All weapons are inanimate objects. Its the inherent lethality of them when combined with people thats the problem.
sorry I never saw a gun just get up off a table and shoot someone. guns have no intentions. it is people that have intentions.
however that doesn't make the gun maker responsible for what someone else does.
just as a car maker isn't responsible for what someone else does.
For a guy who loves to throw around the term LOGIC - you make the very illogical error of pretending that cars which were invented for the purpose of transportation and firearms which were invented for the purpose of shooting others are the same thing.
nope it doesn't matter why something was invented.
In the real world - the purpose of something matters a great deal.
sorry I never saw a gun just get up off a table and shoot someone. guns have no intentions. it is people that have intentions.
however that doesn't make the gun maker responsible for what someone else does.
just as a car maker isn't responsible for what someone else does.
None of what you said negates the reality that firearms were made as a weapon to kill. When a person uses a firearm to shoot another person or creature, they are using it for its created purpose.
That is simply reality no matter how many people shoot at targets.
Crossbows were made to expel a bolt at high speed and good distance. How the crossbow is used by a human is another matter.
Firearms were made to expel a bullet at high speed and good distance. How the firearm is used by a human is another matter.
Coca Cola was developed as a medicine. And we all know everyone's encouraged to drink Coca Cola for medicinal purposes today.
For a guy who loves to throw around the term LOGIC - you make the very illogical error of pretending that cars which were invented for the purpose of transportation and firearms which were invented for the purpose of shooting others are the same thing.
So, you you are now the self-proclaimed expert on illogical and pretending identification?
And that bullet was then suppose to do what exactly?
Why would someone go through all that trouble just to fire a bullet out of a barrel?
So a gun is just a device for moving small pieces of lead around at high velocity nothing more :lol:
They circle their wagons to the point of wilful insanity in order to protect their gun fetish from any rational criticism . How do people get like this ?
Good observation.
As to how people get like this ...... its a very willful belief system fueled by political ideology. As to how people get that - its your guess that is as good as anyones.
I did two tours in Belfast and served in the Falklands war. At no time did I ever think that having my FN SLR rifle at home would be a good idea. Quite the contrary in fact because I have seen what they can do to people and its not neat and tidy just like on the TV either. I suspect Hollywood might have a lot to answer for with its endless glorification of the gun
Where do you get this from? Never claimed to be the expert. I simply know the difference between a car and a firearm and know the difference between something created as a means of transportation and something meant as a weapon of death. And I know that those differences should prevent any logical person from using one to justify or excuse the other. If that is use of logic - so be it.
Do you know the difference between a dead person killed by a car and a dead person killed by a bullet?
Yes and the answer is explained right in your question.
If a guy buys a Chevy Suburban, and then plows it through a crowd of people on a city corner killing a dozen or more people in the process, should the families of the deceased be able to sue Chevrolet????
I keep my guns locked up so they won't sneak out at night at massacre the horses or shoot up the local raccoon saloon.
That is some history you have there. I must say that being here in the States, the vast vast majority of American gun owners are very responsible who take their weapons seriously. They observe the basic rules of safety and security and are some of the more law abiding people in our nation.
I do not know how one stops the glorification of the gun. Its out there and I suspect it plays a role in the pushing of the gun culture in our nation and not for better.
And no one's fighting to get cars out of American hands or further restrict their ownership and use, are they? Or trying to get them to drive less 'useful' cars? Or restrict more places where they can drive them?
It all depends. Like I said elsewhere the whole idea of suing someone is to compensate someone for a loss they suffered through the negligence of the person being sued. Whether or not you can compensate someone for a dead child is a completely different question.
That the negligent person is dead really doesn't matter. Someone still suffered a loss and should be paid for it. Look at it this way. Say someone T-boned you and you were injured and have hundreds of thousands in medical bills and are out of work for a year. The other driver is killed. You would not sue the other person (their estate anyway) because they're dead? You'd eat all those losses?
None of what you said negates the reality that firearms were made as a weapon to kill. When a person uses a firearm to shoot another person or creature, they are using it for its created purpose.
That is simply reality no matter how many people shoot at targets.
You're comparing apples and oranges, the owner of the estate being sued is dead and didn't shoot anyone.
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