# 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:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-bumper-sticker-guns-dont-kill/638889/21 "2012-10-26T23:50:15Z")
Well, nothing’s certain except death and taxes, so there’s corroboration for you. ---
**Author:** ![Satchmo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/satchmo/32/4223_2.png) [@Satchmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satchmo)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-bumper-sticker-guns-dont-kill/638889/22 "2012-10-27T00:57:42Z")
Actually, I think the guns help… /eddie izzard ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-bumper-sticker-guns-dont-kill/638889/24 "2013-01-30T17:08:45Z")
> [@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. Everyone dies from asphyxiation. ---
**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-bumper-sticker-guns-dont-kill/638889/25 "2013-01-31T00:41:41Z")
> [@phouka](#): > > No, no, it’s “tuxes”. Because formal wear has a horrific death rate. I learned recently that The Tuxes Chainsaw Massacre is based on a true story. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-bumper-sticker-guns-dont-kill/638889/26 "2013-01-31T01:10:54Z")
I once taxed a man in Reno. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-bumper-sticker-guns-dont-kill/638889/27 "2013-01-31T01:31:43Z")
> [@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. Damnit, where’s the like button? ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-bumper-sticker-guns-dont-kill/638889/28 "2013-01-31T02:43:47Z")
> [@phouka](#): > > No, no, it’s “tuxes”. Because formal wear has a horrific death rate. No, it must have said “doxies”. [Guns don’t kill people, doxies do](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14901606&postcount=18) ! :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-bumper-sticker-guns-dont-kill/638889/29 "2013-01-31T02:54:45Z")
guns don’t kill people. bullets kill people. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-bumper-sticker-guns-dont-kill/638889/30 "2013-01-31T04:23:46Z")
“Guns don’t kill people! People kill people, but so do monkeys…if they have a gun!” - Eddie Izzard ---
**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-bumper-sticker-guns-dont-kill/638889/31 "2013-01-31T05:54:15Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > I once taxed a man in Reno. Just to watch him lie. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-bumper-sticker-guns-dont-kill/638889/32 "2013-01-31T08:32:20Z")
Why did this thread get bumped? I was the first reply and I used an apostrophe unnecessarily. What a blight on my posting history. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-bumper-sticker-guns-dont-kill/638889/33 "2013-01-31T08:40:47Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > Why did this thread get bumped? I was the first reply and I used an apostrophe unnecessarily. What a blight on my posting history. Nothing you do on the SDMB is ever forgotten. Forgiven, perhaps, but not forgotten. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-bumper-sticker-guns-dont-kill/638889/34 "2013-01-31T09:01:01Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > Nothing you do on the SDMB is ever forgotten. Forgiven, perhaps, but not forgotten. Well, unless you are special and your thread/post gets disappeared by the powers that be because you regret what you posted and you curry their favor. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-bumper-sticker-guns-dont-kill/638889/35 "2013-01-31T14:29:27Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > Well, unless you are special and your thread/post gets disappeared by the powers that be because you regret what you posted and you curry their favor. 😃 Curry doesn’t kill people, tandoor ovens kill people. ---
**Author:** ![qbadger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/fbc32d/32.png) [@qbadger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/qbadger)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-bumper-sticker-guns-dont-kill/638889/36 "2013-01-31T15:04:37Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Curry doesn’t kill people, tandoor ovens kill people. Taxes, guns, bullets, tandoor ovens. All fine options but in the final analysis you will invariably find that, nuke 'em from orbit - it’s the only way to be sure. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peculiar-bumper-sticker-guns-dont-kill/638889.md?page=1)