How many times have we heard that “if it will save just one human life, it’s worth it” or that “human life is priceless”? Both are nonsense statements. If either statement were true, we’d see lower speed limits, bans on auto racing and fewer airplanes in the sky. We can always be safer than we are. For example, cars could be produced such that occupants could survive unscathed in a 50-mph head-on collision, but how many of us could buy such a car?
-Prof Walter Williams (American Contempt for Liberty)
(H/T: Cafe Hayek)
Note on the image: Taken on its face value, it’s true and we all know that “common sense” is neither common or sensical. For instance, the definition of common sense varies wildly when firearms are concerned. We who value Article 2-a believe that common sense contains the ideas of knowing how to handle your firearm safely, taking responsibility in its use and care, and being knowledgeable about the laws pertaining to you and them.
To the Civilian Disarmament Force that believes common sense is doing anything and everything to take them out of our hands.
So take it with a grain of salt.
