In light of the events in Boston, I’m wondering whether we should ban pressure cookers. After all, they’ve proven to be a weapon that can kill or injure many innocent victims. So I’m wondering whether they should be protected under the Second Amendment. The amendment isn’t specific about the type of weapon that it protects, only that there’s a “right of the people to keep and bear arms.” Now that we know how deadly a pressure cooker can be, does it fall under the category of “arms”?
So should we ban them outright? Should there be background checks, banning their sale to people with criminal records or mental illness? Should we limit this weapon to simple, smaller types?
As far as I know, there’s no such thing as a “National Pressure Cooker Association.” Should we be surprised if one is formed, protecting our Second Amendment rights, against those who would violate them?
I don’t own a pressure cooker. I remember my mother had one when I was a young child, but she knew how to use it safely, storing it outside the reach of my curious little hands. But now we know that some people own them, and thoughtlessly allow them to get into the hands of the “wrong” kind of people.
So how can we prevent these weapons to fall into the wrong hands, without violating the rights of conscientious law-abiding citizens?
You should need a background check before purchasing a pressure cooker. This applies to cooking shows as well. It would be nice if we had a national pressure cooker license to make things easier.
I don’t own one. My mother also had one when I was growing up and it scared me having it in the house. I was afraid it might go off accidentally and hurt someone. I know people say they are useful to have and safe if used properly but I still don’t want one in my house.
I don’t think we need to ban them though. But I do think that people should have to register them and take a safety course to own one.
I have to wonder if the fear that our pressure cooker owning rights might be taken away will cause a rush on people buying pressure cookers?
Depends on the bear and the season. You do want to thoroughly cook your bears though to cut down on the risk of trichinosis. Never eat your bear rare or rare bears.
Pressure cookers unlike guns are useful and some places (high elevations ) pretty close to necessary. I was reading just recently how confiscations of pressure cookers in Nepal has caused unrest because people without them can’t cook properly there.
My great grandmother Lily, who I got to know well, was a sweet and kind little old lady who happened to be insane in a fun way. She was also generally unsafe. She used to use the under counter cutting board for everything, chop up raw chicken, chop veggies, cut bread, wipe with dishtowel and push it back in for the next meal. Salmonella anyone, how we didn’t die, I have no idea.
She hated to wait, so the pressure cooker was her favorite kitchen tool but as I said, she was impatient so she never waited for it to cool down. As soon as she could twist the lid off “bam” and whatever was in the pot exploded onto the kitchen ceiling. It was covered in food residue that would occasionally fall on your head at random.
I love/loved that woman. She was cool. She would have shot you if you tried to take her pressure cooker away, she even kept it in the nursing home. They did not let her use it of course.
I have pressure cookers that have been in my family for generations and have never been cooked in in my lifetime. I don’t understand why people are terrified of them.
