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Old 09-16-2003, 04:33 PM   #30 (permalink)
JimmyTheHutt
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Originally posted by Kyo
Guns are an abomination, in my opinion. Here's why:

b) A gun is casual and easy. It requires no effort, willpower, or skill to kill someone with a gun. You have to point it at someone and pull the trigger. The fact that children can kill themselves and others with guns is more than enough proof of this. It is extremely difficult for a martial artist to kill by accident. It takes concious effort, the very clear thought that yes, I am going to kill my opponent in exactly this way. Your hands and feet do not accidently 'go off' the way a gun can.
c) As a corollary to the above, a gun does not require skill. It would be good to have skill, but it does not require it. Suddenly, anyone can kill anyone else by pointing a gun and pulling a trigger. A child can kill a man with a simple crook of a finger.
d) Guns do not instill respect or discipline. Martial artists are taught respect for themselves and others, as well as respect for their art and their skills. Someone who buys a gun in a store is not taught respect for anyone or anything. This is why people can walk outside with a gun and shoot anyone they want.

In short, guns are a shortcut, that allow people who have no skill or training to kill people that do.
I'd have to disagree with you on the points you raise regarding guns. Firearms, to be used effectively, require a GREAT DEAL of training. If you do not know how to use the tool, you will use it wrong and pay the appropriate it cost. Professional shooters (military, police, etc) train to use firearms incessantly, to be sure that they have the necessary skill to make it an effective tool. The statistics of most firefights state that they occur within a distance of 8 meters, with no hits scored. This is because the shooters are not well trained in the use of their tool. For a firearm to be effective, a large effort must be put into learning to use it, just as in martial arts.

Like any lethal device, be it hands, feet, knives, swords, or whatever, firearms are potentially very harmful to the wielder or others. Regardless of what the tool is, it must be used with precision and focus to be effective. People get beaten to death everyday, without the assaulter intending to do so. It is not the tool which is the danger, it is the person using it.

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