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Originally posted by Moiraine:
Nah, Nachtrafe, you don't seem to see the point Masklinn and Yorick were both raising. Which is : while you can kill with any number of items - a shovel, a needle, ... - only guns were specifically created to kill. Their purpose is to harm and kill - the purpose of a needle is to sew, of a shovel is to,well, shovel. 
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LOL...No, I get the point Moraine, but I think it's a fallacious arguement.
Nitro-glycerin has one purpose, right? To explode, to detonate, to kill and destroy. So, by the logic of your, and Yorick's, and Masklinn's, (and everyone else opposed to guns) arguement, we should destroy/ban the use of it, right?
Yet, if we had done that, due to the 'violent nature' of Nitro, then many people who are alive today would be dead. Remember...Nitro-Glycerin's medicinal properties were discovered by *ACCIDENT*! Noone looked at nitro, slapped themselves on the forehead, and said "Hey, we should try feeding this stuff to people who've had heart attacks and see if it keeps them alive."
Now, lest you think I'm being ridiculous, I'll clarify and state that I'm not saying that guns will suddenly be discovered to cure some medical problem. However, there are a lot of people who would be dead or enslaved if it weren't for firearms, pure and simple. Heck, without firearms, and the werewithal to use them, you would, right this very moment, be living under the shadow of a Black Eagle and singing an entirely different National Anthem(and no, this in NOT another go USA, we won WWII comment. There were plenty of French patriots who fought and died to free your country from Nazi incursion, even when your government rolled over without a fight and commited and condoned horrid atrocities all in the name of appeasement).
Erm...sorry...got off on a tangent...Point is, yes, guns kill. But, that does NOT preclude the possibility of their being used in a responsible manner.