On Mon, 11 Jun 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In the case of firearms, though, we aren't talking about likelihood to
> kill, but rather the likelihood they will be used to kill someone, or
> several someones.
>
> Judged strictly on likelihood to kill, my bookcase can kill someone if
> it falls on him. But until I hear about a mass bookcase slaying, I
> don't think stricter controls on it as a potential weapon are
> warranted.
As someone who had a close call due to a falling bookcase, I don't
appreciate your analogy as much as some folks might. :P
I agree that the incidents are a lot more isolated and much rarer than
firearm deaths.
I would recommend that if any controls were to be put on bookcases,
bolting them to the wall would be a reasonable solution, certainly at
least as reasonable as trigger locks on guns. (That doesn't help with the
bookcase in here that isn't against a wall, but that one is a lot more
stabler than the one that fell over and dumped its contents on my arms,
head & body as I was bracing it to keep it from going all the way over on
me and crushing me. And no, I'm not sure I'm entirely over it, even
though it was a good 14 years ago.)
Julia
