I agree 100% with the thought of guns being tools, nothing more. I own several guns and target shoot whenever I can. I don't want to hunt, I have no intrest in violence. I don't feel a need to own a gun for protection. I don't feel a need to own a lawn mower.
In my experence people who have any real knowlege of gun use or ownership can recognize that there is nothing evil about a hunk of steel. Violence comes from humans, it always has. I'm not a gun nut, I'll never have anything to do with the NRA, but it really bothers me when my Liberal friends (I'm also a big time liberal) act like it's a given that guns cause crime and that only crazy rednecks own guns.
Are guns that great? For me, a gun isn't much of anything. I think shooting is great. I think that most shooters are very responsable and safty minded people who are great to be around. If it's not for you, that's cool too.
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