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How is a gun a 'tool'?

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How is a gun a 'tool'?
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RE: How is a gun a 'tool'?
January 18, 2013 at 6:32 pm (This post was last modified: January 18, 2013 at 6:34 pm by Ryantology.)
(January 18, 2013 at 6:14 pm)Welsh cake Wrote: Yeah, Merriam Webster is unreliable like that.

A tool is a device, instrument or implement that is used to carry out or perform a particular function or achieve a desired effect.

Firearms therefore, belong in that category.

(which is vague and can apply to pretty much anything)

Nobody ever uses the term 'tool' to describe cars, or skyscrapers, or candy, or cigarettes, or books, or paintings or cat gifs, yet they all fit that description, too.

The whole point of calling a gun a 'tool' is to make it sound like it has uses other than killing and maiming, hence why the pro-gun people compare guns to wrenches, hammers and so forth. You know, objects which everyone considers 'tools' without consulting the dictionary for extra meanings.

It is deliberate sidestepping.
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How is a gun a 'tool'?

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How is a gun a 'tool'? - by Ryantology - January 18, 2013 at 6:11 pm
RE: How is a gun a 'tool'? - by Welsh cake - January 18, 2013 at 6:14 pm
RE: How is a gun a 'tool'? - by Ryantology - January 18, 2013 at 6:32 pm
RE: How is a gun a 'tool'? - by Violet - January 19, 2013 at 1:22 pm
RE: How is a gun a 'tool'? - by Anomalocaris - January 18, 2013 at 6:21 pm
RE: How is a gun a 'tool'? - by Violet - January 18, 2013 at 6:23 pm
RE: How is a gun a 'tool'? - by Minimalist - January 18, 2013 at 6:40 pm
Re: How is a gun a 'tool'? - by fr0d0 - January 18, 2013 at 6:45 pm
RE: How is a gun a 'tool'? - by 5thHorseman - January 18, 2013 at 6:51 pm
RE: How is a gun a 'tool'? - by Anomalocaris - January 18, 2013 at 6:53 pm
RE: How is a gun a 'tool'? - by jonb - January 18, 2013 at 6:58 pm
RE: How is a gun a 'tool'? - by Zen Badger - January 19, 2013 at 6:40 am
RE: How is a gun a 'tool'? - by Tiberius - January 19, 2013 at 7:00 am
RE: How is a gun a 'tool'? - by Napoléon - January 19, 2013 at 9:20 am
RE: How is a gun a 'tool'? - by Zen Badger - January 19, 2013 at 9:33 am
RE: How is a gun a 'tool'? - by Napoléon - January 19, 2013 at 9:34 am
RE: How is a gun a 'tool'? - by A Theist - January 19, 2013 at 7:18 am
RE: How is a gun a 'tool'? - by Nine - January 19, 2013 at 7:28 am
RE: How is a gun a 'tool'? - by A Theist - January 19, 2013 at 10:06 am
RE: How is a gun a 'tool'? - by Napoléon - January 19, 2013 at 10:29 am
RE: How is a gun a 'tool'? - by Rev. Rye - January 19, 2013 at 1:40 pm
RE: How is a gun a 'tool'? - by Tiberius - January 19, 2013 at 3:08 pm
RE: How is a gun a 'tool'? - by Napoléon - January 19, 2013 at 4:17 pm
RE: How is a gun a 'tool'? - by Tiberius - January 19, 2013 at 4:46 pm
RE: How is a gun a 'tool'? - by Napoléon - January 19, 2013 at 5:48 pm
RE: How is a gun a 'tool'? - by A Theist - January 19, 2013 at 7:21 pm
RE: How is a gun a 'tool'? - by Napoléon - January 19, 2013 at 8:49 pm
RE: How is a gun a 'tool'? - by Violet - January 19, 2013 at 4:46 pm
RE: How is a gun a 'tool'? - by A Theist - January 19, 2013 at 5:07 pm
RE: How is a gun a 'tool'? - by Ryantology - January 19, 2013 at 8:28 pm
RE: How is a gun a 'tool'? - by Tiberius - January 19, 2013 at 10:17 pm
RE: How is a gun a 'tool'? - by Violet - January 19, 2013 at 4:44 pm
RE: How is a gun a 'tool'? - by Ryantology - January 20, 2013 at 1:05 am
RE: How is a gun a 'tool'? - by A Theist - January 20, 2013 at 8:26 am
RE: How is a gun a 'tool'? - by Ryantology - January 20, 2013 at 8:55 am
RE: How is a gun a 'tool'? - by A Theist - January 20, 2013 at 9:40 am
RE: How is a gun a 'tool'? - by Ryantology - January 20, 2013 at 10:04 am
RE: How is a gun a 'tool'? - by A Theist - January 20, 2013 at 11:04 am
RE: How is a gun a 'tool'? - by Ryantology - January 20, 2013 at 5:17 pm
RE: How is a gun a 'tool'? - by Zen Badger - January 20, 2013 at 8:32 am
RE: How is a gun a 'tool'? - by A Theist - January 20, 2013 at 8:46 am
RE: How is a gun a 'tool'? - by Violet - January 20, 2013 at 2:39 pm

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