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Originally Posted by Glice
I find it impossible to get past the fact that guns are essentially the most efficient way to put a cunting great hole in something. Cars are responsible for traffic accidents, but their main purpose isn't traffic accidents. This argument's popped up on this board before, and I always get the impression that guns are just something that a lot of Americans have a blind spot towards. Unlike anything else that causes death - say, smoking, red meat, cars or whatever - the solitary purpose of a gun is putting holes in things that probably don't need holes in them.
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guns are for killing.
so is bug spray.
so is a mousetrap
so are knives, swords, etc.
so is poison
all these things are widely available because it is not what an item is FOR but how and why it is used that makes it a horrible thing.