[hackerspaces] Firearms in Hackerspaces?

[Phillip Rhodes]

If that were true, then how could anyone ever use a drill press, band
saw, lathe, etc.
I think having a healthy-respect for tools is one thing, but being
*afraid* of them is quite
something else.  But maybe we're just debating semantics?

At any rate, all tools can be dangerous and deserve to be used with care and
the proper precautions.  In that regard, how is a pistol any different
from a band-saw?


Phil

On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 3:24 PM, Michel Gallant <sfxman at gmail.com> wrote:
> Being afraid of tools that can rip your fingers off isn't insane, it's
> healthy. You are insane to claim otherwise.
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> On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 2:47 PM, Mark Atwood <me at mark.atwood.name> wrote:
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>> On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 9:16 AM, Pete Prodoehl <raster at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Here's a quick question for US-based hacker/makerspaces... Do you have a
>> > firearms ban at your space, and if so, what are some of the reasons behind
>> > the decision?
>>
>> We don't have a rule at our space.  Our space is a member-oriented
>> space, no "general public" except as guests of members or as visitors
>> to specific private events.
>>
>> If such a rule was proposed, I would argue strongly against it.  If
>> someone is a legal owner/carrier of a firearm, if we can't trust them
>> with their gun, we can't trust them with all the tools *either*.
>>
>> More generally, if someone in a makerspace is "afraid" of guns, that's
>> insane.  They should be afraid of all the other tools too.
>>
>> ..m
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