[hackerspaces] Firearms in Hackerspaces?

[Matt Joyce]

it would be difficult to take down an elk with a band saw.  but if you
ever try i hope it ends up on youtube.

On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 3:30 PM, Phillip Rhodes
<motley.crue.fan at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 2:47 PM, Mark Atwood <me at mark.atwood.name> wrote:
>>>
>>> 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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