(June 28, 2016 at 12:46 pm)RetiredArmy Wrote:(June 26, 2016 at 6:26 pm)Gawdzilla Wrote: That proves it, then.
Gawd... I know you will not agree, but the gun is only the means. A knife can be the means. A car can be the means. A pair of hands can be the means. All of those mentioned often are the means of killing. Putting blame on the means lessens the importance of the cause.
Without a deity to snap his fingers, making all firearms disappear and removing all thought of the making of firearms from all human minds, there is absolutely no way to get rid of all firearms. To think we can get rid of all guns is just head-in-the-sand stupid. Firearms can be made very easily, and prohibition will only give breath to the black market. Getting rid of a type of firearm because of features is the first step in further restriction and eventual prohibition.
You keep saying you're an owner and shooter, so how can you think the gun is the problem? Have your guns gone out and caused problems? Have they killed people? Are they out raping and plundering, ever? Have your guns ever set themselves on a table within reach of a child? If you had an AR-15, would you suddenly turn rabid? Would that pistol grip or semi-automatic function turn you into a crazed-killer? Guns are not the problem. Insanity, hate, negligence and religion are the problems.
You don't recognize sarcasm when you see it, I think.