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Originally posted by Faceman:
Thank you guys, but you know I want one more thing from you (EVIL  )
I want you to stop comparing guns to cars in the future and get to the bottom of the argument.
"I own a gun because I want to and because I live in a free country"
I have seen in many a discussion that the comparing of guns with hammers has seriously hampered the point of the pro-gun side. It worked on me for a long time.
I was all for banning guns and the abovementioned gun-car analogy just made the gun lobby sound more ridiculous to me.
Just recently I started to understand that this was about freedom of choice and about the fact that prohibition has never worked. Sadly I had to find out myself and was not handed this simple but convincing argument by someone else.
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No prob Faceman. I am glad that you came to a new understanding of the issue and came to your own oppinion based on that new understanding.
I would like to add to your point though:
"I believe in the Right to bear Arms because I live in a free country ..... and wish to continue doing so. I understand that those that protect me may not always have benevolent intrests in me, and weapons are one of the tools available to me to help me protect myself."
You may think the comparison of firearms to cars or chainsaws or fertilizer silly, but I find arguements rooted in fear and emotion just as silly. And you are right, the comarison is silly, but it makes a point that there are many things that cause death and injury (reguardless of intent of purpose) and to outlaw one thing that has a useful purpose (firearms) just because it causes death and destruction is as silly as outlawing any other thing. It brings you back to the point that a tool is a tool and only the hand that holds it has any malice in it.
It also leads to the point that bad things can accidentally happen to good people sometimes, and there is nothing to blame for it either.