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Originally Posted by dacia
I am not sure if hunting for food deserves the “outmost” respect, it is a way of life for some people. Natives have done it for millennia; I still think it is the easy way out to put a scope on a high powered hunting riffle and kill an animal from hundreds of yards. But of course they don’t hunt on foot anymore either, they roam around on ATVs. Little wonder diabetes is rampant.
Being on top of the food chain doesn’t mean that we should keep blasting away at everything that moves just because we can. Nature can be ruthless sometimes but it is never ruthless for the thrill of it. Animals kill other animals for food not for entertainment.
On top if that, every species have defense mechanism with which they elude being killed by a predator. Then humans come along and start shooting everything just so that they can feel manlier. I see serious flaws in that.
Handguns were invented, designed and produced with one goal in mind, and serve no other purpose, than to kill people Kamil, cars are a necessity. If a drunk or an inattentive driver kills someone with a car then that car wasn’t used for its intended purpose. If you kill someone with a handgun or an assault rifle you just followed the manufacturer’s instructions. People who collect things that are used for one purpose only, to kill other living creatures be it human or animal, have serious issues and character flaws.
It is mute point to argue about guns in the US now, the genie is out of the bottle an it will take along time to put it back.
Alex
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We are hardly "blasting everything that moves, just because we can"...
The percentage of our population that actually hunts, especially on anything resembling a regular basis, is very low. You act like sport hunting is as common as driving or cell phone use or something!
Handguns are also used for recreational and competitive target shooting, etc... And there are a few who use large revolvers for hunting...
But that's beside the point.
Handguns ARE for self-defense. And if that self-defense escalates to the point of killing a violent criminal, then so what?... An innocent victim has been spared, and the gene pool has been improved. Where's the downside?
Additionally, in most cases where a handgun was used in self-defense, a shot was not even fired. More often than not, merely the sight of the weapon and/or the sound of the weapon's action, is sufficient to send the criminal running with his tail between his legs. This was true of the incident I personally experienced as well. One look at my .45 instantly sent the piece of human $h!t running for his life. Although I was quite ready and willing to do so, I didn't have to fire a shot.
Of course you never hear about this fact in the news, because most of them have the same mindless anti-gun bias that you do, and they believe their own paranoid, "all guns are inherently bad" propaganda.
Criminals WILL find ways to commit crimes no matter WHAT you do... Until you find a cure for human nature, guns will ALWAYS be essential for self-defense and law enforcement.
Although I am not a "collector", I do own guns for self-defense and for the simple enjoyment of their engineering and craftsmanship.
I am a highly responsible owner, exercising the utmost in safety habits, and every other gun owner that I know is exactly the same.
I hardly consider this a "character flaw", and frankly I am a bit insulted that you would imply such a thing..
Mike