• @[email protected]
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    21 year ago

    Is that supposed to be some kind of gotcha? How exactly does not owning gun or working on a farm negate the fact that a gun is a singular purpose tool?

    • @Zoboomafoo
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      31 year ago

      How does a gun being a singular purpose tool exclude it from being farm equipment? Do you think a thresher does anything else but thresh?

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        A thresher is a labor saving tool, it replaces the physical labor of separating wheat from chaff. Without a thresher a farmer can still accomplish the task.

        A gun is made specifically and solely to move a projectile down range with lethal velocity. What labor is a gun saving?

        • @Zoboomafoo
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          Guns are useful on farms for pest control, euthanizing livestock, and self defense.

          All of those could be accomplished through other means, therefore guns are ok, according to your logic

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            -51 year ago

            All you’re saying is that a gun is used to kill/maim, which is exactly my point, which is why the “hurr durr a gun is just another tool” argument doesn’t hold water.

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              And clearly you don’t see why that’s necessary on a farm, which is exactly my point

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          11 year ago

          Beating your attacker to death with a rock is a lot harder. Especially the four legged kind of attacker