| sleazybunny |
09-11-2005 04:08 AM |
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Originally Posted by RayVega
In some cases you are correct...For some people, it is a man thing. They feel tough because they have a gun. But for others, the skill of target shooting a handgun and knowing about them, the different models, the look and feel of them, tactical use, safety, training etc. is what they get off on. You can usually tell who "respects" the gun and who doesn't.
Same as automobiles. Some people collect or admire cars because of the feel of driving them, the satisfaction of knowing all about them, the look and feel from an artistic view, and some guys have a cranked up engine so they can lay rubber because it makes them feel like a man.
In either case one type should not be confused with the other. A car has several purposes, transportation, to facilitate the enjoyment of driving, and as a showpiece that says something about the owner. A gun has many purposes as well, killing something, to facilitate the enjoyment of target shooting, and as a showpiece that says something about the owner.
whether something is "bad" or "good" should depend on the owners intention, not the object.
To say "guns are bad", you may as well say "Cars are bad" since they can cause someones death as well (and do so more often than guns).
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An interesting, considered and well argued reply ! I'm impressed. However I have to disagree about the purpose of guns. Granted they can be used to target shoot for skill. But you have to admit their primary purpose is to shoot and kill. That's what they were invented for. You can target shoot with BB guns on paper targets can't you?? Using your example of the car, it's primary purpose is transportation, that's what it was invented for. Yes it can be used to kill if that's the drivers intentions and it can be used as a status symbol/show piece about the owner. But surely with a real gun "as a showpiece that says something about the owner." it suggests the owner likes to shoot and kill things. If they like target shooting what about non-lethal weapons that allow practicing the skill?? If they like killing...urm ??? Draft them into the Army ?? :winkwink: ???
As to the "guns are bad" statement, yes it was a bit dividing things into two groups of good and bad simplistically. Normally I'm don't do that, but I really can't see any positive points of allowing mass ownership of guns (or any weapon). I'd be interested to hear any. And no it isn't a fundemental right as a citizen. In the US it may say so in the constitution, but visit a country where they don't have that right and you don't find them demanding to be armed and claim it as a right. Poll most citizens of such a country and I bet the desire would be very low. Too many guns in circulation means slip ups happen, kids , drunks, strung out drug addicts, angry emotional people get hold of them more easily and do things they wouldn't be able to do so easily if they didn't have a gun. ie . Kill others.
Granted you can kill with a knife but unless you are highly trained knife thrower you have to get up close and personal and probably struggle with your target to kill them. Much less sanitised and probably a lot harder than shooting from a distance. Also likely to be less lethal.
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Originally Posted by escorpio
Because you can't buy a big dick.
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That's funny !!
Anyway even if you disagree with what I've said I hope I've made you think abit.
By the way that "Toy" gun that looks so real....that's as scary as the real thing. How many people have been shot and killed by police for playing with one of them in public?
Later..
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