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A major problem with firearms is the stigma that is attached to them. In reality knives, pistols, rifles, machine guns, flamethrowers, missile launchers, and every other weapon ever devised is an inert piece of metal and other materials. Weapons are only deadly when used.
A lot of the fear surrounding firearms is abolished when you actually learn to use them. Many people who have initially been afraid of shooting pistols have found them to be a fun and exciting hobby; one of the women I took my handgun safety course with turned around and had her husband buy her a pistol that same day.
All of the statistics and arguments boil down to one very simple fact; some people are comfortable with firearms, while others aren't. If everyone spent the time to properly learn about the use of firearms this debate would be much less voracious.
To those who say guns should be banned; have you ever fired a firearm? Did you take a safety course? If not, why are you formulating opinions without all of the information you can have?
Yes, guns kill people. So do cars, knives, and balloons. But like the latter objects described, the majority of firearms owned by civilians will never be used to kill a person. The possibility of wrongdoing should not be a justification for eliminating a freedom.
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If ignorance is bliss, you must be having an orgasm.
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