@jgoins - I kind of agree with you regarding the seatbelts and fast food - if you want to kill yourself that way it's not really my business, except that here in NZ, and also a lot of other countries (Australia and UK for instance), the health system is government funded so if you eat too much junk food it's gonna cost me in taxes when you have your quadruple bypass surgery. The same argument applies to wearing seat belts, smoking and guns. The other argument against guns and smoking is that they can also harm me directly. Second hand smoking is proven to have health impacts and you don't have the right to impinge on my enjoyment of life by clogging up my lungs, so I support smoking bans in public spaces - even outdoors. As for guns, if there are more guns around there is more of a chance that a bullet can end up coming in my direction - so that has a lot to do with me.

That said, the original (fake) post is funny and I agree completely with the sentiment. By the reporter's logic, every military trained person on the planet is a potential violent murderer, whereas in reality every military trained person I have met has more self discipline than the general population, plus a strong sense of right and wrong.