🚀 go-pugleaf

>>
>> Except for the purposes of sport, guns have only one use.  That is to
>> kill.  They are instruments of death.  In the hands of the uninitiated
>> they are accidents waiting to happen.  How many children die each year
>> because of guns?  The sad thing is many of these guns were meant to
>> protect the family.

>Agreed.

>>
>> The same could be said of dogs, household chemicals, utensils, etc.
>> However, as I said, a gun's sole purpose is to kill.

>And to "protect the family" as you stated up there.

>>
>> Sure, there was a time when guns were necessary.  When every american
>> needed to possess a firearm or perish.  When not owning a shotgun or
>> rifle meant starvation, or even death at the hands of robbers (local
>> law enforcement was a joke).  In those scenarios guns were a part of
>> life.  Every child was instructed in their use, and taught respect for
>> them.  They were seen as a tool.

>And still are for the most part. What do you suggest we use to "protect the
>family"? If the criminals have guns? I guess what I'm trying to say is... as
>long as the criminals have guns, we need guns to protect ourselves.

But then the intruder have to shot you, so you will not be any threat to
him/her. If you did not have it, he won't have to fire his gun at you.
And if the police took and throw every shithead who where not
supposed to have any gun into the jail for a long time, it would probably
make them think twice. And add a big fine to it.



John Aadn�y
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