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Credit cards are officially more deadly than guns...

"Guns don't kill people, credit cards do!" This is basically what Auburn Republican Dan Dumaine recently stated. In response to the state's Democratic-controlled House voting to ban concealed weapons from its chamber, Dumaine said, "A holstered gun is not a deadly weapon. ...But anything can be used as a deadly weapon. A credit card can be used to cut somebody's throat." Really? We're now comparing credit cards to guns? What will we compare to guns next? Here is a list of suggestions I have for far-right gun enthusiasts and what I imagine their rationale would be: Paper - "Paper cuts are more deadly than gun shot wounds! You can also make a paper airplane and poke someone's eye out with that thing! Guns aren't dangerous! Paper are, I mean is, wait - is it is or are? Whatever." Purse - "Have you ever seen an angry woman with a purse? They're the number one cause for concussions in males who don't play football. I...