Gun Control Reform Activism
In reply to the discussion: Guns are designed specifically to kill. [View all]guillaumeb
(42,649 posts)individual owner, but to point out something so elemental that one would think it was not a point to be argued. And that is, guns are designed to kill people. Thus the title. And when I made that point in another thread a few gun rights people took exception to this self-evident point.
So in any legitimate discussion of the gun issue, the point must be made that these are portable weapons of destruction. And large magazines modify these portable weapons into weapons of more destructive capability.
So every time you carry a gun, you must be aware of the destructive capability of your personal self-defense weapon. You must admit to yourself that you are carrying a weapon that will easily permit you to kill people. A weapon that, by its presence in public, increases the possibility of a gun fatality. And if you cannot admit this, if you are so unaware of this, you probably are not a good candidate for carrying in the first place.
And even a target gun can kill. Remember the service member at the target range with a fellow service member with PTSD issues?
Or the young child who shot her instructor?