Five killed in Oregon tour bus accident. Pro-gun commenters suggest banning tour buses.

[BlueCheese]

http://news.yahoo.com/5-killed-oregon-tour-bus-crash-84-215107655.html

The comments on this Yahoo! article make me sick. In response to an article about a bus accident with multiple fatalities, the overwhelming majority of responses appear to be pro-gun folks thinking they're clever by proposing bans on tour buses.

I'm strongly in favor of stricter gun control, but I realize that those on the other side have some substantive arguments to make. But the behavior exhibited on that Yahoo! article really makes me wonder how there can possibly be any sort of sensible dialogue.

This is not to paint all pro-gun people with the same brush, but the reactions on that article really made my jaw drop, even considering the generally low quality of most general Internet discussions.

[JI7]

1. driving, vehicles are regulated and have purpose other than killing, this was an accident

[bhikkhu]

2. Tour busses aren't designed to kill people

which is a subtle difference well beyond the yahoo comment crowd.

[Initech]

3. What's really disturbing is how the gun nuts want Yahoo to change the language of the headline.

Because "wounded" suggests they were shot. "Injured" suggests they weren't. Don't blame the guns here.

[tanyev]

4. Sounds like a better argument for mandating seat belts in tour buses.

No tour bus I've ever ridden in has had them, and it always makes me uneasy.

[spanone]

5. ridiculous.

[CBGLuthier]

6. guns are designed to put holes into living things

any comparison with tools that do not serve a strictly lethal purpose is fucking stupid and so are the people who make such comments.

[hobbit709]

7. what do you expect from Yahoo comments

that place is almost as bad as FR at times.

[frylock]

8. i love this argument. remind them you need to be licensed and insured to operate a vehicle..

which is also inspected and registered.

[Brickbat]

9. Never read the comments.

[99Forever]

10. Why not?

Because the insanity of the gun psychos comes out for all to see so vividly?

[entanglement]

11. Sage advice. The yahoo comments section is an utter cesspool. n/t