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Re: A pit bull kills a person every 13 days in the USA. Why aren't they regulated like guns?

From "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk>
Newsgroups alt.atheism
Subject Re: A pit bull kills a person every 13 days in the USA. Why aren't they regulated like guns?
Date 2016-03-08 08:39 +0000
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On 08/03/2016 04:55, Olrik wrote:
> Le 2016-03-07 06:23, Alex W. a écrit :
>> On 07/03/2016 02:28, MarkA wrote:
>>> On Sun, 06 Mar 2016 16:09:38 -0800, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Saturday, 5 March 2016 08:40:03 UTC, Byner  wrote:
>>>>> 90 people a day are killed by automobiles.
>>>>>
>>>>> Why are automobiles not more highly regulated, or drivers who kill
>>>>> someone while using a cell phone permanently banned from operating a
>>>>> motor vehicle?
>>>>
>>>> Automobiles are considerably regulated, or, was that your point?
>>>>
>>>> Not everyone is allowed to operate an automobile - they must pass a
>>>> test
>>>> of applicable skills; the automobile itself must be maintained in
>>>> proper
>>>> working condition or not used; each automobile has a prominently
>>>> displayed registered number,
>>>> the police get highly excited if they see a black person with one...
>>>> Things like that.
>>>
>>> I worry that, 10 years from now, when self-driving cars are the norm,
>>> natural selection will have a much harder time weeding out the idiots,
>>> and the general stupidity of the population will skyrocket.
>>>
>>
>> Given the latest disaster with the Google self-driving car
>
> ?
>
> What "disaster"?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35692845

Nobody died, and there were no injuries, but it was a public relations 
disaster.

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A pit bull kills a person every 13 days in the USA. Why aren't they regulated like guns? "Byner" <byner@ferguson.gov> - 2016-03-05 09:30 +0100
  Re: A pit bull kills a person every 13 days in the USA. Why aren't they regulated like guns? Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@gmail.com> - 2016-03-06 16:09 -0800
    Re: A pit bull kills a person every 13 days in the USA. Why aren't they regulated like guns? MarkA <someone@somewhere.invalid> - 2016-03-07 02:28 +0000
      Re: A pit bull kills a person every 13 days in the USA. Why aren't they regulated like guns? MattB <trdell12345@gmail.com> - 2016-03-06 18:38 -0800
      Re: A pit bull kills a person every 13 days in the USA. Why aren't they regulated like guns? "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-03-07 11:23 +0000
        Re: A pit bull kills a person every 13 days in the USA. Why aren't they regulated like guns? Smiler <smiler@jo.king> - 2016-03-07 23:03 +0000
        Re: A pit bull kills a person every 13 days in the USA. Why aren't they regulated like guns? Olrik <olrik666@gmail.com> - 2016-03-07 23:55 -0500
          Re: A pit bull kills a person every 13 days in the USA. Why aren't they regulated like guns? "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-03-08 08:39 +0000
            Re: A pit bull kills a person every 13 days in the USA. Why aren't they regulated like guns? MarkA <someone@somewhere.invalid> - 2016-03-08 22:48 +0000
              Re: A pit bull kills a person every 13 days in the USA. Why aren't they regulated like guns? Malcolm McMahon <malcolm.mc74@googlemail.com> - 2016-03-09 02:27 -0800
            Re: A pit bull kills a person every 13 days in the USA. Why aren't they regulated like guns? Olrik <olrik666@gmail.com> - 2016-03-08 23:55 -0500
              Re: A pit bull kills a person every 13 days in the USA. Why aren't they regulated like guns? Smiler <smiler@jo.king> - 2016-03-09 23:47 +0000
  Re: A pit bull kills a person every 13 days in the USA. Why aren't they regulated like guns? Cloud Hobbit <youngblood2949@gmail.com> - 2016-03-06 19:02 -0800
    Re: A pit bull kills a person every 13 days in the USA. Why aren't they regulated like guns? "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-03-07 11:24 +0000
    Re: A pit bull kills a person every 13 days in the USA. Why aren't they regulated like guns? Attila <<prochoice@here.now> - 2016-03-10 06:10 -0500
  Re: A pit bull kills a person every 13 days in the USA. Why aren't they regulated like guns? Wexford Eire <wexford.eire.1798@gmail.com> - 2016-03-06 19:22 -0800
  Re: A pit bull kills a person every 13 days in the USA. Why aren't they regulated like guns? Malcolm McMahon <malcolm.mc74@googlemail.com> - 2016-03-09 02:30 -0800

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