs more than 8 oz of water in a container.

Well, the petition to ban di-hydrogen monoxide did get some traction.

 

[BrianWilson]

WE NEED TO BAN SWIMMING!

Is swimming still a thing ? Most of the folks around here have given it up.

 

[June4th]

Can we just ban water?

 

[MGnoob]

We just need some common sense solutions...
I’m sure if we taxed and regulated the activity... those who consider themselves our betters will protect us from ourselves. Freedom is meaningless if one person has to die.........

Oh wait, i don’t care how many people have to die if mean those who live live free.

 

[ToddDubya]

Not that I'm rooting for drowned children, but how many people drowned today vs we shot in VA? Is there a heyjackass version of pool drownings? I imagine this would be helpful on Monday.

 

[JJ4]

Here's the info on a yearly basis:
Ten Leading Causes of Death and Injury - Images|Injury Center|CDC

 

[MisterHappy]

Exactly! It’s easy to give up other people’s rights.

This is the essential difference. Very few people will the rights of others, when they're not impacted.

After the MG accident in Westfield, I did some poking around, and found that many more kids were killed in skiing accidents than MG shoots. The anti-MG people were mostly unable to see my corollary that neither activity is necessary to live, and that banning one is as valid as the other. Hell, a Trap shooter thought that it was a good idea to ban MG use, as "Nobody needs that." My point that "Nobody needs Trap shooting, either," was looked at as though I were a nut.

 

[mrmike7189]

I dont swim....there's sharks in the water!

 

[Dennis in MA]

On top of the wasted water filling and draining those mofo's. And the harmful chemicals. Skin cancer from being in the direct sun for hours at a time.

BAN POOLS NOW!!!! Why aren't soccer mom's getting behind this?

 

[TrashcanDan]

Was it one of those compliant knee-deep pools? or one those Assault pools with a deep end?

 

[Ben Cartwright SASS]

Well, the petition to ban di-hydrogen monoxide did get some traction.

I posted the link to the ban website and have people including my idiot brother think it was real!

Di-hydrogen Monoxide a major component in acid rain, will kill you if are not careful....

 

[PioneerHD]

2-year-old RI boy found unresponsive in backyard pool

A toddler was found unresponsive in a swimming pool Friday night at a home in Coventry, Rhode Island. Coventry police say they responded to a Tero Drive house around 7:20 p.m. and found a 2-year-old boy unresponsive in an above ground swimming pool. Fire personnel performed CPR and other...

www.necn.com

Makes me so angry!!!
Where are the parents. Grŕrr

 

[Brad.in.IL]

Well, the petition to ban di-hydrogen monoxide did get some traction.

Di-hydrogen monoxide ... (/giggle-snort)

 

[paul73]

Over the weekend another child died in a swimming pool, in Medford this time.

Obama and other have said about banning guns "if it saves even one life we need to do whatever it takes to stop it"

WELL every year hundreds of men women and children drown, in pools, lakes rivers and the ocean!

WE NEED TO BAN SWIMMING!

water kills, ban water.
plus, you can get boiled in it.

Florida's Manatee Bay Records 101°F Ocean Water Temperature

The buoy in Manatee Bay, Florida registered 101.2°F on Monday. For context, the average hot tub temperature is about 100-103 °F. Sous vide lobster, anyone?

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