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"Shooting" wasn't the attribute that was referenced.Sure there's lots we can do with guns. Swing 'em I suppose, um...tap the butt on the ground. Er.. the Israeli Galil had a bottle opener under barrel; umm...masturbate over them? Guns are very versatile, they do heaps more than just shooting.
Another failed attempt to address my post honestly.And you can stir your drink with some of them. Collect'em - trade'm - put stickers on them. Shove them in wet cement and pull them out before it hardens. Use them for earrings. They really are very versatile. They do so much more than just shoot.
And everyone knows that cars are designed, engineered, manufactured, advertised and sold to crash into things. It's probably their main purpose.
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"Shooting" wasn't the attribute that was referenced.
You fail.
I gave it more attention than it deserved.Another failed attempt to address my post honestly.
Wait...you didn't even address my post directly. LOL
At least Im not mentally challenged like you.I can see that you are indeed Debate Challenged.
"All guns are designed to kill" and you immediately supply two exceptions. Thanks for the demonstration.Apart from target weapons (some of which can kill) and starter guns all guns are designed to kill. They do this by shooting. Shooting at any creature including people is killing. Assault-style weapons specifically are designed to kill people. Shooting targets is practicing to kill. That's the only thing a gun can do. Except carry accessories that help it kill more efficiently. The only exception I know of is the Galil's bottle opener, which is designed to help a squaddie open an ice cold coke on a hot Sinai day.
Unfortunately when used in a mass killing the gun is fulfilling the imperatives of its design, regardless of whether the manufacturers or sellers expected it to be used for quite that occasion. In that respect it cannot be compared to an tool or piece of machinery (except other weapons) that are also used to kill, most likely because the user didn't have a gun handy.
AHA! Employing the "I know I am but what are you?" defense, eh?At least Im not mentally challenged like you.
Run away.I gave it more attention than it deserved.
Assault-style weapons specifically are designed to kill people.
At least I have an education. I've got a college degree. What have you got, nothing? I would be surprised if you even have a high school diploma.AHA! Employing the "I know I am but what are you?" defense, eh?
So . . . what are you - 12 years old?
14? 15?? Tell the truth now.At least I have an education. I've got a college degree. What have you got, nothing? I would be surprised if you even have a high school diploma.
"All guns are designed to kill" and you immediately supply two exceptions. Thanks for the demonstration.
I will agree that "shooting" is the main utility of guns in general.
Yes, a gun can be used to shoot with the intention of killing. So what?
Then you're back to talking about "the only thing a gun can do" even though you've already refuted yourself.
The rest of your post is too incoherent to bother with.
Conservative solutions are: more guns, less regulation, less democracy, more corporatism, more militarism, less social benefits, burn more fossil fuels, etc. Conservatives have nothing. Conservatism is irrelevant.
How many mass shootings have been stopped by you wannabe Rambos?Pro gun folks shoot the bad guys. That's holding their end.
And you're back to "all guns are designed to kill" while admitting that isn't true.I noted you haven't managed to refute anything of what I've said. With a few minor exceptions all guns are designed to kill. The bottle opener story is true, but I put it in there to point out the exception that proves the rule.
Nobody is talking about banning target pistols. Assault weapons need to be highly regulated.
How many mass shootings have been stopped by you wannabe Rambos?
It's likely a better outcome than if the shooter hadn't been stopped.There was that church shooting stopped by an armed parishioner after a couple of people were killed...
The gun lobby seemingly calls that a "win".
And you're back to "all guns are designed to kill" while admitting that isn't true.
More accurate would be that guns can be used to kill. This would be true without exception, I believe.
What's so important about "designed to kill" other than a desire to imply that is synonymous with "only can kill"? Which you have tried to do, of course.
None of those links define "assault-style".
Do tell us what else a gun can do. Can it drop the kids off at school or mend a fence? No it only shoots.
Well once again the basis of all guns is a killing tool. Shooting at targets is predicated on practising to kill. The guns people kill others with or commit mass shootings are not target pistols usually) so I rule them out. There's no point trying to refocus the discussion on target pistols because they are not used in mass shootings. If they are then I don't mind being wrong - it just means there aren't any guns we can rule out.
Do tell us what else a gun can do. Can it drop the kids off at school or mend a fence? No it only shoots.
None of those links define "assault-style".
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