Says it all.

[mac56]

[progressoid]

1. +1

[Speck Tater]

2. I am solidly in favor of gun control, but this is just silly.

It's clever, of course, but it's also clever nonsense.

[mac56]

3. Please proceed.

Point out the nonsense.

[Speck Tater]

5. You can also kill someone with 1/2 a dixie cup of water.

If you can get it into their lungs.

The point how efficient is method of delivery of the lethal effect? If someone bursts into your house with a gun are you really going to defend yourself with a knife? The odds are you will end up dead. In that situation the knife is no more effective than that 1/2 cup of water.

I don't own a gun and I never want to own a gun. But I'm not stupid enough to believe that a knife has the same effectiveness as a gun. Even a one-shot-at-a-time gun. So I would never arm myself with a knife and tell myself I was safe against a gun. I favor pure defense. Hardened doors and windows, and safe place to run and hide.

The so-called equivalency is false, so the argument is flawed.

[mac56]

6. I think you miss the point.

"The so-called equivalency is false, so the argument is flawed."

Yes. Of course.

The point is to point out the absurdity in that argument, which many (including those right here on DU) revere as gospel.

[Speck Tater]

8. Ah. OK. I guess I can be dense sometimes. Sorry. nt

[MynameisBlarney]

10. Dude.

Welcome to the club.

[AtheistCrusader]

9. Depends on the argument.

One presumes, the need to further restrict and control firearms proceeds from a public safety or public health standpoint. At which point relative death rates are pertinent, and 'you can defend yourself with a hammer' is not.

[ret5hd]

4. Well then, you might wish to post how silly Marsha Blackburn is:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022189639

just sayin'.

[Speck Tater]

7. She's an idiot. We NEED gun control, and we need it now.

Her argument is just as big a fallacy as the OP. It is possible to come to the right conclusion by way of faulty logic. I'm pointing out that the logic is faulty. I agree with the conclusion. But let's arrive at that conclusion by legitimate means, not by clever-sounding nonsense.

[liberal N proud]

11. Great come back to the NRA and Gun Nuts equivalencies

[cantbeserious]

12. Touche

eom

[TahitiNut]

13. A fencing term in a gun thread? (Well-played.)

[samsingh]

14. people are starting to debunk the crap from the pro-gun crowd

very eloquent

[tallahasseedem]

15. +1

[The Wizard]

16. Anyone seeing common

utility items as weapons probably needs to be medicated.

[tclambert]

17. Medication can be a weapon. And the bottle it comes in.

[tclambert]

18. But in China! A guy had a knife! He tried to kill 22 people! And failed!

He didn't manage to kill anybody! If only he'd had access to a gun, he could have been much more effective!

[WillyT]

19. LOL !!! - K & R !!!

[66 dmhlt]

20. Good one. Storing it away for later use.