(October 26, 2013 at 1:33 pm)CleanShavenJesus Wrote:(October 25, 2013 at 9:34 pm)Chas Wrote: An argument from ignorance.
Trap, skeet, sporting clays, target competition, biathlon. cowboy competition, etc.
I don't think guns were created for any of those reasons.
You may consider it nuance, but I think the gun's main use is not to kill but to intimidate. It is used to scare someone into parting with their money and it is used to scare an attacker into stopping. That it is sometimes used to actually go through with the threat is an inevitable backup of the threat. Never the less, I think guns are brandished to intimidate much much more than they are ever fired.
Why do so many Americans seem to be so in love with the intimidation factor of the gun? I have a CCW for specific trips, in specific dangers. I haven't carried in the general public in many many years, because I don't need to intimidate anyone anymore. I don't need to scare someone into leaving me alone.
What do you guys think?
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