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Originally Posted by llwhiteoutll
It's still an argument because the people who wish to ban them can't use logic in the argument. Your assertion that guns are used for murder more than anything else shows that.
You could probably get the majority of people on board with background checks, prohibitions for convicted criminals and some kind of licensing. But whenever these things are brought up, they are accompanied by other things that make zero sense in reality like mag restrictions and banning based on looks. That's why you get push back.
People have no problem calling for a gun ban because it might not affect them. But there is no call for a ban on knives, the use of physical force or cars. Why? Because more people use them and they wouldn't want to be inconvenienced. It's much easier to demand something be banned outright when it doesn't affect you.
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Did you read the rest of my post where I explained how my family hunts and I love wild meat (hardly ever have to buy red meat from a store). Having no guns would certainly effect me personally.
But I have to ask, how is calling for a gun ban "because it doesn't inconvenience me" any different than a gun supporter crying about it because it inconveniences them? Or because "Ok well THAT guy shot a bunch a people, doesn't mean I will!"
As for your ban on knives and other (potential) melee weapons, I'll say what I've said before (which is probably in this thread somewhere): Talk to me when you can throw a knife at 1200 m/s in rapid succession. How can you not see the difference here? One is a small sharp blade, and the other is a rapid-fire, high-velocity projectile.
People will still die! There's no way around it. Only the most deluded of anti-gun people would claim that murders will drop to zero with no guns. I could kill someone with a stapler if I really tried. Most people could kill someone with their bare hands. As someone much more likely to be a victim of an attack than an attacker, I'd rather face a knife, or pretty much any other weapon, than a gun.
Can I ask you what the purpose of a gun is? Not what you use it for, not what you want to do with it. What is it's innate purpose?