Who coined the slogan “Guns don kill people, people do.”?
The term was coined by Vernor Vinge. Attitudes towards Technology I distinguish three basic attitudes towards technology: The technolaters see technology as a wonderful thing, and have an almost religious devotion to it.For example, the Singularity Action Group: The mission of the Singularity Action Group is to promote a Singularity for the good of mankind through public education and direct action in the development of Singularity technologies. We believe that everyone can help make the Singularity a success. As our name implies, talk is good but action is better… he Singularity Action Group was formed to address the social transition of the Singularity. The Singularity will herald the beginning of a new age in which physical and mental perfection will be the norm along with unimaginable wealth and freedom. These benefits will accrue not just to the current privileged classes but to every human being. The technophobes dislike technological progress and in some cases even advocate un
Don’t know who started saying it but this is interesting: Myth: Guns don’t kill people, people do. Fact: Both guns and people kill; guns make it easier. Summary This sound bite misses the point; people are indeed ultimately responsible for pulling the trigger, but the national murder rate would surely fall if widespread gun availability didn’t make it so incredibly easy to kill another human being. Argument This frequent pro-gun slogan is something that, upon reflection, seems entirely true. But it’s not. In actuality, the first half of this slogan is demonstrably false; guns do indeed kill people. But the point that the gun lobby is surely trying to make is that they do not kill people by themselves; they require a human to pull the trigger. This argument is an attempt to divert attention away from the fact that guns make it much easier to kill people. Guns do this in two ways: enhanced ability and feasibility. We can see the enhanced ability from suicide statistics: the most successf
