ForumsWEPRDo you think guns are bad?

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ryonic
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Nomad

Just wondering. Sometimes guns can be good, but then again giving guns to those random terrorists group in Iraq is bad. So generally is it good or bad?

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Moe
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Blacksmith

They also help to keep down most wild populations


Following that train of thought they have made multiple species of animals extinct, which is bad.
the_manta
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Peasant

Following that train of thought they have made multiple species of animals extinct, which is bad.


Such as the Tasmanian wolf, one of my favorite animals.
German3945
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Kasic
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Saying guns are bad is like saying a hammer is bad. Im sure SOMEONE has killed someone else with a hammer before, but it wasn't the hammers fault. Any tool could be used wrong, and im assuming that you mean private owned guns not military, because if we didn't have guns in the military, it would be back to swords and arrows and that's way more bloody than a bullet.

Moe
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it would be back to swords and arrows and that's way more bloody than a bullet.


Have you ever seen the affects of a .50 cal hollow point hitting something like a human head? It explodes, thats way bloodier than an arrow hitting a head.
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Peasant

Saying guns are bad is like saying a hammer is bad.

One could argue that modern guns are created as weapons and modern hammers are created as simple machines used for generic work around the house.

I really don't have a side in this debate, I just like arguing.
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Nomad

One could argue that modern guns are created as weapons and modern hammers are created as simple machines used for generic work around the house.


Another could argue that guns are created as simple machines for generic killing of people.
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Jester

Okay, then lets use this example. Knives were created for fighting, but we use them to eat. When someone kills someone else with a knife, are knives bad? No, the use of something depends on the person.

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Peasant

Another could argue that guns are created as simple machines for generic killing of people.


Touche.
Armpit
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Nomad

Knives were created for fighting, but we use them to eat.


We use guns to eat with, too. Otherwise, we would be eating live cows.
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Peasant

Okay, then lets use this example. Knives were created for fighting, but we use them to eat. When someone kills someone else with a knife, are knives bad? No, the use of something depends on the person.


Very true. I was just pointing something out that people who are against guns might use, I still don't think guns are bad..

Really, anything can be used as a weapon, some things are just far more suited than others.
German3945
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Nomad

we went over this for a long time.

guns are not bad. the use they are remembered for is bad.

the protection of an easily accessible (yet safely kept) gun in your bedroom is an unmatchable asset to your family. sure, you have alarms, but the only thing that stops someone from breaking your window and killing you is their personal will.

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I like guns but I agree with Dr Cool on the first page.

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Guns are neither good nor bad. It all depends on the user.

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