competent gun owners never ever hurt themselves or others, unless it's needed.
and if there was a way to make sure people buying guns were competent it wouldn’t be a problem. Switzerland does this to great effect I understand. The US? Not so much. We’ve got more space though. It’s not really a problem in open country. Big cities where there is a person behind every window and wall, and the windows and walls go all the way up? More of an issue.
As a result in rural areas gun laws are hated. Inside big cities gun laws are agitated for. Both sides are correct, really. The issue is one size doesn’t fit all. It’s not a new problem. The aesop’s Fable “the town mouse and the country mouse” makes a good analogy of the problem and that stuff was collected in what? 600BC or there abouts?
i am absolutely safe to be around, as i understand fire arms, their uses n safety.
and I am standing here (mostly for the sake of argument) refusing to simply take your word for it. I would likely take someone else’s word though. Got a military background? That works. The military is terrific at gun safety. Also If you happen to live for example in bullet county I also don’t care. Machine guns are legal in bullet county, and even Obama thought that was a great idea. He actually said so. Why? Simple. Not a lot of people and lots of little rolling hills and gullies. The place is laid out like a gigantic gun range. Terrific place to own a machine gun. I’ve heard they’re a lot of fun.
I’m not sure the same thing can be said for mechs. I'm studying tho.
i might decide mechs are safe.
I’m suspecting you will find they are. For you anyway. If you follow safety procedures. All the time. If a person does what is needed to keep a mech safe they can be kept safe. Better yet while a misused and misengineered mech can blow up, its much much harder to kill bystanders with them. The problem is everyone is stupid some of the time.
Me, (as a handy example) I’m stupid more often than most. I forget things for one.
Here’s the scary part: I still own mechs.
These days I actually consider myself more safe with mechs than the public at large. I CAN use a mech safely if I am careful. I did it for years with only a few mishaps which happened long enough ago that the characteristics of the old style batteries I was using kept me safe. (The pants pockets were toast but I got away OK) I have been in the past an unsafe mech user. I misused batteries and mechs for a long time till I found this site.
I GAVE mechs to people. Thankfully they didn’t blow themselves up. I chalk that one up to purest dumb luck. I don’t do that any more. I have given small sealed battery VV mods to people. I’m pretty sure I won’t regret that one. There’s a lot of safety features and they normally simply die long before they can get potentially dangerous and even need to rely on those safety features.
Is a modern mech safe with modern batteries? Probably. I’d like to see more testing, but probably.
Can an old mech be retrofitted to have features to allow them to be used safely with modern batteries? Often yes. The prime safety feature is simple: large vent holes in the positive end. Very drillable. A drop in fuse doesn’t hurt either.
Do I use mechs? No. Not unless I have to. It’s more trouble. I feel safer not using mechs. I don’t have to worry about it. One day I may have to though, so they’re still in my house. Kept in a safe state with no batteries in them. There are a few that are going to see a drill press before they see a battery though. And I’ve got fuses. Fuses can last a long long time without going bad.
Will I allow anyone vaping a mech not inspected personally by me into a car I am driving? No. In an enclosed space like a car the thing is nearly as big a potential danger to me as it is to the user.
Will I allow a mech personally inspected and built by me into a car I am not driving? Also no. I’m not sure enough in my ability to risk someone else’s life as well as my own. It’s rude. (It’s a lot of other things too, but rude is sufficient for me)
Obama stated publically that he wanted ideally to regulate guns by county, but that doing so wasn’t practical. Not IMHO to take guns away from people who weren’t safe with them so much as to leave guns in the hands of people in places that were.
Should vape shops stop selling mechs in the US? Probably. As it stands now any idiot can buy one with no training. It’s too much liability from a shop owner standpoint IMHO. Will I try to force the issue? No. It’s quite literally their business not mine. Would I help some now faceless idiot hunt down a shop owner who DID sell an old fashioned mech to an idiot with no training? Also probably. He may be an idiot but he’s still got no face. Shop owner probably knew better but did it anyway. Needs to be stopped. If he didn’t know better (possible but unlikely) he still needs to be stopped. Man sucks at his job, and it’s hurting people.
