Pharmdman84 wrote:I have nothing against gun ownership, I own several myself, but comparing carrying a loaded firearm to having insurance, or wearing a seat belt sounds pretty ludicrous to me. Only one of these things is a deadly weapon with the express purpose of harming/killing.
Also no matter how careful or responsible one is, there is always the chance (however unlikely) of accidents, or someone managing to get their hands on your gun, etc.
Then dang, mine must be defective. I've fired over 10,000 rounds out of mine and have never harmed/killed a single living thing.
Is that the purpose of yours? To harm and kill?
The truth of the matter is that a firearm has one purpose and one only. To fire a projectile. Those projectiles can be used for recreation and sport (target shooting and competition), for putting meat on the table, for defending innocent life, and in the hands of evil, to take innocent life. The operator decides what that projectile does, not the firearm.
The projectiles fired from mine are used for recreation and sport, and if need be, though I pray it's never required, to defend innocent life.
Just saying... not trying to start anything.
David