Replacing a broken set of blinds in my house and apparently no one sells the old standard kind where you pull the cord to raise them, I guess because kids and/or pets could tangle in the cord? Bit of an education in miniblinds today.

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About 9 children die every year , strangled by mini blinds. 3500 children are killed by guns every year.

Why did we only fix the most unlikely one?

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Probably because there isn’t a giant mini blind lobby, and people plastering stickers all over their pickup trucks yelling about their mini blind rights.

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Because we need to repeal the 2nd amendment

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I wouldn’t say repeal, I would say adapt & clarify.

If the original purpose was for a “well regulated militia,” then there should be regulations and training for you to be able to own a gun.

Fail your certification, lose your license.

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Shhhh. Don’t give the conservatives more stuff to scream about.

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gun violence isn’t an engineering problem. miniblind cords are.

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There’s no amendment protecting mini blinds.

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If miniblinds had been around in the 1700s they would’ve been enshrined in the constitution also

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Car accidents are the leading cause of death in children. When are we going to ban the damn cars???

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