Cerek, Timber,
I never said anything about banning guns. The US are the land of the free and everybody should have the right to have a weapon be it a sword, a bow, a gun, whatever, just because he wants to.
I don't care if you have a gun for self-defence or target shooting. If I could buy an assault rifle in my country I'd do it just to be able to fieldstrip it (honestly) because I'm fascinated with the mechanics of guns (honestly).
But I do pertain the opinion that guns (and swords and bows and crossbows and spears, etc.) are historically designed for the wounding of living beings be it animals or humans.
Colt did not make its fortune on sport shooters.
Walther did not get famous for building great competition pistols.
I do not want to ban guns, I just want you to acknowledge that man invented and improved guns to kill other men primarily, nothing else.
A gun is a tool - Yes.
Guns belong to a family of tools called "weapons".
and Merriam Webster defines the primary meaning of weapon as
"something (as a club, knife, or gun) used to injure, defeat, or destroy"
That is all I want you to acknowledge. I don't want you to ban guns, or give up your high speed ferraris
just acknowledge what they are orignially designed for.