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Gun Control & RKBA

jmg257

(11,996 posts)

1. First, the message makes little sense, if one is familiar with guns.

Reply to discntnt_irny_srcsm (Original post)

Thu Aug 25, 2016, 04:09 PM

Aug 2016

Now guns usually all get classified as "deadly weapons", compared to say "dangerous instruments", so legally they may have a point when one is actually used.

Yet there are numerous guns whose purpose is clearly not to kill. And though capable, some in fact would be a comparatively poor choice for that.

As for your "evil" comment, hard to know without context, such as "Suppose a family of guns..."...compared to what?

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Is the cart in front of the horse? [View all] discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2016 OP

First, the message makes little sense, if one is familiar with guns. jmg257 Aug 2016 #1

Context: discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2016 #4

Wow - I am just impressed they got a thread there to go on for more then 4 susbsequent posts. jmg257 Aug 2016 #7

Cart before the horse? The horse is here -- the carting is rolling down hill on its own. Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2016 #2

thanks for the elegant response discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2016 #5

My guns are designed to save lives... ileus Aug 2016 #3

There are those who ascribe the act of homicide... discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2016 #6