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Originally posted by legion
Why is it that a few thousand firearm-related deaths a year (mostly suicides, BTW) is a major problem that can only be solved by banning guns, yet tens of thousands of auto-accident-related deaths a year is an acceptable price for the freedom to be mobile?
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Simple. Because mobility = commerce. Scary that you did not know the answer to that.
If a permit to operate a motor vehicle in this country were as difficult to get as they are in Europe, then.......
1) Less people would die
2) Less people would get hurt
3) Less automobile accidents would occur'
4) Insurance premiums would be much lower
5) Traffic congestion would decrease
6) Transportation costs would fall and
7) Road construction and maintenance costs would fall
Those are just the highlights. But of course, two other things would also be true:
1) Less cars would be sold and
2) Less gasoline would be purchased
So as you can see, we wouldn't want stuff like transportation safety and transportation ease and transportation costs to become more important than oil company and car company profits.
That's why we do what we do.