A tool's purpose is how you choose to use it. In my case, its purpose is for target shooting. Targets. Not people. You could say the EXACT same thing about bows, knives, swords, etc.
I don't give a shit if I could say the exact same things about bows, knives, and swords. I'll admit I could. But their destructive power isn't quite as much as a gun. Thus the difference. I also admit, too, that I don't see a rights problem if we wanted to ban knives or bows or whatever the fuck, either. I don't think we would
want to because in the case of a knife it has far more uses than dangerous uses, unlike a bullet.
The fact is, though, that you have no inherent right to your hobby. That doesn't exist. You can cling to thinking you have a right to a gun, but it's factual the founding fathers didn't write that amendment for your personal amusement, nor could I find anyone that would ever say that. That it's your hobby is no concern to me nor the founding fathers... nor should it be to anyone. If your hobby is deemed too dangerous, then so be it.
Also, considering my guns ARE locked up and secure, and that I live in one of the safest places in the country, I doubt anyone is going to break in and shoot me with it.
Yeah, or I could just own the weapon myself, keep it locked up when not in use, and not let someone who doesn't know me tell me that I'm not responsible enough to follow basic gun safety rules.
That's rad, but I'd like processes to prove these things. If you follow all the rules, then it shouldn't matter to you. You'll get to shoot your paper targets. I'm pretty sure there are people with gun hobbies in other countries, too. They just have to go through some processes to get a gun. Every time someone brings that up here, though, they get hit with the gun corporations clinging to this shit as though it's an inherent right.
I personally don't think we should take them all away. I think in a perfect world, yes, they probably would be mostly gone. But we've already opened that can of worms. In this world... well, in this
country, I'd rather things be more heavily regulated and penalties more enforced. I want to make sure we know where these things are, and who they're given to. I want them to know their shit like you claim to, and practice good safety. And, if your gun goes missing or stolen, you had better fucking report it or else anything that happens with it is on you, too! If it goes missing and it's found out you could have prevented it with something like a safe, your ass should be grass. And if you get convicted of almost any violent crime, good bye guns!
