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Originally posted by stuartj
Aside from shooting out sheets on pirate ships, tyres on getaway cars, and cheroots from the lip of banditos, can you expain what othe purposes a firearm has other than to kill or maim living tissue?
I'll accept sport/target shooting- if you can expain why sport targets are so ofetn human or game shaped.
If am not anti gun. But really, that argument is pretty stupid.
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A gun is an inanimate tool. It is DESIGNED TO FIRE A PROJECTILE..period.
You CAN use said gun to fire a projectile into flesh, paper targets, or your television. You CAN also use a gun to hammer nails, prop up the leg of your desk, or dig a hole.
A gun is no "better" nor "worse" than any other inanimate tool.
Take a hammer as another example. A hammer is a blunt instrument designed to strike..period
You CAN use a hammer to drive nails, pound out dents or smash glass. You CAN also use a hammer to smash someones' skull, brush your teeth, or (again) dig a hole.
Neither has an "intent"--the manner in which either is used is up to the end user.
Assigning intent to objects is "pretty stupid".