Originally Posted by
johnso29
Ummm, I can use a hatchet to many useful things. The same cannot be said for an automatic machine gun or 50 cal rifle. By your logic we would have to ban kitchen knives, box cutters, tire irons, hammers, baseball bats, meat hooks, pillows, cellaphane, & the list go's on and on. Why? Because all of these things can be used to kill. Bad argument.
Aren't those useful things? And target shooting? Sorry. Good argument. What is the difference in your "list" of things that can kill? Your logic seems to plead that guns are the only things that can kill. Ask a knifing victim if he considers knives bad. An automatic firearm is heavily regulated and are almost never found to be used in crimes, and a 50 cal is fine for some time at the range. Please compare the stats in regards to violent deaths for guns vs cars and drunk drivers. Gonna ban cars? Booze? It is all in the hands of the people who perpetrate. So, if it were up to you, you would take away my right to protect my family as I see fit and the ability to, if it ever came to it, put food on my table in the event of an emergency? Sorry. You have the bad argument.