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Originally Posted by transplant99
Ummm....guns are designed for AND used for hitting targets. No matter what that target may be. In the VAST majority of cases that target is an animal or a piece of paper hanging in a shooting range.
What part of this are you disagreeing with?
If you want me to admit that all guns are designed specifically for killing people, I refuse to because that is not the case. Some are for sure and they are a very effective way of doing so, no question. Again though, that decision is up to the person using the gun, not the gun itself.
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What I'm disagreeing with is your lumping of a paper target in with a human being.
Guns are designed to kill. You kill by hitting the target. Hitting the target is a requirement to fulfill it's design intent. If it was designed to hit a target, it wouldn't need to be lethal.
Obviously it takes a person with intent to shoot, but easier access to a gun makes the likelihood of one being used TO KILL much greater.
Unfortunately this is a philosophical argument, much like political issues. No side can convince the other, so threads end up like this one.
Some things just can't be debated to a conclusion.