# Peculiar bumper sticker: "Guns Don't Kill..." **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 26, 2012, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-bumper-sticker-guns-dont-kill/638889 "2012-10-26T00:25:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-bumper-sticker-guns-dont-kill/638889/1 "2012-10-26T00:25:29Z")
“…Taxes Do” I suspect the driver needs a bigger and better gun, as the firearms I’m most familiar with do kill, and do so rather well. And the driver probably should stop mailing letter bombs with his IRS payments… ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-bumper-sticker-guns-dont-kill/638889/2 "2012-10-26T00:57:11Z")
That’s one of the stupidest bumper sticker’s I’ve ever heard. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-bumper-sticker-guns-dont-kill/638889/3 "2012-10-26T01:05:16Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > That’s one of the stupidest bumper sticker’s I’ve ever heard. Sticker is what? ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-bumper-sticker-guns-dont-kill/638889/4 "2012-10-26T01:06:02Z")
> [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](#): > > Peculiar bumper sticker: “Guns Don’t Kill…” > “…Taxes Do” Well, maybe if your government is run by vampires and they levy a high Blood Tax… ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-bumper-sticker-guns-dont-kill/638889/5 "2012-10-26T01:19:35Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Sticker is what? unnecessary apostrophe is unnecessary! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-bumper-sticker-guns-dont-kill/638889/6 "2012-10-26T01:35:52Z")
Clearly the answer is to make buying guns and ammo tax-deductible. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-bumper-sticker-guns-dont-kill/638889/7 "2012-10-26T01:44:57Z")
My mother died of taxes. Oh, wait, no, it was a brain tumor. She actually lived a few extra months because of taxes (Medicare paid for her insanely expensive chemo). ---
**Author:** ![Melaleuca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Melaleuca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melaleuca)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-bumper-sticker-guns-dont-kill/638889/8 "2012-10-26T04:44:05Z")
It’s not the gun that kills, it’s the bullet. ---
**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-bumper-sticker-guns-dont-kill/638889/9 "2012-10-26T05:56:12Z")
Did they mispell taxis? They are driven rather recklessly. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-bumper-sticker-guns-dont-kill/638889/10 "2012-10-26T12:46:25Z")
> [@Melaleuca](#): > > It’s not the gun that kills, it’s the bullet. I thought it was the gaping hole letting all the blood out. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-bumper-sticker-guns-dont-kill/638889/11 "2012-10-26T12:51:09Z")
> [@Melaleuca](#): > > It’s not the gun that kills, it’s the bullet. If I hit you over the head hard enough with a gun you could die. And I might do that to someone who complains about their taxes when they’ve never been screwed over by the IRS the way I was. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-bumper-sticker-guns-dont-kill/638889/12 "2012-10-26T14:28:30Z")
> [@Namkcalb](#): > > Did they mispell taxis? No, Texas. And it does kill. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-bumper-sticker-guns-dont-kill/638889/13 "2012-10-26T14:43:45Z")
Guns don’t kill people, people kill people. People with guns. ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-bumper-sticker-guns-dont-kill/638889/14 "2012-10-26T14:44:16Z")
No, no, it’s “tuxes”. Because formal wear has a horrific death rate. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-bumper-sticker-guns-dont-kill/638889/15 "2012-10-26T14:54:33Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Guns don’t kill people, people kill people. People with guns. People who need guns are the luckiest people. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-bumper-sticker-guns-dont-kill/638889/16 "2012-10-26T15:24:32Z")
It’s true. I’ve been paying taxes for 30 years and I swear I just keep getting older and closer to death every April. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-bumper-sticker-guns-dont-kill/638889/17 "2012-10-26T18:44:11Z")
Dale Gribble: “Guns don’t kill people. **lights cigarette** The govmint does.” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-bumper-sticker-guns-dont-kill/638889/18 "2012-10-26T19:06:00Z")
The OP was obviously misreading the message. It actually said “Guns don’t kill taxes. Do.” And it’s true. Taxes are an immaterial concept and can’t be killed by a gun. And the driver of the car, realizing his tax avoidance plan was poorly conceived, slapped his head in a Homer Simpson-like fashion and said “D’oh!” ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-bumper-sticker-guns-dont-kill/638889/19 "2012-10-26T21:14:35Z")
> [@lost4life](#): > > I thought it was the gaping hole letting all the blood out. Well if we’re going to pick nits the person aims the gun that fires the bullet that leaves the gaping hole that lets all the blood out resulting in oxygen starvation of bodily tissues, most notably the brain, thereby halting crucial cellular function that kills people. In the house that Jack built. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-bumper-sticker-guns-dont-kill/638889/20 "2012-10-26T22:24:00Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > Well if we’re going to pick nits the person aims the gun that fires the bullet that leaves the gaping hole that lets all the blood out resulting in oxygen starvation of bodily tissues, most notably the brain, thereby halting crucial cellular function that kills people. In the house that Jack built. It’s all trauma from there on down. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-bumper-sticker-guns-dont-kill/638889.md?page=2)