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In reply to the discussion: The difference between Guns and knives. And chainsaws. And baseball bats. [View all]Response to Half-Century Man (Reply #39)
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The difference between Guns and knives. And chainsaws. And baseball bats. [View all]
Mister Nightowl
Oct 2014
OP
Death for the sake of feeding the family is an acceptable purpose and sometimes necessary purpose.
Nuclear Unicorn
Oct 2014
#5
Sorry, but that's s crock. The fallacies are so obvious, I won't bother to point them out.
badtoworse
Oct 2014
#9
The right to self-defense exists even if the NRA never existed. The 2 are wholly separate.
Nuclear Unicorn
Oct 2014
#10
Target shooting, trap and skeet, hunting and self defense are all legitimate uses of firearms
badtoworse
Oct 2014
#14
I think the main differences are DISTANCE, both spatially and emotionally, and TARGET SIZE.
WinkyDink
Oct 2014
#19
There is no such animal as a "self-defense firearm." It is a firearm, period.
WinkyDink
Oct 2014
#22
Sometimes self-defense involves killing someone; other times, the firearm acts as a deterrent.
badtoworse
Oct 2014
#24
Actually, I gotta agree with the others here. Plenty of people still do.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Oct 2014
#34
The police in Utah swarmed a black man open carrying a Japanese styled sword
Half-Century Man
Oct 2014
#39
The vast majority of deaths by firearm are not justified though. Something like
MillennialDem
Oct 2014
#41
What you described is technically a flail. A morning star is a spiked club or mace :p
MillennialDem
Oct 2014
#46
That last rifle is the most popular competive target shooting rifle in America. Nt
hack89
Oct 2014
#49
Um... JUSTIFIABLE homicide by firearm, per year, for the whole US (see links)
MillennialDem
Oct 2014
#51
I don't know from technical, but what he described sounded like what
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Oct 2014
#54
The point of the OP (and me) is that guns are not tools. They are only weapons because their only
MillennialDem
Oct 2014
#70
Guns are, first and foremost, weapons and a good weapon is effective at killing.
badtoworse
Oct 2014
#72
"Please provide hard statistics on the number of deaths resulting from one person using alcohol"
Nuclear Unicorn
Oct 2014
#74
I don't petition for things to be banned. That would be the responsibility of those who claim
Nuclear Unicorn
Oct 2014
#77
See Post 72. I don't consider the fact that firearms are weapons to be important.
badtoworse
Oct 2014
#83
Do you seriously believe that violent criminals practice shooting on the range?
badtoworse
Oct 2014
#92
Read through the whole sub-thread. I was just pointing out vacuous blather for what it is.
badtoworse
Oct 2014
#94
This isn't Australia. There are maybe a dozen states where more gun control has political support
badtoworse
Oct 2014
#100
Sure! It counts for the intent of the object's owner, but not for the object's intent by design.
Orrex
Oct 2014
#102
So called bushmeat is likely as healthy or healthier than what people but at stories
aikoaiko
Oct 2014
#106
I hadn't considered shotgun slugs for big game, but they would not be my first choice
badtoworse
Oct 2014
#118
"We won't let kids under 21 vote or drink alcohol, but we are perfectly OK with them toting weapons"
Nuclear Unicorn
Oct 2014
#119
"attempt to stroll down the main street in your town...You won't make it two blocks."
Nuclear Unicorn
Oct 2014
#121