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Originally Posted by Red Slinger
That's not what I said. I said hand guns and semi-automatic weapons, not all guns, are made for shooting people. What I should have said is that hand guns and semi-automatic weapons were created for the purpose of shooting people. Whereas shotguns and rifles have another primary purpose. I can't put it in to words exactly why, but I find it troubling that some people are so fascinated to own, brandish and practice with a tool whose primary function is to harm other people, even if they only use it to shoot paper. I would feel the same way about switchblade knives, ninja throwing stars or mustard gas. Maybe it's just me.
Well, that's like, your opinion dude. I didn't think I had an argument.
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You find it troubling that I would enjoy practicing a skill that requires concentration and technique just because its with a gun in a controlled environment that you don't have to see or hear? What kind of hobbies do you enjoy that I can perhaps say make me uncomfortable and tell everyone that "I don't do it, I dont see a use for it, so I don't think anyone should be allowed to". I won't, because I know that everyone is different and you can feel free to do whatever you please and I will gladly defend your right to be able to do so if ever needed...
By the way, there was a time, pre 1995 that you could hunt with handguns in Canada.... In many US states it is still permitted. Granted those aren't glock 22's and the like, but many common revolvers and some semi's are...
but remember we are discussing semantics here, all guns do the same thing, pistols are in all actuality relatively safe, they have the shortest "lethal range", they are the hardest to fire accurately and are by all accounts "least powerful". That's why its so funny that I can take my rifle out to any piece of crown land and shoot a projectile that has potential to travel up to 2km+, but my pistol which may have a Max of 200m of potential lethality can't be shot outside because it looks dangerous. These are laws created by people like yourself who base judgement on what makes them feel uncomfortable instead of fact, and the result is clearly contradictory rules that truly benefit nobody except anyone who wets their pants whenever they see a gun.
I'll say again, in conclusion, stop painting us all as crazy. I'm a paramedic, I've been to many shootings, I see what happens and I know what it looks like. Myself and many of my co workers shoot, we have police friends we shoot with, we have neighbors we shoot with, we introduce people to the sport, and we store and transport and discharge our firearms safely. We are the majority.....