I swear to Christ in his heaven, if one more idiot draws a false parallel between guns and cars, or guns and alcohol...!

Thank you ! And someone who seemed cool got really annoyed with me for pointing that out. But it’s a deflection—apples and oranges— when someone tries to excuse gun violence with stats about cars and alcohol, which are actually both more strictly regulated than guns. If you own a store or restaurant you must have a license to sell alcohol and you can lose that license if you sell to someone under 21. Apparently in some states you can buy an assault weapon at 18.