I hate people who treat them like some toys and fantasize about them. That makes me think they are in some sort of death cult. That they found socially acceptable way to love violence.
I would still get one for safety but it is a tool made for specifically one thing. To pierce the skin and rip through the inner organs of a person.
They can serve a good purpose but they are fundamentally grim tools of pain and suffering. They shouldn’t be celebrated and glorified in their own right, that is sick. They can be used to preserve something precious but at a price to pay.
everything made my human minds is a tool. artillery is no exception.
a gun is a tool just like a hammer, a drill, a paintbrush, a glue stick, etc. some people have favorite tools.
personally I have a carpenters pencil my father left behind on the job site we both last worked on before he died. it’s my favorite pencil and I only use it on personal projects I wish he was around to help me with. in a sense I feel like he’s there with me still, even all these years later.
I know of people who have favorite guns, because they bonded with their fathers over them while hunting.
having an emotional connection to a tool isn’t wrong or unhealthy.
that said, having an infatuation with the killing power or firepower of a gun isn’t healthy. knowing your tools is one thing but obsessing over how many rounds your gun can fire and proudly treasuring it only for that is sick.
guns are tools to be respected, and like any other tool you hold with your hands, it starts with how you perceive it in your mind.
It’s a tool whose primary purpose is to kill
not denying that.
tools kill.
but they also have alternative uses.
a knife cuts, a hammer moves, a gun hunts.
Hunting is also killing. Don’t get me wrong, among the various ways of killing animals for food it is probably the most ethical. But still.
I say this because I’ve always resented the particularly odious false equivalence that cars also kill people so if we ban machine guns wE sHoULd aLsO bAN cARs.
No. One is purpose built to maim and kill people and the other most certainly isn’t.
I would argue that some guns are designed to maximize human fatalities. while others are designed to maximize hunting accuracy for sport.
yes, both kill but both have subtle differences like the differences between a framing hammer and a finishing hammer. both hammer, but one is designed for fine-control while the other is designed to maximize striking power.
Not saying we should ban cars, nor guns. but we should limit the types of guns and the quantity of those guns that can be owned.
nobody needs a fully automatic assault weapon. but if you want to own one, IMO you should be able to own one, with steep restrictions. like, you can’t take it outside of a registered and monitored gun range location. you want it, they house it. go use it anytime you want.
if it’s found that a range has been negligent in protecting the public, they become culpable to damages and face criminal charges.
What sort of tool is the Mona Lisa?