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BamaD -> RE: Will banning Craigslist save lives? (2/20/2014 10:08:22 AM)
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ORIGINAL: TheHeretic
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ORIGINAL: Tkman117
The point about guns most liberals try to make but conservatives don't understand is that we generally don't want to BAN guns. We are generally in favour of reasonable safety and registry regulations. Now, if we are talking about banning guns. Answer this: what is the original purpose of the gun? What was it built to do? And before you answer with "it's designed to propel metal at high velocity" also answer WHY this was originally desired. Simple answer, but I'd lile to hear it from you guys.
Guns are tools for making things dead. Clear enough?
I raised my own question on another thread recently, so perhaps you'll be willing to answer where nobody there was. Why do anti-gun folks always seem to assume the only possible target of that metal being projected at high speed is another human being (only maybe with game as an afterthought)?
When I talk about having guns for protection, the main things I have in mind are rattlesnakes and feral dogs. Home intrusion is not unheard of here, and I have one of those quirky jobs where I get the odd death threat, but the first line of defense in my house is a couple of big loud dogs, and I have faster access to some nasty medieval weapon than I do to a firearm, when I'm sitting in the living room watching TV.
Even if the target is human that is not automatically bad, and when it is it is not the choice of the gun.
I made this post when half asleep.
To make it more clear.
If the target is a human bent on killing you he brought it on himself.
If the gun is misused the blame is on the user.
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